Rug Hooking Magazine Celebration Contest Terms & Conditions
Calling all rug hookers! We invite you to enter your best hooked piece completed in 2017 or 2018 in Celebration of Hand-Hooked Rugs 29. We welcome all styles and sizes, from primitive to fine shading, from traditional to contemporary. The deadline for entries is midnight CST, Thursday, November 30, 2018.
Entries are impartially and anonymously evaluated by a panel of four qualified judges from the rug hooking community. Rugs are judged on technique, color plan, and interpretation of design. Each rug is judged on a numerical scale on its own merit, independent of all other entries. Finalists will be featured in Celebration 29, published in August 2019. Celebration highlights the artistry, fine craftsmanship, and astonishing diversity of hand-hooked rugs produced in the past year. Readers are invited to vote for their favorite pieces, which will be featured as Readers' Choice winners in RHM next summer.
A Special Note About Copyright: If your entry is an adaptation of someone else's design, include with your entry written permission from the original artist or publisher that permitted you to use the design in a hooked piece. Copying a design directly, even for your own use, is a violation of copyright.
IMAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION: 4 PHOTOS
One image must be a full shot of the front of the rug.
Two images must be close-ups of two different details. (No names or initials should be visible in the close-up shots.)
One image must be a close-up of the back of the rug, clearly showing the finished edge. (Those submitting framed pieces should still photograph the back.)
If you are submitting on a CD, name each image file in the following format: Last Name + Rug Title + View (e.g., Smith-Fox-Front, Smith-Fox-Detail-1, Smith-Fox-Detail-2, Smith-Fox-Back). (These names will be given to your photos automatically when you upload them online.)
HOW TO ENTER
To enter your rug, follow these simple rules:
1. Limit of one (1) entry per person.
2. Enter online. Follow the instructions for electronic submissions.
3. Or complete the entry form of the September/October 2018 issue. Entries must be postmarked by November 30, 2018.
4. The rug must have been completed in 2017 or 2018, regardless of when you started it. You may enter a rug that has been entered in other competitions, and group entries are permissible.
5. Submission of an entry serves as a release that Rug Hooking and its publisher may publish photographs of the rug in the future, with proper credit given to the artist. This may include promotional materials, online or in print, including the Celebration book, in RHM, on RHM products and RHM social media and eNewsletters.
CATEGORY DEFINITIONS
Note: Some rugs may not fall neatly into one category. Use your judgement to select the category that best represents your rug.
PRIMITIVE: If your rug is a primitive rug, you may enter it in this category INSTEAD of one of the other three categories. Primitive suggests simplicity in all areas: design, materials, and technique. It usually means wider cut, naive or simple design with little or no shading, exaggerated scale or unrealistic proportion. Think folk art. In a pictorial rug, think Grandma Moses.
COMMERCIAL: If you purchased the pattern, enter the rug in the commercial category, Even if you adapted the pattern, if the rug is substantially based on a commercial pattern and design, it is a commercial rug.
ADAPTATION: If your rug is inspired by someone else's design in a different medium (for example, a painting, a postcard, a photograph, etc.) it is an adaptation. Be sure to credit the original inspiration and provide written documentation that you have permission to adapt someone else's work in this way.
ORIGINAL: If your rug is based on your original content and design idea, it is an original design. Carefully consider who owns the copyright; if you hook a design based on a photograph that YOU took, the rug is your original design. If you hook a rug based on a photo that someone else took, that other person owns the copyright, and you should classify your rug as an adaptation.
