Deadline: 1 October 2014
Open to: designers all over the world
Awards: iPad, Wacom Tablet, fonts package worth 500€, books, vinyl records, DVDs, CDs and more
Description
The Third International Reggae Poster Contest 2014 wants to continue building awareness for Reggae music and celebrating the global achievements of Reggae and its positive impact on the world. The Poster competition is part of a bigger vision that seek to establish a Reggae Hall of Fame in Kingston, Jamaica.
The organizers will also use this opportunity to raise funds to support the amazing work of a historic Jamaican institution, the Alpha Boys’ School. This institution is a jewel in the center of Kingston, and it shines all over Jamaica and, through its graduates, in the music they create, throughout the world. Alpha decades of success with young Jamaicans, entering raw and emerging world-renown musicians themselves is testimony to the storied success. The term Reggae encompasses all the popular Jamaican musical genres; Ska, Rocksteady, Roots Reggae, Dub, Dancehall and the unique Jamaican Sound System. Without the Alpha Boys’ School and its successful music program; Ska, Rocksteady, Dub and Roots Reggae music may not have been invented.
Eligibility
The Third International Reggae Poster Contest 2014 is open to designers all over the world. Posters may be designed by a single artist or by a team. Designers are allowed to submit any number of original posters. Posters should be original artworks and should not have been published in prints, internet, social media etc.
Awards
The top 100 posters and winners will be printed in the “World-A-Reggae, International Reggae Poster Contest, 2014-2014. Towards a Reggae Hall of Fame” book, showcasing the posters of the two years contest.
The 1st place is to win:
- iPad
- Fonts package worth 500€ from the international award-winning type foundry Parachute
- Book: Snoop Dogg: Reincarnated
- Rockers Movie (DVD) 25th Anniversary Edition
- Global Reggae – Book Edited by Carolyn Cooper (Carol Press)
- Vinyl Records from THC Records
- Riddim Driven Jamaican Blue Mountain – Jacket
- DVD Eddie Seaga Box Set
- Randy ‘s 50th Anniversary Box Set CD
- Out of Many, Years of Reggae Music box set CD
- VP Bag (with stickers, flags, post cards, towels)
The second place is to win:
- Wacom Tablet
- Book: Snoop Dogg: Reincarnated
- Rockers Movie (DVD) 25th Anniversary Edition
- Bob Marlay the Untold Story
- Vinyl Records from THC Records
- Riddim Driven Jamaican Blue Mountain – Jacket
- DVD Eddie Seaga Box Set
- Randy‘s 50th Anniversary Box Set CD
- Out of Many, Years of Reggae Music box set CD
- VP Bags (Rubber wands and buttons packs)
The third place is to win:
- Book: Snoop Dogg: Reincarnated
- Rockers Movie (DVD) 25th Anniversary Edition
- Vinyl Records from THC Records
- Riddim Driven Jamaican Blue Mountain – Jacket
- DVD Eddie Seaga Box Set
- Randy‘s 50th Anniversary Box Set CD
- Out of Many, Years of Reggae Music box set CD
- VP Bags (Rubber wands and buttons packs)
Please note that any prize can be a subject of change by the organizers of the Reggae Poster Contest.
Application
The entry period of the International Reggae Poster Contest 2014 begins on July 1st, 2014 and ends on October 1st, 2014.
There is no entry fee to participate in the contest.
Posters should be designed in vertical format. JPG files of 2953×4134 pixels at a resolution of 150dpi (corresponding to 50x70cm in printed size) saved in RGB color space.
For further information, please visit the official website.