UNGEI Drawing Contest 2011

UNGEI Drawing Contest 2011

Theme: How does girls' and boys' equality in education help us all?

Deadline: All entries must be received by 1 August 2011 
Partners of the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI), East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) and South Asia (SA), are pleased to invite entries for the 3rd contest on promoting gender equality in education.
This year, you are welcome to submit drawings that will illustrate your thoughts on how girls’ and boys' equality in education can help us all.

Awards
The 13 winning drawings will be featured in UNGEI (EAP and SA) “Gender in Education Calendar 2012,” which will be distributed widely throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The contest winners will receive official certificates of merit and a copy of the Calendar 2012. Click here to see previous calendars.

The winning drawings will also be posted on the organizers’ respective websites. Additionally, winning drawings and all other entries in the contest will be used by UNGEI partner agencies in their respective publications, presentations, websites and promotional and advocacy materials.

Who can participate?

• The contest is open to all nationals and residents in Asia and the Pacific.
• Contestants must be 18 years of age or under.
• Girls and boys alike are encouraged to participate.

Drawing Specifications

• Drawings must be submitted in A4 size.
• Drawings can be in color or black/white.
• You can use any materials (crayons, pencils,paint, etc.) you like.
• Drawings can depict, for example:
  • Sports activities
  • Activities at home
  • Playing together
  • School environment

Number of EntriesEach contestant may submit one or more drawings.

CopyrightBy submitting a drawing, the contestant grants the organizing agency-members of UNGEI (EAP and SA) the right to use the entry and his/her name, country name and age for credit purposes in publications, presentations, websites, documents and promotional materials related to the work of the aforementioned organizations, without any compensation, notification, or permission.

Voting
All drawings received will undergo a two-round voting process:
1) a first round of voting by UNGEI partners; 2) a second round of voting will be organized online and will be open to the public. Winning drawings will be announced in November 2011.

How to Submit?Submission of the drawings implies consent to specify the contestants' first name, age, and country in UNGEI publications and websites. No other identifying information will be published.

Please fill out the attached registration form and indicate on the back of each drawing your full name, age, sex and country.
Drawings may be submitted in either hard copies or digital mode.
Please mail your entries by post to:
UNESCO Bangkok
APPEAL Unit
920 Sukhumvit Road, Prakanong, Klongtoey
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Or by email to: gender.bgk@unesco.org
(Digital submissions of drawings must be in a TIFF, EPS or JPEG
format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi)

Bicentennial House Competition 2011 - UPDATE: EXTENDED SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE!

Sponsor: Historic New Harmony, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, National Endowment for the Arts

Type: Open, two stage

Location: New Harmony, Indiana

Language: English

Fee: $50

Eligibility: Students and professionals in the following fields: (i) architecture, (ii) architectural drafting, (iii) landscape architecture, (iv) building design, (v) interior design, (vi) urban planning, (vii) construction, (viii) construction management, (ix) engineering, (x)studio art, or (xi) affordable housing. Must be 18 years of age or older at the time of entry.

Timetable:

August 1, 2011 - Registration and submissions deadline (extended)

August 10, 2011 - Round 1 winners notified

August 20-September 24, 2011 - Bicentennial House Competition Exhibition/Public Vote

October 1, 2011 - Round 2 winners notified

Awards:

1st Place - $2,000

2nd Place - $1,000

3rd Place - $500

The winning design will be advanced to construction documents and become the property of the town of New Harmony. It will be given free of charge to anyone seeking to build within the town limits or immediate environs.

Jury:

Bernhard Karpf - Associate Partner, Richard Meier & Partners

Charles Durret - Co-owner of The CoHousing Company

Kathryn McCamant - CoOwner of The CoHousing Company

Design Challenge:

In celebration of New Harmony’s bicentennial in 2014, Historic New Harmony and the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, are sponsoring a 2011 Bicentennial House Design Competition. Individuals or teams are invited to submit designs inspired by the traditional Harmonist Construction with emphasis on sustainable, energy efficient and affordable housing.

A. Objectives:

• Contribute sustainable, affordable, contemporary design to unique architecture of New Harmony
• Create healthy, comfortable homes
• Minimize monthly gas and electric expenditures by conserving energy Reduce New Harmony’s impact on natural resources

B. Contest Focus:

• Single family housing
• Design living space that is attractive, functional and affordable
• Living space that is a minimum of 1,200 square feet
• Minimum space utility needs: kitchen, dining area, living area, 2-3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, storage for bedrooms, bathroom(s,) kitchen and entry area, laundry room /mechanical rooms.

