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APA Comic Competition
Sep. 17th, 2007 01:50 pmSaw this and thought readers of my journal might be interested - the instructions are to propagate far and wide, so feel free to copy and paste!
APA Comic Contest
Ceres in Chicago
Contestants are invited to create and submit a comic dealing with some aspect of the myth of Ceres (Demeter) as the goddess of grain who stands atop the Chicago Board of Trade building. This contest is open to anyone, anywhere.
Entries will be judged on the basis of content, style and originality. There will be three grand prizes: one for students grades K-6, one for students grades 7-12, and one for adults including members of the American Philological Association. There will be a number of honorable mentions in each category.
Grand prize winners and honorable mentions will all receive certificates of recognition and all their entries will be on public display at the 2008 meeting of the American Philological Association in Chicago and may also become part of a traveling poster show. Winning entries will also be published in Amphora and on the APA website. All entries become the property of the American Philological Association.
FORMAT GUIDELINES: Entries must be on one-page, 8 1/2" x 11", in black-and-white. Color entries cannot be accepted. Materials, style, layout, and format are all at the discretion of the artist, but each submission must be able to be reproduced on a standard page. Only one entry per contestant is permitted. The entry should be titled appropriately. All text must be in English. The name of the author should not appear on the entry, which must be accompanied by a 3x5 index card with the following information: name and age of entrant, title of entry, full mailing address, and e-mail Submissions are to be mailed flat, preferably with a cardboard backing, to Dr. ChrisAnn Matteo, Department of Classics, 2407 Marie Mount Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 and postmarked by November 1, 2007.
APA Comic Contest
Ceres in Chicago
Contestants are invited to create and submit a comic dealing with some aspect of the myth of Ceres (Demeter) as the goddess of grain who stands atop the Chicago Board of Trade building. This contest is open to anyone, anywhere.
Entries will be judged on the basis of content, style and originality. There will be three grand prizes: one for students grades K-6, one for students grades 7-12, and one for adults including members of the American Philological Association. There will be a number of honorable mentions in each category.
Grand prize winners and honorable mentions will all receive certificates of recognition and all their entries will be on public display at the 2008 meeting of the American Philological Association in Chicago and may also become part of a traveling poster show. Winning entries will also be published in Amphora and on the APA website. All entries become the property of the American Philological Association.
FORMAT GUIDELINES: Entries must be on one-page, 8 1/2" x 11", in black-and-white. Color entries cannot be accepted. Materials, style, layout, and format are all at the discretion of the artist, but each submission must be able to be reproduced on a standard page. Only one entry per contestant is permitted. The entry should be titled appropriately. All text must be in English. The name of the author should not appear on the entry, which must be accompanied by a 3x5 index card with the following information: name and age of entrant, title of entry, full mailing address, and e-mail Submissions are to be mailed flat, preferably with a cardboard backing, to Dr. ChrisAnn Matteo, Department of Classics, 2407 Marie Mount Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 and postmarked by November 1, 2007.
