Wildlife Creative Somebody Of The Yr 2013 - Telephone Telephone For Entries #2: Bbc

This is a summary for the Call for Entries for the minute Wildlife Artist of the Year run past times the BBC.

Last year, this contest receieved good over 1,000 entries from all over the earth - including entries from countries every bit various every bit Malaysia, Tasmania, Israel, Nepal as well as Canada.

The Winner inward 2012 was Heather Irvine for her moving-picture exhibit The Last Winter which portrayed an onetime moose.

BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012
The Last Winter past times Heather Irvine
crude oil on canvas, 20" x 24"

© Heather Irvine

The deadline is the goal of February. The initial screening of entries takes house inward March.  A shortlist of the best images inward each category is compiled.  Artists on the shortlist are hence invited to submit framed artwork as well as the terminal circular of judging of this artwork takes house inward May.  Those artists who cause got been successful larn to honor out the resultant past times the goal of April.

Only the artwork which wins a category gets to live inward an exhibition - but this exhibition is the prestigious annual exhibition of the Marwell International Wildlife Art Society which runs from Fri thirty Aug 2013 to Lord's Day 1 Sept 2013.

In addition, the BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year has his or her winning moving-picture exhibit displayed at the Society of Wildlife Artists’ annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London, inward tumble 2013.

Call for Entries - Summary re. The BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013

Unless you're reading the BBC's Wildlife Magazine y'all may live a flake confused if y'all consult the website every bit non all the details as well as dates cause got been fully updated yet to reverberate the 2013 competition.

This link states it's the BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year contest rules but it truly states these are for 2012! However, they're unlikely to cause got changed much as well as the master copy 'call for entries' contest page states the cardinal dates inward full

Prizes: The Winner gets to become on a 10-day icon safari inward Republic of Botswana (worth £3,450) courtesy of Elephant Trails Safari Company which takes house inward Oct 2013.  There are more details nigh the prize on the website

Deadlines for entries: The closing appointment is 28 Feb 2013

Who tin submit:

• adults but - all artists must live aged xviii or over
• 11 categories of this contest are opened upwards to all Britain residents only
• 2 categories are opened upwards to international artists only

You tin submit:

• Artwork MUST characteristic wild animals – birds, mammals, waterlife, invertebrates as well as plants – inward a natural or captive environment.
• two-dimensional artwork
• up to 8 images - via the digital submission process
• artwork created inward the lastly year
• original artwork only
• Copyright:
• EITHER You must live the sole writer as well as possessor of the copyright of all artwork entered 
• OR if your run is copied from a photograph(s) that is/are non your own, y'all must cause got sole permission inward writing from the copyright possessor to role his/her work.
• Source textile or proof of permission to role must live made available on asking past times the judges

You CANNOT submit:

• artwork that does non characteristic wild animals (ie this is non an animate beingness fine art competition)
• Inadmissible artwork ie
• Computer-generated artworks
• Diptychs
• Triptychs 
• Box canvases
• artwork which exceeds size limits ie
• artwork which exceeds 40" inward whatever direction
• framed artwork which exceeds 44'" inward whatever direction
• an entry inward to a greater extent than than i category
• any artwork that has won a prize inward whatever other contest anywhere inward the world, 
• any artwork that has been published past times a 3rd party
• Copies of published photographs or paintings

Categories for entries (UK residents only)

• British Mammals Entries tin live portraits or push clit behaviour.
• British birds Entries tin live portraits or push clit behaviour.
• In praise of plants Entries should characteristic species inward Britain or worldwide.
• Beneath the Water Entries should characteristic marine as well as freshwater species.
• Animals inward their Environment In this category, the habitat should be equal inward importance to the species; can live British or worldwide.
• World Mammals Entries tin live portraits or push clit behaviour.
• World birds Entries tin live portraits or push clit behaviour.
• Black as well as White Nature For pencil, linocuts, woodcuts, etchings, etc.
• Visions of Nature Entries should choose creative impressions of wildlife.
• Frozen Planet Entries should characteristic animals seen inward polar or mutual depression temperature regions.
• Endangered Species Entries must characteristic species officially listed inward the 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Categories for entries (International Residents)

• International Artists – birds
• International Artists – mammals

These 2 categories are but for artists who alive exterior the UK, who are prohibited from entering whatever other category; entries are judged digitally. This is to salve our international entrants the slap-up costs of sending artwork to the UK.

What it costs to submit an entry

• There's no entry fee

Digital Entry

• artwork must live uploaded to our website past times the closing appointment of 29 Feb 2012. Artwork should live submitted every bit jpgs. Each jpg should live  All entries must live accompanied past times an online entry form.
• all images must live jpegs saved every bit a 300dpi, 1MB file amongst the category, your refer as well as the dependent area inward the championship (in this order).
• all items marked amongst a star on the submission shape must live completed

The judges

The judges brand no allowance for poorly scanned or poorly photographed entries.  In my view, given the grade of contest if y'all are unable to create a expert character scan or photograph it's likely non worth entering.

The judges are:

Pip McGarry - The founder as well as chairman of the Marwell International Wildlife Art Society (MIWAS), Pip has been a highly successful professional person wild animals creative individual for many years.
Sophie Stafford - Sophie is the editor of BBC Wildlife as well as works closely amongst many artists as well as illustrators. Watch out for details of our novel icon holidays.
Chris Rose - An internationally acclaimed wild animals artist, Chris is best known for his aeroplane paintings. He is a leading fellow member as well as secretarial assistant of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA).
David Cromack - Co-publisher of the Buckingham Press stable of birding books, David has been a magazine editor for 25 years (Birds Illustrated as well as Bird Art & Photography). Mandy Shepherd - Over the past times thirty years Mandy has painted both military machine as well as wild animals subjects, but it is her lifelong passion for conservation that is reflected inward much of her work.

Other of import damage as well as conditions

If y'all don't include your outset refer as well as lastly refer inward the file epitome your entry volition live disqualified!

Summary of differences betwixt the 2 Wildlife Artist of the Year Competitions

Here's a summary of the master copy differences betwixt the BBC as well as David Shepherd competitions for Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 (see also Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 - Call for Entries #1: David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation)

	David Shepherd Foundation	BBC
Prize	1st prize: £10,000	1st prize: a 10-day icon safari inward Republic of Botswana (worth £3,450)
Deadline for Entries	21st Jan 2012	28th Feb 2012
Who tin enter	International, over 17	all artists must live 18+ 11 categories: Britain residents only 2 categories: International artists
What y'all tin submit	can include sculpture	2 dimensional only size limits
What y'all CANNOT submit	Work completed earlier 21st Jan 2008 copies of photos past times other people photography, video or electronic	Work completed earlier this year anything non 2D digital artwork
Categories	7 categories	11 + 2 categories
Cost of entry	fees charged	no fees
Price of artwork	can live determined past times the organisers every bit sales earns committee for the conservation efforts of the Foundation	sales aren’t the master copy focus of the competition
Exhibition	Exhibition at Mall Galleries	Marwell plus BBC Wildlife Magazine for category winners only SWA exhibition for the overall winner
Digital entry	mandatory - nevertheless y'all tin submit CD Rom past times post	mandatory - upload via online shape

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