Submission Requirements:

1. Presentation boards should be confined to two, un-mounted 24”x 36” sheets of paper. Presentation boards should be 4,800 pixels by 7,200 pixels (24inx 36in @ 200 dpi) in JPG, PNG or GIF format. Please label all files with last name of designer/team leader and description: i.e. smith_presentationboard1.jpg.
2. Secondary images include building plan(s), building elevation, building sections and additional images. All image files should be at least 3000 x 2000 pixels (15x10in @200 dpi) Please label all files with last name of designer/team leader and description: i.e. smith_buildingelevation1. jpg. Secondary images must be limited to 10 (ten) images
3. A DVD of all project materials must accompany the entry.
4. Project description should not exceed three 8 1/2” x 11” pages and include information about materials, budget strategies, design intent and objectives.
5. Completed cost estimation based on 2011 construction start must include Life Cycle Costing or comparisons with conventional construction costs or both.
For more information, go to: www.usi.edu/hnh/bicentennialhouse.php
Email: emyersbro@usi.edu

Free contest, AMOS Student Essay Competition 2011 (theme: atmospheric/ oceanographic science), top prize: $300

Deadline: 5 September 2011

AMOS is seeking review essays on any topic of atmospheric or oceanographic science for
the 2011 Student Essay Competition.

The winner will receive a prize of $300 and their essay will be published in the AMOS Bulletin. Honourable Mentions may also receive $100.

Word Limit: 5000 words

Target Audience: readers of the AMOS Bulletin

Entries are invited from current undergraduate university students (up to but not including Masters level). Why not adapt the literature review of your thesis, or turn that assignment you have slaved over into an entry, and give yourself a chance at winning $300 and of having a publication and prize to add to your CV? Finalists’ essays may also be published in the AMOS Bulletin.

Entries should be supplied via email as a pdf or in a format readable by Open Office, and accompanied by details of the entrant’s contact address and his or her university enrolment and a declaration that the essay is the student's own work..

Past copies of the AMOS Bulletin may be downloaded from:
http://www.amos.org.au/publications

For more details see the Education web page: http://www.amos.org.au/education
or contact the convener of the AMOS Education Committee, Philip Riley, at
p.riley@bom.gov.au.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: p.riley@bom.gov.au

For submissions: p.riley@bom.gov.au

Website: http://www.amos.org.au/education

cartoon contest

18th EURO-KARTOENALE - KRUISHOUTEM 2011 Theme: Shoes Deadline: 15th of February 2011

Click here for the rules and the entry form Click here for the list of participants Jury meeting on the 26th of February Opening and prize giving ceremony: 16th of April 2011

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Contest 2011 : International Construction Accidents Cartoon Contest 2011, Turkey

The Subject of the Contest: Job Accidents in the Construction Industry
The Aim of the Contest: The construction industry is known as one of the most hazardous industries. One of the main problems of the construction industry is job site accidents: accidents causing crew death and major injuries. Accident rates in this industry are one of the highest across all over the industries. Besides causing human tragedy and economic losses, construction accidents also affect the productivity and reputation of the construction industry. The aim of this contest is to focus on the construction accidents through cartoons and increase the safety awareness in this industry.
1. The competition is open to professional and amateur cartoonists from all over the world.
2. The cartoons that focus on the subject of construction accidents can be prepared by any technique and with any color. Cartoons should be prepared either in A4 (210mm x 297mm) or A3 (297mmX420mm) paper dimensions.
3. Caricatures prepared in digital format can also participate in this contest, however printouts signed by the cartoonists should be sent for the competition.
4. Caricaturists can participate in this contest with a maximum of 3 cartoons.
5. Name, surname, birth date, postal adress, phone number and e-mail adress should be written on the reverse side of each cartoon.
6. The cartoonists are free to participate with already published works as long as these works have not previously been awarded in any other contest.
7. The works must reach the organizing association not later than 30 April 2011 and the address of “Anadolu Universitesi Insaat Muhendisligi Bolumu, 2 Eylul Kampusu, Eskisehir,Turkey”. The organizing association will not be responsible for the postal delays.
8. Awards:
First Prize ( 1000 US Dollars )
Second Prize ( 750 US Dollars )
Third Prize ( 500 US Dollars )
5 Honour Prizes ( Honour Certificate ).
9. Selection Committee:
Prof. Dr. Davut AYDIN (President-Anadolu University)
Prof. Atila OZER (Director of Anadolu University Research Center for Cartoon Art)
Hikmet CERRAH (Caricaturist)
Sani SENER (TAV Construction Company)
Savas OZAYDEMIR(ESO)
Emin SAZAK (Yuksel Construction)
Ahmet TUNCAN (Anadolu University, Chairman of Civil Engineering Department, Prof.Dr.)
Gokhan ARSLAN (Anadolu University, Vice Chairman of Civil Engineering Department, Assoc.Prof.Dr.).
10. The selected cartoons will be exhibited. The prizes will be given in the exhibition opening.
11. One album of cartoons that will be determined by the selection committee will be sent to the cartoonists.
12. Cartoons will not be returned to the artists. Once sent the works belong to the organizing committee. It can be published, distributed or used for promotional purpose in future. The cartoons may be used for promotional purposes: cards,posters, catalogs, newspapers, magazine and books etc.
13. Participants are considered to have accepted all these conditions.