Art Competition Rules

Rule No. 1: All submitted artwork must be 100% original. Any derivations of other work or copyrighted images will be disqualified.

Rule No. 2: All competitions last one month. 2 week for submissions, 1 week for voting, 1 week for final evaluation.

Rule No. 3: Multiple accounts made to gain votes will result in automatic disqualification and a ban from all future art competitions.

Rule No. 4: Only one submission is allowed. If more than one is entered then all entries will be disqualified.

Rule No. 5: When entering a submission be sure to include all of the following: a title, the artwork, a description, and your user name must be placed visibly somewhere on the artwork page. These are not all needed, but it could improve your chances of winning.

Rule No. 6: Depending on how many entries there are, the top five to ten art pieces with the highest amount of votes will go to the final round of evaluation where the three top winners will be chosen. If only three entries are submitted, then only one will be chosen as a winner.

Rule No. 7: All submissions should be entered under a link. (To do this, follow these steps:
1. Right click the image on the site that it is at and select "view image"
2. Copy the URL at the top of the page.
3. At the top of the text box where the formatting is, find the link button at the farthest right.
4. Enter the URL in the top text box and the title of your piece in the bottom text box.
5. Leave your description of the image below the link.

Rule No. 8: Artwork may not contain the following: watermarks, grotesque images, or nudity. *The exception is if it artistically displayed and the nudity is limited*


Rule No. 1: One person may submit up to three vote points. They can separate the points amongst submissions or they can give all their votes to one entry. You do not have to use all vote points.

Rule No. 2: Voting will not be allowed to take place until the end of the submissions time period.

Rule No. 3: Voting is only allowed in the designated thread. Votes in the submission thread will be deleted.

Rule No. 4: Comments can be submitted during the submission period in the appropriate commenting thread. Constructive criticism is allowed, but have respect. Degrading anyone is not allowed.

Rule No. 5: Votes are to be submitted in this exampled format:

Title: Art is Creativity
Artist: Mystery Man
Vote Count: 2
Comment: "Hey, this is really great! Good job!"

Rule No. 6: All votes are to be submitted in only one post. No other posts are after wards allowed by the poster.

Rule No. 7: You may vote for yourself.

Rule No. 8: You may not create multiple accounts to vote for someone. To be eligible to vote your account must be active for at least 3 days.