Editors board of the UkrSA Light magazine and UkrSA Commission "Children and Caves" are announcing the International Contest for children "Caves in the Eyes of our Children."

To participate in the competition young artists are invited to take part who are 16 years old and under. Competition will be held in four age groups: 0-5 years old, 6-9 years old, 10-12 years old, 13-16 years old.

The contestants are aloud to send a maximum of 3 drawing, which will be accepted until May 15th 2013. A jury of five people before June 1st 2013 will select lucky winners.

Both drawings and scanned copies of drawings will be eligible to take part in the contest. It is also recommended that the authors send their own photos, if possible on the background of the caves. These photos will be posted on the website of the Committee of ?Children and the Caves? next to the picture of the young artists.

Site Address: childandcave.com.ua

Link :-   http://speleoukraine.org/index.php/en/news/440-international-children-s-drawing-competition

Requirements:

Drawings should be made during the 2012-2013 year. Scanned copies of drawings must be in JPEG or JPG, A4 format with a resolution of 150dpi.

The works should be free of adult edits.

All entries must be hand-drawn.

Means authorized for the execution of the drawing works:

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Watercolor

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Acrylic paints

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Oil paints

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Indelible markers

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Markers

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Soft ball-point pens

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Indelible ink

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Pastel or similar means indelible

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Pencil, charcoal

The following tools are not allowed:

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Artwork by computer.

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Collages using photocopies.

Designation.

Each work submitted to the contest must be signed on the reverse side, and contain the following information (in the case of delivery of copies scanned, the information is sent as a separate file Word.doc):

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Name of work

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Last name the author

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         First name of the author

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Address of the author

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Date of birth

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Country of residence

?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">         Certificate of authorship.

Certificate of authorship should be in the form below and must be signed by the applicant's teacher, parent, or any other suitable person.

I / We declare that this work is not carried out or borrowed without anyone or any help.

Author - _____________ (Full name of the author.) Signature certifying entity.

Pictures can be sent by post mail to: ??????? 01030, ????-30, ?/? 136 (P.O.Box 136, Kiev-30, 01030 UKRAINE), people living in Kiev can bring their drawings on Wednesdays from 19:00 to club KSC (Yurii Kasyan, O. Shamanskaya).

Scanned copies could be sent to e-mail: helgashamanskaya@gmail.com This email address is being protected from spambots. You need Java!==!--script--== enabled to view it.

When sending drawing the authors agree that this work can be used by the organizers in the exhibitions, posters, calendars, online and promotional materials to promote caving, of course indicating the author of the work.

Contest winners will receive prizes from the Ukrainian Speleological Association. The best works will also be published in the journal ?The Light?.

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