Carmelite Prize 2020
The Carmelite Prize is an exciting award created to recognise excellence in children's book illustration, with the aim of encouraging and inspiring the next generation of illustrators for children's stories.
"We are excited to announce Jeanne Willis as this year's author with her new and original picture book text called One and Only. We are inviting students, aged 18 and over, who are studying illustration and design at a further or higher education institution in the UK to submit their illustration ideas for this book. Entires will be judged by a panel of industry professionals, including Jeanne Willis, and the Creative Director of Hachette Children's Group.
The competition winner will receive £1000 and may be selected to work with Hodder Children's Books (an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton Ltd and part of Hachette Children's Group) on the final illustrations for One and Only. The winner's course tutor will receive £500 donation towards their students final year show.
There are also two runner up prizes of £500 and £250 respectively and, in addition to this, the top 5 entries (including the winner and the two runners up) will be invited to show their illustration portfolios to Art Directors from Hachette Children's Group for advice and feedback.
The competition will run from 28th October 2019 to 3rd April 2020 (inclusive). Winners will be announced 1st May 2020.
My thoughts: From all of the competition briefs, the Carmelite Prize greatly interests and excites me the most! I am a great lover of children's book illustration, their messages, lessons, morals and their magic so this best suits my practice and area of interests. The prizes are great even as a runner up to be able to receive feedback from actual art directors in the industry, an incredibly invaluable opportunity! It's a shame I coudn't have started on this earlier but I will do me best to get as much done as I can in the timeframe available.
How to Enter: The Brief
• Entrants must submit illustrations for Jeanne Willis' book, 'One and Only'
Synopsis
• In a dreamy, steamy forest lives a lonely bird of paradise. He longs to have a friend - but none of the other birds likes his raucous songs, his messy feathers or his overpowering orchid-scented nest. It seems the one and only lonely bird has no choice but to accept his fate - alone. Until, one day, a little bird comes by, who feels very differently from the rest...
What the judges are looking for?
• The judges are looking for a series of original and outstanding illustrations demonstrating competency and creativity in visual storytelling for children. The illustrations should show characterisation, continuity and progression, plus a range and pace appropriate to the text. Originality is key as is the consideration for text placement and page design.
Specifications
• The full text is split over 14 spreads and entrants are required to submit roughs for 10 spreads and final artwork for 4 spreads. The text, with suggest page breaks, can be accessed on completion of the registration form.
• LAUIL504 Studio Brief 1 only requires 3 outcomes of 3 ideas for this brief using he same dimensions.
• There is a choice of two formats for the finished book: 245mm x 245mm OR 275mm (high) x 250 mm (wide). Please choose the format most suited to your style.
• Artwork must be created at 100% size, or up to 30% larger, allowing at leaving 5mm extra (after reduction) for any images that bleed.
• Any medium may be used, but final artwork must be flat so it can be scanned. Illustrations with novelty elements or 3D structures will not be eligible. (my own notes: no pop-ups, if using 3D or sculpture, how to photograph this in a professional manner)
• Artwork can be supplied digitally but should be supplied as one low res pdf, file size to be no larger than 10MB. Please ensure file is labelled with your full name as follows: firstname_lastname.pdf. Note, original files should be created in high res - and retained as such - should your entry be successful and selected for print.
• Text should be shown in black either typed or handwritten, and should be removable (ie: supplied as a transparent or trace overlay). For digital entries, flattened text on PDF is acceptable, but original high res files should place text on a separate layer.
• LAUIL504 Studio Brief 1 only requires 3 outcomes of 3 ideas for this brief using he same dimensions.
• There is a choice of two formats for the finished book: 245mm x 245mm OR 275mm (high) x 250 mm (wide). Please choose the format most suited to your style.
• Artwork must be created at 100% size, or up to 30% larger, allowing at leaving 5mm extra (after reduction) for any images that bleed.
• Any medium may be used, but final artwork must be flat so it can be scanned. Illustrations with novelty elements or 3D structures will not be eligible. (my own notes: no pop-ups, if using 3D or sculpture, how to photograph this in a professional manner)
• Artwork can be supplied digitally but should be supplied as one low res pdf, file size to be no larger than 10MB. Please ensure file is labelled with your full name as follows: firstname_lastname.pdf. Note, original files should be created in high res - and retained as such - should your entry be successful and selected for print.
• Text should be shown in black either typed or handwritten, and should be removable (ie: supplied as a transparent or trace overlay). For digital entries, flattened text on PDF is acceptable, but original high res files should place text on a separate layer.
Previous Winners
• From the previous competition winners it is obvious that the panel of judges prefer a digital approach to illustration though there is no preference between illustrator or freehand with Photoshop brushes using a tablet as both have been chosen in this seelction.
• With this in mind, I will need to book a refresher workshop in Photoshop brushes as well as have a one-to-one in using the Cintiq.
