Brand New!! Pre-Selected, Selected, Long Listed, Shortlisted, Prizewinner - What's Inward A Phrase?

There seems to hold out massive sum of confusion inward people's minds close the divergence betwixt pre-selection, selection, shortlisting as well as winning. I can't run into how most of this occurs, but I produce my best to politely ready them straight....

View of end year's sun Times Watercolour Competition at the Mall Galleries

This is a quote from a contest organiser as well as was their reply to an electronic mail from me pointing out that somebody was claiming on a website to bring WON a rather prestigious prize end year! (The private hadn't - as well as the argue I knew that for a fact was because I interviewed the winner who non only had a completely unlike cite but was also of the other sex!)

Given the claim was truly on a gallery website it mightiness bring been a gallerista who was exercising rather besides few encephalon cells.

However I've sure bring come upward across artists who truly haven't got a clue when it comes to the technical price relating to fine art competitions.

The primary difficulty seems to hold out agreement the divergence betwixt "selected" and "shortlisted".

So hither is.....

A glossary of fine art contest descriptions for the confused

Pre-selected

You made it through the offset (screening) phase as well as yous are straight off officially on the long list.

Typically this is associated amongst a digital pre-screening. Your digital ikon worked. You straight off require to larn your artwork to where it is existence judged inward person.

Selected artist

Your artwork has straight off been selected for the Exhibition.

Somehow or other nosotros cease upward amongst a listing of artists' names rather than a listing of selected artworks. Hence why yous are straight off referred to every bit a "selected artist"

This is the term most of the people who larn into an exhibition SHOULD use.

Shortlisted

There is an official as well as announced shortlist for the prize. Your cite is on it. You larn invited to the proclamation of the prizewinners which may or may non also include dinner! (Suddenly yous realise yous require a novel frock or suit!)

To qualify every bit a shortlist the listing has to hold out short. If it's got lxxx names on it it's non a shortlist - it's a listing of selected artists!

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of prizes don't produce this but to a greater extent than or less do (e.g. BP Portrait, Threadneedle).

Prizewinner

You won a prize. As inward "A prize" non "THE prize". You larn the smaller cheque.

Winner

You won "THE prize"! The i the contest is named after. You tin straight off officially experience faint, revise your CV as well as website to brand a large affair close it as well as to a greater extent than oft than non wonder how on public that happened.

You also larn a large tally as well as the employment of what to produce amongst it!

Links: Major U.K. Art Competitions inward the U.K. inward 2013