The International Reggae Poster Contest announces its 7th call for entries.
After 6 successful annual competitions (2011-2018), the International Reggae Poster Contest is now biennial. Today, we announce the 7th Call for entries.
Main theme of the contest: Toward a Reggae Hall of Fame: Celebrating Great Jamaican Music.
The theme of this year’s contest: Reggae Music: Messages from Jamaica to the World.
In the world of design and the arts, there are many poster competitions. Some focus on music, such as jazz and rock; and others on social awareness. But there is only one competition worldwide on reggae music. One of the reasons this music has spread across the globe is because reggae speaks to our heart and our mind about a wide range of social and political issues. For this 7th contest, we would like entries to focus on the messages that reggae and all the other genres of Jamaican popular music are spreading globally. We are looking for creative visual expressions that capture those issues and showcasing them through the energy and the vibe of Jamaican culture, at home and internationally.
Competition dates are as follows:
Submissions open November 1, 2019.
Submissions close March 1, 2020. No extension will be given.
Voting dates: March 15 to April 20, 2020.
Announcement of winners: May 1, 2020
CALL FOR ENTRIES: The 7th edition of the International Reggae Poster Contest 2020 will open for entries on November 1st, 2019 (12am EST time), and will run until March 1st, 2020 (12am EST time). No extension will be given. The top 100 posters will be selected by a jury panel comprising international design professionals.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to designers all over the world.
There is no entry fee.
JURY PANEL
Final Selection Panel
Andrew Lewis, CANADA; Charis Tsevis, GREECE; Chaz Maviyane-Davies, ZIMBABWE; Elmer Sosa, MEXICO; Eric Boelts, UNITED STATES; Frank Arbelo, CUBA; Mehdi Saeedi, IRAN; Niklaus Troxler, SWITZERLAND; Rikke Hansen, DENMARK; Susan Lee Quee, JAMAICA; Susana Machicao, BOLIVIA
Pre-selection Panel
Andre Hutchinson, JAMAICA; Celeste Prieto, PARAGUAY; Christopher Scott, ECUADOR; Gabriela Luna, MEXICO; Kathiana Cardona OpArt, VENEZUELA; Li Xu, CHINA; Maja Wolna, POLAND; Mario Fuentes, ECUADOR; Nicholas Da Silva, UNITED STATES; Osvaldo Gaona, MEXICO; Qixin Shi, CHINA; Rory Taylor, UNITED KINGDOM; Stavros Damos, GREECE; Tomoko Miyagawa, JAPAN; Yuxuan Wu, CHINA
AWARDS
The winners will receive a trip to Rototom Sunsplash European Reggae Festival (grand winner), a cover feature and exclusive interview of the grand winner in the IRIE Magazine, the new Down in Jamaica box-set by VP Records, a package of fonts, worth €500, from PARACHUTE Typefoundry, an exclusive handmade wood product from Alpha Institute woodshop made by its students, Wacom Intuos and many more.
For more details visit the website: www.reggaepostercontest.com
