Annual Fairies and Fantasy Arts Award 2012
Selina likes to encourage aspiring artists, and holds an annual art competition. Each year, there will be a theme in which the artworks are to be created, and the winner will have their artwork featured here on Selina’s website, along with some other great prizes! We started small in 2009 with just one winner, but hope to build these awards into a much larger affair as years go on! All contestants artworks will be displayed in a gallery for the competition.
The 2012 theme is- “Literary Characters”.
With the release of my first novel, Memory’s Wake, I think it’s clear I have a love for books and stories. For the 2012 Fairies and Fantasy Art Awards theme, I’d love to see artists interpretations of famous literary characters. Importantly, please try to use characters from copyright free literature. This means old stories like fairy tales, Shakespearean characters, Alice in Wonderland, Lovecraft and so on. While characters from newer stories will be accepted, artists accept their own responsibility in terms of illustrating copyrighted materials.
Award Categories and Prizes
Grand Prize- Selina’s favourite pick of all entered artworks. The winner of this category will receive a special Fairies and Fantasy Art Award Trophy! Along with their trophy, they will receive a cash prize of $100USD (paid via Paypal) to go towards some new art supplies, goodies from the Fairies and Fantasy website, or whatever they want! The winning artist will also receive an “Artist Spotlight” post on this website along with the winners details, for a little extra exposure!
Best Representation of Theme- This category will be judged on the artwork that best represents the theme. The winner of this category will receive a cash prize of $50USD (paid via Paypal) to go towards some new art supplies, goodies from the Fairies and Fantasy website, or whatever they want!
Best Technical Work- This category winner will be the artwork which exhibits a fine level of technical skill. The winner of this category will receive a cash prize of $50USD (paid via Paypal) to go towards some new art supplies, goodies from the Fairies and Fantasy website, or whatever they want!
Most Creative- This category winner will be the artwork which shows the most creativity in either theme or medium. The winner of this category will receive a cash prize of $50USD (paid via Paypal) to go towards some new art supplies, goodies from the Fairies and Fantasy website, or whatever they want!
Under 18′s- A prize to celebrate younger artists, only entrants under 18 will be eligible for this prize (they will also be eligible for other categories as well). The winner of this category will receive a cash prize of $50USD (paid via Paypal) to go towards some new art supplies, goodies from the Fairies and Fantasy website, or whatever they want!
Contest Instructions
- The 2012 theme is- “Literary Characters”. Artwork must somehow incorporate the theme. Artwork that has been created specifically for this competition but any artworks in theme are accepted.
- Artwork can be in any medium or form (2d, 3d, painting, sculpture, photography, digital, traditional, etc)
- Only one artwork submission per artist. Any additional entries into the competition will void the previous entry.
- Send photos or scans of your artwork in by email to selina@selinafenech.com as jpg format files. We are not accepting any submissions by mail, and certainly no original artworks! Digital images only!
- Use the subject line for your email “Fairies and Fantasy Art Awards”.
- Include in the email your full name, artwork title, and if you are under 18 (for the Under 18 award category).
- Contest Deadline is the 30th September 2012, and the winners will be announced in October 2012.
The Fine Print
Competition closes midnight 3oth September 2012, GMT+10. Winners will be selected based on quality, originality and personal preference of the judges. Judges decision is final. The winner will be contacted by the email they sent their entry in from and have two weeks to confirm their acceptance of the prize and confirm their mailing address or the prize is forfeit. By sending in artworks for this competition, the entrant is agreeing to allow their artwork and name to be shown on this website. Winner must have a a paypal account to accept payment of their cash prize.
Lia
are this competition newly?
can i join this competition?
selinafenech
Yes, this is the current art competition, it is a yearly competition that ends next year.
Gabrielle
Does the drawing have to be colored or painted in any way? Or can it be black and white?
selinafenech
It can be black and white, however you want it to be
Crystalwings6
Totally cool contest. I will remember to join when summer vacation is on.
Hopefully my art ability will much better by then.
Gabrielle
Thank you so much for replying! :]
Kyra
I love your contests! The ‘prompts’ are so much fun. Sadly, I’m not much of an artist in the way of drawing/painting, but I do love thinking up fun photography sessions and manipulating them in photoshop! So much fun to create
Nevada
Ooh, I’ve been thinking about starting to draw/sketch again. I found some of my artworks from high school when I was cleaning out my old wardrobe at my parents.
I need an “outlet” for all of my worldly frustrations!
D.K.
What qualifies as famous? Should the character be readily recognized or would Melinette from Prince Naccisus and Princess Pontitilla qualify? (Sorry in advance for name spelling)
selinafenech
I don’t know them myself, but they would count.
Gabrielle
Would Disney characters like Cinderella or Repunzel work? Or are characters like these too famous??
selinafenech
You could do Cinderella or Rapunzel as their literary characters (eg, from Grims fairy tales), but I wouldn’t make them too close to Disney’s style of those characters or it could be considered copyright violation by Disney.
Deborah
Hey Selina,
Hope all is well with you and your art.Your art is faerie lovely and inspirational.
I’m going to try and get myself to enter, especially since this is a theme I absolutely love, it’s me and some of the fantasy art I draw and sketch aside from other fantasy genres and wildlife, and something in art that I can and want to do for myself. Where I can make my own decisions, changes, revisions. Where as before I was no able to and the art competitions I entered where just art competitions I had to enter. I am a huge literature nerd when it comes to Grimm’s Brothers, Hans Christian Anderson and Madame Gabrielle de Villeneuve. The illustration is interpreted from my all time favorite fairytale literature.
Best Wishes,
Deborah
stubborn kitty
^.^ awesome competition…
Does it matter that I’m from the u.k?? Can I still enter?? x
selinafenech
Sure! Any nationality can enter the comp.