16th Annual Cray-Pas® Wonderful, Colorful, World Contest 2011

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2011 Cray-Pas Contest Guidelines
The postmark deadline for submitting artwork is December 10, 2010. We look forward to receiving your entries!

Download the Cray-Pas Contest Entry Form here.

Optional:
Download the official Certificate of Participation and fill one out for every participating student.

Check out the Prizes & Sponsors here!

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Entry Check List - teachers please read carefully!

Teacher's responsibilities are:
1) Use transparent tape to attach a completed entry form to the back of the student's artwork; the student entry form and student's artwork must match.
2) Ensure the student gives proper "credit" to that artist when the student's artwork is "inspired by" another artist's image. Space is provided on the contest entry form. Write in the artist's name and publication that inspired the student.
3) EACH entry must be the work of one student only.
4) One entry per student.

Entry Image Criteria
Entries are judged based upon: image originality, creativity, emotional content, oil pastel skills, & age appropriateness. When an entry is "inspired" by a photograph or another artist's image, credit must be given on the entry form to the artist. Art work must not be copied. An entry will be rejected when the image is a copy of an artist's work, book illustration, magazine or newspaper content, or similar to a previous contest winner. See contest rules and regulations on entry form for further details.

• Created with Oil Pastels?
The majority of the piece must be done in oil pastels. We recommend Cray-Pas® — the original oil pastel with an extensive range of color options. Using Cray-Pas supports the corporate funding for this contest and many other programs. Entries may also use combinations of pen and ink, pencil, and/or watercolors with oil pastels.

• The Right Size?
Required size for all artwork: NO LARGER than 12" X 18" and NO SMALLER than 8"X 10"
DO NOT: frame or mat artwork, or mail rolled up or in tubes. Artwork must be mailed flat.

• Entry Form Attached?
Entry forms should be completed by the TEACHER, and signed by both the student's parent/guardian and art teacher. Only use transparent tape to attach one entry form to the back of the artwork, (no staples or paper clips). Teachers/parents are responsible for placing the correct student's entry form on the back of the entry. If any of the above conditions are not met, or the writing on the form is illegible, the artwork will be disqualified.

• Mail to us FLAT – NOT ROLLED!
Rolled artwork sent to us will not be judged. Send all entries FLAT.
Multiple Entries: Mark the outside of each envelope with the age category, and the number of entries inside. Age category = K-2nd, or 3-5th, or 6-8th grade. One age category per envelope. You may send all age category envelopes in one package.

• Original artwork vs. color copies?
Teachers may submit color copies that truly represent the quality and color in the work. The original MUST be available if the student's piece is selected as a possible finalist. When the original is requested, overnight or second-day shipping is required; otherwise the piece may be disqualified.

• All artwork submitted to this contest cannot be returned.

Contest Deadline:
All entries must be mailed or shipped to Sakura with a postmark no later than December 10, 2010

2011 Contest Rules and Regulations :

•	No purchase necessary. Contest open to legal residents of the 50 United States, District of Columbia, and Canada (except Quebec), grades K - 8 as of August 1, 2010 to December 10, 2010. Entries must be postmarked by December 10, 2010 and received by December 31, 2010. Mail all entries to: Sakura Cray-Pas 2011 Wonderful Colorful Word Art Contest, 30780 San Clemente Street, Hayward, CA 94544. Void in Quebec where prohibited by law. All federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. Employees of Sakura Corporation or any of 2011 Contest Sponsors and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies and their family/household members are not eligible to enter.
•	Enter by sending your children's/students' artwork to Sakura of America, Hayward headquarters. Entries that do not meet the requirements stated on the "Entry Check List" located on the web site or contest poster will be disqualified. Sakura of America is not responsible for lost, late, mutilated, postage-due or misdirected mail. One entry per student. A separate entry form must be securely attached to the back of each entry. All entries must be the entrant's original creation, may not have been published or produced previously and must not infringe any third-party rights. Submission of any entry constitutes consent to irrevocably assign to Sakura of America any and all rights to the entry including, but not limited to, all intellectual property rights, including copyright. Submission of entry further grants Sakura of America and their respective agents the right to publish, produce, and use artwork submitted and publish, produce, use, adapt, edit and/or modify the entry in any way and in any and all media, without limitation and without additional compensation. Submission of artwork constitutes permission to use winner's name, photograph and likeness for purposes of advertising and promotion for Sponsor without further compensation, except where prohibited.
•	Entries will be judged before February 15th, 2011 by professionals in the art/craft material industry. Judging of entries is based on the following criteria and weighted as follows: originality, creativity, use of oil pastel methods, and age appropriateness. Participants agree to be bound by these rules and the decision of the judges, which are final. Teachers of the student winners, Honorable Mentions and Finalists will be notified by mail by March, 2011. To obtain a list of winners, check www.sakuraofamerica.com in March 2011. If you do not have access to the Internet, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Sakura of America, Hayward headquarters. Please include your return envelope with the artwork submittals and allow for 6 - 8 weeks after February 15, 2011 to receive reply. In the event of a tie, a tiebreaker will be held based on originality.
•	Prizes for teachers will be awarded to sponsoring teacher identified on the entry form. Home school students' parents will be awarded the teacher prize package. Student prizes will be mailed to teacher/sponsoring teacher/home school parent or guardian. Prizes won by minors will be awarded to a parent or legal guardian, who must sign all required documents. Prize packages of judged winners, outlined on contest brochure and on sakuraofamerica.com, will retail from $75 -$100 (U.S.), depending on prize and size of school. Sakura of America reserves the right to distribute the size of prizes appropriate to each school. In the event that one teacher has more than one placing student, the teacher will receive only one set of prizes equivalent to the teacher prize package for highest placing student. All taxes on prizes are the responsibility of the winner. Sakura of America make no warranties with regard to prizes. Prizes are not transferable. No substitutions of prize allowed by winner, but Sakura of America reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal value. Non-cash prize is not redeemable for cash.
•	All entrants release Sakura of America and all other 2011 contest sponsors, their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and all others associated with the development and execution of this sweepstakes from any and all liability from injury, loss or damage of any kind resulting from participation in this contest or acceptance or use of any prize. Sakura of America is not responsible for product redeemed by gift certificates or product from ArtWare By You.

GOOD LUCK !! and thank you for entering the Cray-Pas® 2011 Wonderful, Colorful World Contest.