Beach Art Contest!
This big contest invites you to create artwork on the theme of ‘Save The Beach’. It’s being run in collaboration with Corona Extra to support Corona’s Save the Beach campaign and to highlight the issues of beach conservation.



The Brief

Submit artwork in any medium on the theme of beach conservation,litter and pollution. This could be sculptural - created from actual litter and debris you find at the beach, and then photographed (great examples of environmental beach litter art by artist Jane Rose can be seen here: [link]) or you could even create sand sculptures!
If you don’t live near a beach, you can submit photography, digital pieces, photo manipulations or traditional art depicting the plight of our beaches and the need to conserve them. You can also include text if you wish, or add Corona Save The Beach banners
IMPORTANT: This DOESN'T MEAN JUST PICTURES OF BEACHES! The entry has to reflect environmental/beach conservation/litter/pollution concerns.


The Project
The Corona Save The Beach campaign is a pioneer environmental initiative to identify, clean up and preserve the beaches of Europe and educate the public about the importance of keeping beaches clean. The campaign is supported by the Foundation for Environmental Education and it’s Blue Flag programme, the quality seal awarded each year to beaches and marinas meeting strict environmental criteria. As well as running this art contest, members of the public were invited to send in their photographs or videos of dirty beaches they visit. In July 2009, Capocotta, a beach on the Roman coast, was the beach chosen by a public vote to be cleaned. Capocotta was shortlisted along with other areas including Puertito de Guimar in Tenerife, Spain, Heraclion in Greece and a beach in Norfolk, UK.
Start preparing your entries for the 2010 Corona Save the Beach campaign – get behind your local beach and it may be the winning beach to be “saved” by Corona.

The Prizes

1st Prize
Designer “Corona by Custo” beach bag designed exclusively for the Save the Beach campaign by Custo Barcelona [link] (worth 50 Euros each)



1 years Deviant Art subscription

Free graphics stock from Melsbrushes [link] – an incredible 62 items on offer including brushes, vectors, repeat patterns, scrapbook items – it’s a store grab!



Free advertising slot for 2 months for your art or design portfolio on Mels Brushes

Your winning artwork featured and publicized on the Corona Save The Beach website, dA profile, facebook group and twitter. This is a very high profile campaign - the exposure you receive will be outstanding.

A blog feature and publicity on Melsbrushes, which receives 1000 visitors per day.

2nd Prize
Designer “Corona by Custo” beach bag
3 months Deviant Art subscription
Free graphics stock from Melsbrushes – 20 items
Your winning artwork featured and publicized on the Corona Save The Beach website, dA profile, facebook group and twitter.

3rd Prize
Designer “Corona by Custo” beach bag
Your winning artwork featured and publicized on the Corona Save The Beach website, dA profile, facebook group and twitter.
Free graphics stock from Melsbrushes – 10 items

Runners Up
12 x runners up will receive a Corona by Custo beach bag

How to submit your artwork
All artwork submitted will be displayed in the *CoronaSaveTheBeach deviant art gallery. Here’s how to submit your art to the contest.

Upload your art to your own deviant account, and link in the description to the Save the Beach contest journal. Also specify and link in the description to this article.
Send a note titled ‘Save The Beach entry’ to either *CoronaSaveTheBeach or myself *melemel including a link to your deviation.
A copy of your entry will then be put in the *CoronaSaveTheBeach gallery with a link back to your profile, and also a thumbnail in the contest journal gallery.

The Rules and Guidelines
Before submitting your entry, please read the rules below carefully

Membership to Deviant Art is required to enter. If you don’t have an account, create one here

The work must be original and totally your own (if using graphics stock, be sure you have the owners permission before submitting)

You can submit as many entries as you like, and the deviation doesn't have to be new - it just has to fit the brief

You allow that a copy of your entry may be displayed on the *CoronaSaveTheBeach deviant gallery, with a link back to the original deviation and/or your profile.

The work may not have been made commercially available previously.

The work must not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, unlawful or plagiarized.

By submitting an entry, you represent that you have the unrestricted right to submit the Work

You agree that your submitted image may be used online and offline as promotion for the Corona Extra Save The Beach campaign (credit will be given to the artist where used). A discreet Corona Save The Beach ‘badge’ may be placed somewhere on the image where displayed.


Guidelines
*CoronaSaveTheBeach and *melemel reserve the right to extend the contest deadline and winners announcement if necessary.

Please fave and give love for the contest and add *CoronaSaveTheBeach to your deviant watch to keep up with announcements. Entries will be displayed in a journal feature.

Judging
Entries will be judged by a panel consisting of representatives of Corona Save The Beach, Borkowski PR [link] and Mels Brushes.

Deadline
The deadline for submitting entries is on the 31st August 2009. Winners will be announced by the 14th September 2009.

Click here for Entries

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Useful weblinks
Corona Save The Beach official site [link]
Corona Save The Beach facebook group [link]
Mels Brushes [link]
Blue Flag [link]

Have fun and good luck!
Any questions and queries about this contest go to *melemel – send a note! Alternatively comment below.