
The Video Contest is now open for submissions, with an extended deadline of August 31st, 2011.
First Place Prize – $1000, plus other prizes.
Grab any video camera you can find. Make a short video or film related to kindness (10 minutes max). Tell us your true story or interview a relative or friend about some kindness they have experienced. Life-changing kindness, unexpected kindness, or just ordinary daily kindness. Or go out and show us some kindness that you see in the world. Be creative. Write a poem. Write a song. You can even make an animation.
All material must be original (you created it), not using any commercial or licensed material (including music). The first place winner will receive a $1000 cash prize. The second place winner will receive a pocket video Camera.
All video formats are accepted for submission. For best quality, here’s what we would prefer:
There are two ways to submit your videos on kindness.
1) Submit by mail: preferably a Data DVD with an uncompressed file, or if not, a playable DVD or tape. MAKE SURE YOUR CONTACT INFO IS CLEARLY MARKED: Name, address, email and phone. Submissions without contact info will be disqualified.
- Send to: Kindness the Movie, PO Box 2270, Sausalito, CA 94966
Hey, to help us keep things legally tidy, please also download and print out this Release Form, read it, fill it in, sign it and send it along with your submission!
2) Submit online. High quality (preferably uncompressed) .mov or .avi file, up to 10 minutes or 1GB. Click here to submit online.
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The global fashion brand Nine West is inviting artists to submit their graphics, illustrations and print designs in the theme of ‘Spring Summer’. Designers will have the chance to have their design printed on a tote bag for a Nine West limited edition collection and to receive $2200. For: Pattern designers, graphic designers, fashion designers, textile artists and illustrators.
Three winners will receive $2200 each. One winner will have the opportunity to have their design produced into a limited edition line for Nine West’s upcoming tote collection* Nine West will also provide $450 to each of the 2 highest voted submissions.
*The three winners will go into a second voting phase on Nine West’s Facebook page where an ultimate winner will be selected to have their design printed on a tote bag for a Nine West limited edition collection which will be sold on Nine West’s official website (ninewest.com), at select retail stores and showcased on Nine West’s Facebook page.


Want to peek inside the fashion industry and get a chance to win an internship
with fashion designer Mara Hoffman? Skintimate® Studios and Mara Hoffman
encourage you to show us your creativity and tell us why you aspire to be in the
fashion industry.
DESIGN A WOMAN’S GARMENT THAT’S READY FOR EVERYTHING
- Be creative, but you can only enter one female garment or outfit!
- A female garment or outfit is considered to be any type of shirt, pants, skirt, dress or outerwear. Accessories may be included, but will not be judged.
- Submit a digitally illustrated file, or scan of a hand drawn illustration, sketch, painting, photo etc. showing your design on a female figure or a dress form, by 3/23/2011.
- Want some help? Download our optional Blank Model Template for your sketch.
- Your entry file can be no larger than 5MB when you upload it, and must be a JPG, PNG or PDF. You’ll be asked to upload it during the entry form process.
- What does “Ready for Everything” mean? You’ll get to tell us in one of the essay questions! It’s all part of the creativity of this contest! See what it means to Mara Hoffman in her tips videos.
- READ MORE DETAILS….
Photos: Featured Photographers of The Focus Project 2011 You are invited to participate in The Focus Project, a photography competition seeking the most compelling imagery in the world. Over the course of this project, selected photographers will be featured on our homepage and have a chance at life-changing reward and recognition.
This is your chance at over $75,000 in prizes and cash awards, a gala reception in New York City and career-defining exposure for you and your work, including a Feature Editorial in JPG Magazine. PLUS, one dozen photographers will be selected to receive $2,500 and a published feature on the JPG blog. Click Here to submit now »
Full details on our selection process can be found here. Get your work seen and launch your career.
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