Theme:
-Dinosaurs – still alive?
-Dinosaurs in geological history
Conditions:
-The Competition is an open international competition
-Only persons with legal capacity within the meaning of the law in force in the Republic of Poland who are of full legal age on the day of announcement of the results of Stage 2 of the Competition at the latest may participate in the Competition
-The Competition is not open to members of the Jury, the Organiser’s employees, the Organiser’s representatives, persons collaborating with the Organiser on the basis of civil law contracts, persons closest to the above mentioned persons, i.e. a spouse, ascendant, descendant, sibling, relative by affinity in the same line or degree, a person in an adoptive relationship and their spouse, as well as a person in cohabitation, and other persons involved in preparing and conducting the Competition. Persons who behave in a way that is detrimental to good manners will not be admitted or will be eliminated from the Competition
-The subject of the Competition are drawings, graphics, single-panel comics and comic strips. The artworks submitted must be original works that have not been previously published, submitted or awarded in other competitions and meet the conditions set out in these Rules (hereinafter
-Works submitted to the Competition must be the original work of the participating authors. The works may not be encumbered with third-party rights. Works submitted to the Competition cannot be plagiarism, be a copy or extract of any other work, or be made using artificial intelligence tools
-Works submitted to the Competition cannot violate good manners or the rights and personal interests of third parties, and in particular they cannot contain obscenities, discriminate or promote discrimination based on worldview, religion, gender, race, nationality, ethnic origin or be contrary to the law in force in Poland
-The Organiser reserves the right not to consider entries that it deems to be in breach of the above criteria
-A Participant may submit a maximum of 2 works in each category of the Competition (a total of 4 artworks submitted to the Competition)
-The competition entry can be made using any technique. The work should be produced in a size not exceeding A-3 (420 x 297 mm), either vertically or horizontally. Only two-dimensional works will be accepted
-Works without texts are preferred. If the work contains textual elements in a language other than English, the author is required to accompany the work with an English translation of the text. If this condition is not met, the Organiser will translate the text into English itself, without the Participant being able to challenge the content of such translation
-The work produced should be scanned, saved in JPEG extension, at 300 dpi. The size of one file must not exceed 5 MB. The file should be signed according to the template
-Category number_author’s name_work number_work title in English
E.g. II_Kowalski_2_T-rex_on_a_skooter.jpg
-The application form on the website: dinosaurs.com.pl constituting Appendix 1 to the Rules should be filled in and files of scans of the works named according to the above formula should be attached. The name of each file must match the details on the application form. After completing the application form and attaching the scans of the works, a checkbox should be ticked on reading the Competition Rules and accepting their terms and conditions and then sending the package to the Organiser via the website indicated in the above subsection (indent). Works sent to any email of the Organiser will not be considered
-The index of the works qualified for the 2nd stage of the Competition will be published on the website:
-The authors of the qualified works will be obliged to send their originals by post or courier until 31.04.2025
-The winners of the Competition and the authors of the works designated by the Organiser will be individually asked to send an e-mail to: dinosaurs@pgi.gov.pl a short biographical note in English and their photo or drawing showing the author’s face
Prizes:
Grand Prix – cash prize of PLN 12 000 gross
Category Dinosaurs – still alive? Dinozaury – wciąż żywe?
-First place and a cash prize of PLN 9 000 gross
-Second place and a cash prize of PLN 6 000 gross
-Third place and a cash prize of PLN 4 000 gross
Category Dinosaurs in geological history. Dinozaury w historii geologicznej
-First place and a cash prize of PLN 9 000 gross
-Second place and a cash prize of PLN 6 000 gross
-Third place and a cash prize of PLN 4 000 gross
One Participant in the Competition may receive a maximum of one cash statutory prize
Deadline:
10 March 2025
Address for sending artworks:
Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny
– Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Muzeum Geologiczne PIG-PIB
- Rakowiecka 4
00-975 Warszawa
Polska | Poland
