The Italian Cultural Association

Tapirulan

is proud to announce the thirteenth edition of its

International Contest for Illustrators

.

Theme of this year is:

CIAO

.

Ciao

is a friendly and informal greeting, used mostly in it’s native Italy, but also very common almost all over the world, mainly thanks to the many Italian emigrants who’ve taken it with them. You meet with a ciao, you introduce yourself with a ciao, you say goodbye with a ciao...

Any work must be square-shaped, not smaller than

25x25

centimetres and not bigger than

40x40

centimetres. If it is put in a frame this should not be thicker than 3 millimetres. In case of a digital image it should be

31x31

centimetres (

300 dpi – JPG format – best quality

).

Execution techniques are free

.

Every candidate is allowed to submit only one brand-new work. Neither prize-winning works nor works previously mentioned for merit will be accepted.

Entry fee is 10 Euro (

approx. 11 USD

).

Eligibility

Open to any artist from all over the world. There is no age limit, however underage candidates need parents' authorization.

Prize

The first prize of

2.000 Euro

(

approx. 2,340 USD

) will be awarded during the inauguration of the exhibition in Cremona, Italy.

Moreover, a jury will select 48 works to be published in the catalogue and to be displayed in the exhibition. Among the 48 works selected, 12 will also be published on

Tapirulan Calendar

.

All the registered subscribers will also be able to express their preferential votes. The artist who will get most of the votes will be awarded a

500 Euro

prize (

approx. 585 USD

).