Rules & Guidelines

Procedure: Participants are eligible to submit minimum of five examples of their work for inclusion in the VNY Fine Art Awards. All work must be your own original design and concept, created independently, completed in the last two years (since October 2002) and never won an award in any previous art competition. Works must be in the collection of the artist, and available for exhibition in the calendar year of 2004.

Cost

Each participant can enter minimum of five slides. Entry fee is
($50 per slide) of their work. Slides Will not be returned. The entry fee is non-refundable and must accompany the slides. Only bank & postal money orders will be accepted with application. Deadline for slides: All entrees must be postmarked on or before December 30th, 2004. Slides received after this date, with postmark after December 30th 2004 will not be entered in the competition. There will be no exceptions, the decision of the panel of judges are final. Entrees must be mailed to:

Valentine New York/VNY Awards
P.O. Box 100- 097
Brooklyn, New York
11210

Labeling of Slides

Submissions should be labeled and in 35mm standard 2"x2" slide mount format (please, no glass or odd sizes). Each slide should be labeled on the front, right-reading side with: artist's name, the word "front", the image size and medium. The work must be your own original concept and design, completed in the last two years (since October 2002) and never won an award in any previous art competition.

Awards and Prizes

There will be over $15,000 in cash prizes awarded to the finalist. Awards and prizes based on merit of an individual work will be judge by nationally known art professionals. The winners will be announced during the VNY Fine Arts Award on February 3th 2005, in Harlem New York City.