Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces another monthly Juried Competition. This time the theme is “Seasons”. 2D artists (Including Photography & Excluding Video) from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for inclusion into the Gallery’s September 2011 online group art exhibition. The gallery would like to be able to show the best art that an artist can create related to the given theme. Light Space & Time encourages entries from all 2D artists regardless of their experience or education in the art field. Awards will be for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. In addition, Honorable Mention and Special Recognition awards will also be awarded.

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Mixamo, a company that provides innovative online 3D character animation services, is organizing a character modeling contest. The challenge is to create a humanoid 3D character with a maximum poly count of 12,000 triangles. The 3D character must be your original work and mustn’t be purchased or stolen. There are cash prizes to be won, as well as some other goodies such as Mixamo credits. The first place winner will also be featured on Mixamo website and Mixamo advertisements around the web.

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To raise awareness of the wonderful world of invertebrates, the Australian Museum is once again holding the photographic competition, Up Close & Spineless. The competition is open to amateur and professional photographers and has four entry categories: Primary School, Secondary School, Open and Professional. The Up Close & Spineless competition challenges amateur and professional photographers to capture spectacular images of invertebrates (animals without a backbone). The Australian Museum also encourages participants to seek out unusual and rare species. Winners will each receive a voucher for $600 to spend on photographic supplies.

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The 2012 REBRAND 100 Global Awards are now open for entries! Any rebrand launched anywhere in the world between January 2009 and September 2011 is eligible to compete. The REBRAND 100 Global Awards is the first and highest worldwide recognition of its kind. Global organizations, Fortune 50 corporations, small businesses, accomplished entrepreneurs, respected nonprofit organizations, cities, and renowned universities from around the world are regularly represented in the REBRAND 100 Global Awards.

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Once again, this year, Médicos del Mundo presents the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award to denounce the situation of millions of people in the World. This award comes as a tribute to and in recognition of Luis Valtueña, Flors Sirera, Manuel Madrazo, and Mercedes Navarro, Médicos del Mundo aid workers killed in Rwanda in 1997 and in Bosnia in 1995 while performing their duties as international humanitarian aid workers. Their memory serves to ensure that each year victims of injustice are brought to light. Give them a voice through your gaze. And in doing so, together, we can bring injustice to an end.

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eVolo Magazine is pleased to invite architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in the eVolo 2012 Skyscraper Competition. eVolo encourages you to enter in multidisciplinary teams. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. It is a forum that examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city. ObjectiveThe participants should take into consideration the advances in technology, the exploration of sustainable systems, and the establishment of new urban and architectural methods to solve economic, social, and cultural problems of the contemporary city including the scarcity of natural resources and infrastructure and the exponential increase of inhabitants, pollution, economic division, and unplanned urban sprawl.

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With the purpose of creating, encouraging and promoting jewelry design, the Center for Design and Development of the Industry of Jewelry and Silversmithery extends a special invitation to all Designers, Jewelers, Students and general public to take part in the 23rd International Jewelry Design Competition, specifically planned for their skills, knowledge and creativity, which will translate into sketches, illustrations, renders and photographs. These should reflect avant-garde design, with identity and inspiration, and also be competitive at an international level. In this edition, the theme that will set the tone for the development of the incredible designs by all who wish to take part in the competition will be: Dimensión Digital. ObjectiveThe 23rd International Jewelry Design Competition 2011 is considering any jewel used on the body, such as glasses, belts, earrings, brooches and pins, rings, pendants, combs, tiaras, cuff links and others.

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The Juried Book Competition of Photography, Poetry and Prose – Open to Interpretation has another international open call for entries. This time the call is themed: Intimate Landscape. Landscapes conjure images of vast, sweeping scenes, but the details captured by a photograph can turn a seemingly impersonal setting into an intimate story. It’s up to the artist to define what constitutes an intimate landscape, be it representational, non-representational, urban, suburban or rural. Each volume of Open to Interpretation represents a unique collaboration between photographers and writers.

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Zooppa.com has partnered with MatchingDonors.com to help create awareness for living organ donors. They’re looking for a 30-second Public Service Announcement in the form of a video that celebrates, promotes, or teaches about being a living organ donor on MatchingDonors.com. This is a great opportunity for videomakers of all skill levels to help raise awareness about a remarkable non-profit organization and cause. Everybody Can Save A Life! is a video contest with an intention to raise awareness about being a living organ donor.

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Get a load of this… Shaolin Jazz have launched a month long competition where participants can submit designs or “graphic remixes” for the next album cover in the series. Shaolin Jazz is looking for creative and original artwork for the 37th Chamber project. For those of you who don’t already know, Shaolin Jazz is a music project by Gerald Watson and DJ 2-Tone Jones embodying a unique mix between legendary jazz and iconic hip-hop. The winner in the Shaolin Jazz Design Competition will receive footwear & apparel courtesy of Vans OTW & Staple Design. The competition is open to everyone worldwide.

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