• I have my own Wacom tablet (Intuos Art) that I have had for 5 years but it is nowhere near as professional as what the Cintuq offers with drawing straight onto the digital surface. This will be a great transferrable skill to have for university and my practice.
Terms and Conditions
• This competition is being organised by Hodder & Stoughton Limited (on behalf of Hodder Children’s Books, an imprint of Hachette Children’s Group) of Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ (the “Company”).
• This is a competition to illustrate a children’s picture book text called “One and Only” by Jeanne Willis in accordance with the competition brief.
• The competition will be judged by a panel of judges including the author, Jeanne Willis, the Hachette Children’s Group CEO, the Hachette Children’s Group Creative Director, the Hachette Children’s Group Picture Book Publisher, the Hachette Children’s Group Picture Book Art Director and at least one other figure from the field of children’s book publishing. The judging panel’s decisions will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• The top five entries will be selected by the judging panel from all entries properly submitted and received in accordance with these terms and conditions and will be judged based on the criteria set out in the competition brief. The winner and two runners up will then be selected from the top five entries by the judging panel and will receive the following prizes:
• The top five entries will be selected by the judging panel from all entries properly submitted and received in accordance with these terms and conditions and will be judged based on the criteria set out in the competition brief. The winner and two runners up will then be selected from the top five entries by the judging panel and will receive the following prizes:
Winner – £1000 plus £500 will be donated to the winner’s end of year/degree show or, if the winner is a Pathways mentee, £500 will be donated to their Bologna 2021 show
First runner up – £500
Second runner up – £250
The top five entrants will be invited to show their portfolio of work to Art Directors from Hachette Children’s Group for feedback and advice. This does not form part of the selection process for the competition.
• The Company may (at its sole discretion) offer the winner a publishing contract in respect of illustrating the full text of “One and Only” (or any other book agreed between the Company and the winner). For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall have no obligation to offer the winner a publishing contract.
• The competition is open to: (i) all students, who are aged 18 or over on 3 April 2020, who are studying illustration and design in the UK in further or higher education during the academic year 2019/2020; and (ii) all current Pathways mentees, except employees of any company in the Hachette UK group, their families, or anyone professionally connected to the competition either themselves or through their families.
• Only one entry per person allowed. Second or subsequent entries will be disqualified. Entries will not be accepted via agents, third parties or in bulk.
• There is no purchase necessary to enter the competition.
• The competition opens at 12:01am GMT on 28 October 2019 and closes at 11:59pm GMT on 3 April 2020 (the “Entry Period”). Digital submissions should be emailed to carmeliteprize@hachettechildrens.co.uk at any time during the Entry Period. Physical artwork should be delivered, by safe and secure means (i.e. by hand or courier) between 9.30am-5.00pm between 1 April and 3 April 2020 (inclusive) to: Carmelite Prize, Hachette Children’s Group, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ. The Company is not responsible for any loss or damage caused to entries during delivery. Any entries received outside these specified times and dates will not be eligible for entry into the competition.
• All work should be clearly labelled with entrant’s full name, contact details including email address and telephone number. The Company is not responsible for contacting or forwarding prizes to entrants who provide unclear or incomplete information or for entries lost, misdirected, delayed or destroyed.
• All work should be clearly labelled with entrant’s full name, contact details including email address and telephone number. The Company is not responsible for contacting or forwarding prizes to entrants who provide unclear or incomplete information or for entries lost, misdirected, delayed or destroyed.
• All entrants must complete and submit the registration form found on the competition’s website at: https://www.hachettechildrens.co.uk/imprint/hcgdivision/page/the-carmelite-prize-2020/how-to-enter/
• The entrants with the top five entries will be contacted directly by email or phone (as specified on the registration form) by 14 April 2020 to invite them to the announcement party to be held at the Company’s offices at Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ on 30 April 2020, where the winner and two runners up will be announced. The winner and runners up will also be announced on the competition’s website (https://carmeliteprize.co.uk/) on 1 May 2020. The winner and runners up may also see their names posted on Hachette Children’s Group’s website and social media accounts and in “The Bookseller” magazine and other trade press.
• The Company will make available the name of the winner and runners up to any one who requests this information by writing to the Company at the address shown above.
• Entrants will be able to collect physical artwork between 9.30am-5.00pm GMT between 4 and 7 May 2020 (inclusive). Alternatively, if requested, the Company will return physical artwork to entrants’ colleges by courier (at the Company’s cost).
• The Company reserves the right to alter the prizes or cancel the competition without notice but will try to avoid creating any undue disappointment. If a top five entrant, runner up or the winner cannot be contacted, the Company reserves the right to select another entrant in his/her place. If the winner or either runner up cannot attend the announcement party on 30 April 2020 for any reason, the Company will ensure that he/she receives his/her prize.
• By submitting your entry, you agree and warrant that (i) your entry is your own original work; and (ii) nothing in your entry is defamatory, private or an infringement of copyright or other intellectual property right or in any way a breach of another’s right. Any entry in breach of this clause will be disqualified from participating in the competition and from winning any prize.
