PDIllustrationCompetition

= Competition: Illustrating The Public Domain =

A competition for illustrations to a chosen public domain work. A fairy tale for example.

= Submissions =

Submissions should be dedicated to the public domain, to match the work and to encourage understanding and appreciation of the public domain.

(Failing that, works should be under a Free licence.)

= Prizes =

The prize would be cash, a small print run, giclees or prints of the illustrations, or a print-on-demand (POD) run of the book if we can't get anything more luxuriant.

Find an art press or a public domain republisher (e.g. Dover or Penguin) willing to do a small run of a book using the illustrations.

Or use a POD publisher such as lulu, Mute or Lightningpress to make a version of the book.

= Lifecycle =

Have the competition early in the academic year.

Announce it via illustration and arts and free culture mailing lists and sites.

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Have a launch for the results at a book art venue such as Bookartbookshop or at a cafe gallery if it's giclees or prints.

= Questions =

Tie in with Open Clip Art Library?

How to accept submissions?

What quality criteria?

Who'll judge it?

How to announce the results?