Poster Contest for Youth

“Britain is GREAT”

Organizer: British Embassy Bishkek

Partners: “Balajan” Republican Training Center of Aesthetic Education

Web portal: Design.kg

Contest period: March 27 – May 27, 2013

Participants:

Young people aged 16 through 25 permanently resident in Kyrgyzstan.

Stages of the contest:

  1. March 25 – April 15, 2013 – publishing of the contest terms and conditions.
  2. April 16 – May 27, 2013 – collection of entries.
  3. No later than 5 of June – jury session and election of winners.
  4. Opening of an exhibition and award ceremony (no later than 12 of June). Date and venue: to be confirmed.

Objectivesofthecontest:

Promotion of British culture among the youth of Kyrgyzstan.

Posters can reflect the following themes:

  • Theatre.It is impossible toimagine modern theatre without the plays of George Bernard Show, Oscar Wilde, and, of course, William Shakespeare. This playwright is an absolute champion with regards to the number of performanceson all stages around the world.
  • Literature. British literature has given many great names to the world such as Jonathan Swift, George Byron, Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Conan Doyle and many others that have made a significant impact into the world literature. Such literary characters like Sherlock Holmes, Mary Poppins, Gulliver, Mowgli and Robinson Crusoe became household names. And other characters such as Harry Potter have for several years ranked first in popularity among children all over the world.
  • Sports.The concept of "sports" came from the UK. Many kinds of modern sports were invented and formed their current rules in the UK. And, of course, Britain is known as a home of football! Such football teams like Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal are familiar even to people, who are far from sports, with football players like David Beckham no less famous than movie stars.
  • Innovations.The British are known for their discoveries and inventions that changed our view of the world - from Newton's laws to the newest programs on space exploration. For example, did you know that British science and engineering presented to the world the first steam engine, vaccination against smallpox, the underground, the sheep Dolly, and many other things?
  • Music. Beatles. Rolling Stones. Queen. These titles do not require any additional commentaries. British music has a glorious past and vibrant present. Everyone will find something of themselves in it.
  • Historical heritage. Extended through time and full of events the history of Great Britain gives a lot of food for an inquiring mind: great explorers, kings and queens, philosophers, politicians ... their actions and achievements remain a remembered and cherished reality.
  • Architecture and fine arts.British architecture is not only the Big Ben known to any student, but also the "perpendicular" Gothic cathedrals, English landscape parks, the modern buildings of Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster, as well as the famous British Museum, which holds no less famous paintings of Gainsborough, Hogarth, Turner and other masters.
  • Society. It is well known that the UK is the birthplace of trade unions, democratic traditions of the country, parliamentarism, tolerance and respect for the individual.
  • Britain H.This section may disclose any cultural events / persons / ideas, not included in the preceding paragraphs.
  • Great Britain and Kyrgyzstan. This topic welcomes disclosure of various cultural "threads" that bind our two countries, as well as the ideas and things that are our common heritage. English business suit, English lawn, safety pin and other big and small "Anglicisms" which can and must be continued ...

Rulesofthecontest:

Personally drawn posters are submitted to the contest.

The paper dimensions must correspond to A3 size (horizontal and vertical). Any drawing technique is accepted.

Total number of drawings must not exceed 5 from each submitter.

Posters can contain any graphical, font (for example slogans in English, Kyrgyz and Russian languages) or photographical elements. The next information should be pointed on the back of each entry:

  • Name of the entry
  • Name of the author(s)
  • Age of the author(s)
  • Home address, telephone number (mobile as well) of the author and his/her parents
  • E-mail of the author(s)

There should not be any information on the face of the entries.

Prizes/Awards:

1st Prize - Amazon Kindle, eBook

2d Prize - Gift Certificate for an amount of 3000 som in “Raritet” bookshop

3d Prize - Gift Certificate for an amount of 1500 som in “Raritet” bookshop (2 Prizes)

Recognition gift - Gift Certificate for an amount of 500 som in “Raritet” bookshop

Age group from 14 to 16 years old

1st Prize - Amazon Kindle, eBook

2d Prize - Gift Certificate for an amount of 3000 som in “Raritet” bookshop

3d Prize - Gift Certificate for an amount of 1500 som in “Raritet” bookshop (2 Prizes)

Recognition gift - Gift Certificate for an amount of 500 som in “Raritet” bookshop

All winners will receive contest diplomas.

The exhibition will be held based on the results of the contest. Date and venue: to be confirmed.

Jury Panel:

Professional artists. The list of jury panel will be confirmed.

Copyright:

All rights reserved to the authors of posters. The entries may be used by the British Embassy Bishkek fornon-commercialpurposes (such as own and other publications). The entries will not be returned.

By presenting the posters to the contest the authors of the entries express agreement to the terms of the contest.

The judging panel is entitled not to consider the entries which are not relevant to the theme of the contest.

The winners will present the digital version of their posters.

All posters seal an envelope and with the mark Posters Contest «Britain is GREAT»must be submitted to “Balajan” Republican Training Center of Aesthetic Education by 18:00, May 27, 2013 by the following address: 53, Moscow str, Bishkek city.

For participants from regions: the entries can be sent to the following email address: . They will be printed by the organizers. Quality of submitted files should be sufficient to print them in A3 format.

Contest coordinator – Ms. Adrianova Natalya Tel.: 0777 098713