• By entering the competition, you hereby grant to the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty free, worldwide and for all languages, licence to copy, adapt, edit, distribute, publish, sublicense, and in any and all other ways use your entry in connection with the competition, in any manner and in all media now known or hereinafter devised. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company is under no obligation to make any use of your entry and the Company shall make no payment to you for any use of your entry.
• The Company reserves the right to use all the submissions received on its websites, its Facebook pages and on its other social networking sites. The Company will use reasonable endeavours to include your name in connection with any use of your competition entry wherever practicable but you acknowledge that this may not always be possible.
• The Company is the data controller of Personal Data that it collects in the course of running the competition and will use the Personal Data in accordance with the Hachette Children’s Group Privacy Notice. The Company will use such Personal Data for the purposes of running the competition and delivering any prize(s) and will delete it after a reasonable period from the end of the competition. “Personal Data” means names of entrants and other details provided by them (e.g. email addresses, telephone numbers) for the competition. The Company will not share such Personal Data with any third parties except for the purpose of delivering the prize(s) and announcing the names of the winner and runners up in “The Bookseller” and other trade press.
• By entering the competition you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
• These terms and conditions and any disputes or claims (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of these terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England, whose courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
• There is no purchase necessary to enter the competition.
• The competition opens at 12:01am GMT on 28 October 2019 and closes at 11:59pm GMT on 3 April 2020 (the “Entry Period”). Digital submissions should be emailed to carmeliteprize@hachettechildrens.co.uk at any time during the Entry Period. Physical artwork should be delivered, by safe and secure means (i.e. by hand or courier) between 9.30am-5.00pm between 1 April and 3 April 2020 (inclusive) to: Carmelite Prize, Hachette Children’s Group, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ. The Company is not responsible for any loss or damage caused to entries during delivery. Any entries received outside these specified times and dates will not be eligible for entry into the competition.
• All work should be clearly labelled with entrant’s full name, contact details including email address and telephone number. The Company is not responsible for contacting or forwarding prizes to entrants who provide unclear or incomplete information or for entries lost, misdirected, delayed or destroyed.
• All work should be clearly labelled with entrant’s full name, contact details including email address and telephone number. The Company is not responsible for contacting or forwarding prizes to entrants who provide unclear or incomplete information or for entries lost, misdirected, delayed or destroyed.
• All entrants must complete and submit the registration form found on the competition’s website at: https://www.hachettechildrens.co.uk/imprint/hcgdivision/page/the-carmelite-prize-2020/how-to-enter/
• The entrants with the top five entries will be contacted directly by email or phone (as specified on the registration form) by 14 April 2020 to invite them to the announcement party to be held at the Company’s offices at Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ on 30 April 2020, where the winner and two runners up will be announced. The winner and runners up will also be announced on the competition’s website (https://carmeliteprize.co.uk/) on 1 May 2020. The winner and runners up may also see their names posted on Hachette Children’s Group’s website and social media accounts and in “The Bookseller” magazine and other trade press.
• The Company will make available the name of the winner and runners up to any one who requests this information by writing to the Company at the address shown above.
• Entrants will be able to collect physical artwork between 9.30am-5.00pm GMT between 4 and 7 May 2020 (inclusive). Alternatively, if requested, the Company will return physical artwork to entrants’ colleges by courier (at the Company’s cost).
• The Company reserves the right to alter the prizes or cancel the competition without notice but will try to avoid creating any undue disappointment. If a top five entrant, runner up or the winner cannot be contacted, the Company reserves the right to select another entrant in his/her place. If the winner or either runner up cannot attend the announcement party on 30 April 2020 for any reason, the Company will ensure that he/she receives his/her prize.
• By submitting your entry, you agree and warrant that (i) your entry is your own original work; and (ii) nothing in your entry is defamatory, private or an infringement of copyright or other intellectual property right or in any way a breach of another’s right. Any entry in breach of this clause will be disqualified from participating in the competition and from winning any prize.
• By entering the competition, you hereby grant to the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty free, worldwide and for all languages, licence to copy, adapt, edit, distribute, publish, sublicense, and in any and all other ways use your entry in connection with the competition, in any manner and in all media now known or hereinafter devised. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company is under no obligation to make any use of your entry and the Company shall make no payment to you for any use of your entry.
• The Company is the data controller of Personal Data that it collects in the course of running the competition and will use the Personal Data in accordance with the Hachette Children’s Group Privacy Notice. The Company will use such Personal Data for the purposes of running the competition and delivering any prize(s) and will delete it after a reasonable period from the end of the competition. “Personal Data” means names of entrants and other details provided by them (e.g. email addresses, telephone numbers) for the competition. The Company will not share such Personal Data with any third parties except for the purpose of delivering the prize(s) and announcing the names of the winner and runners up in “The Bookseller” and other trade press.
• By entering the competition you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
• These terms and conditions and any disputes or claims (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of these terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England, whose courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
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