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The Lunar Initiatives Art Hacks the Moon Competition

Calling all writers and 2D artists! Submit your lunar artwork in the Art Hacks the Moon Flash Art competition

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Overview

We've added an art competition to our Hack the Moon hackathon!!  This competition will start the morning of October 9, 2015 and end on October 11, 2015.  It will be over before you know it, so act quickly to participate in the Art Hacks the Moon contest!

The Problem

Before a problem can be solved it must be imagined. Art leads science and technology; our art competitions and promotions will dare artists to dream the impossible so we can create it.

Our Hack the Moon hackathon is this weekend - October 9 through October 11.  You can find out more at www.hackthemoon.com. We have over 300 people coming to this hackathon and decided to add an art competition to our hackathon.Our goal is to encourage interest and creative participation in lunar and space exploration...the more the merrier!

The Challenge Breakthrough

Draw attention to the field of lunar and space exploration through the  weekend art challenge:  Art Hacks the Moon.

How to Win the Challenge

Submit your original writing or 2D  graphic art entry focusing on space exploration in the Lunar Initiatives Art Hacks the Moon Competition.

Duration

This two day flash art competition will start on Friday, October 9, 2015 at 8 AM PST and end at 8 AM PST on October 11, 2015. Prizes will be awarded on Sunday, October 11 at 4 PM PST.  Prizes will be awarded for both in person and online entries. 

Make a Difference

  • Click “Watch the Challenge" above to be notified of any status updates to the challenge.
  • Click "Submit Entry" above to register for the challenge. You will be notified of any status updates and be able to create an entry to the challenge when it opens.
  • Click on the "Share" button or social media icons above to share this challenge with your friends, your family, or anyone you know who has a passion for discovery.
  • Leave a comment in our Comments Thread to join the conversation, ask questions or connect with other innovators.

Additional rules:

Who can participate:
The Challenge is open to anyone.  To be eligible to compete, you must comply with all the terms of the Challenge as defined in the Challenge-Specific Agreement. Individuals under 18 years of age must enclose an agreement signed by their parent or legal guardian.

Contest guidelines:

Multiple Entries 
Artists may submit multiple entries in one or both artwork categories, but each item must be submitted separately with a complete set of entry information included.

Electronic Submission
Artists must submit all artwork electronically;even visual art is entered as a digital image (such as a photograph) of the original artwork. Please make sure that an artist’s name is NOT visible on the electronic version of the submitted art but IS clearly stated on the entry form as all entries go through a blind review process.

Disqualifications
Artwork can be disqualified for many reasons, including falsifying information on the submission form, plagiarism or the use of copyrighted material without permission.
If an artwork is disqualified, the artist will receive notification regarding his/her disqualification.

Art categories:

There are two art categories in the Lunar Initiatives Art Hacks the Moon Competition:  2D Visual Art and Literary Art.

2D Visual Art includes paintings or drawings made from watercolors, oils, pencil, inks, charcoal, mixed media, Photoshop, astro-photography, etc. Literary art categories  includes poetry, short stories (fiction), consisting of 2500 words or less, and essays (non-fiction) of 1000 words or less.

Selection of Winner:

Judging criteria include:  Creativity, Artistic Message, Skill,  and Aesthetics.

Judging will occur at 3 PM PST and winners will be announced at 4 PM PST on October 11, 2015.

 In case of a tie, the winner will be selected at the discretion of the Judging Panel.

Registration and Submissions:

All submissions must be registered by 8 AM PST on October 11, 2015 to be eligible for the prize. No registrations or submissions will be accepted after this time. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted.

All submissions must be received online, via the Challenge website. All uploads must be in PNG, JPEG, or PDF format.

Submission reporting requirements and suggestions are listed in the FAQ area and all entries must include a fully completed Submission Form and a Challenge-Specific Agreement.

Challenge Guidelines are subject to change. Registered competitors will receive notification when changes are made, however, we highly encourage you to visit the Challenge Site often to review updates.


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Only original artwork can be entered in the Art Hacks the Moon competition.

  • Create a title for your artwork.  Multiple entries should have separate titles.
  • Fill out a separate submission form for each entry.
  • Sign the waiver form/Challenge-Specific Agreement (CSA), regardless of age.
  • Your parents or legal guardians must also sign the waiver form/Challenge-Specific Agreement (CSA) if you are under 18 years of age at the time of your art submission.
  • Attest to the originality of your artwork.
  • Complete your submission form, which includes the Challenge-Specific Agreement amd upload your artwork in pdf format.
  • See the suggestions under 2D and Literary artwork.

There are two art categories in the Lunar Initiatives Flash Art Competition: 2D Visual Art and Literary Art.

2D Visual Art includes paintings or drawings made from watercolors, oils, pencil, inks, charcoal, mixed media, Photoshop, etc.

Literary art categories includes poetry, short stories (fiction), consisting of 2500 words or less and essays (non-fiction) of 1000 words or less.

So start creating your 2D Visual Art or Literary Artwork entry today!

This is a super short, 48 hour art competition so start as soon as you can!!

Glad you asked!

By entering, you agree that: (i) all Submissions become THE LUNAR INITIATIVES’s property and will not be returned; and (ii) THE LUNAR INITIATIVES and its licensees, successors and assigns have the right to use any and all Submissions, and the names, likenesses, voices and images of all persons appearing in the Submission, for future advertising, promotion and publicity in any manner and in any medium now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity.

All intellectual property rights, if any, and in all inventions, patents, patent applications, designs, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, software, source code, object code, processes, formulae, ideas, methods, know-how, techniques, devices, creative works, works of authorship, publications, and/or other intellectual property “Intellectual Property” developed by you as part of your submission will remain with the competitor, subject to the following conditions:

By submitting a submission to this challenge, you agree to grant to the LUNAR INITIATIVES a royalty free, non-exclusive license in respect of all such intellectual property rights, if any, for the purposes of commercial exploitation of the idea or concept demonstrated by the submission. Notwithstanding granting the LUNAR INITIATIVES a perpetual, non-exclusive license for the submission, the competitor retains ownership of the submission
By submitting a submission to this challenge, you agree to the requirement described in the Challenge Guidelines link that require each competitor to agree that their Submission, if selected as a Finalist, will be released under open source licenses at completion of the Challenge.

You are free to choose any subject for your artwork as long as it relates to space exploration!  Concerned about asteroids in space of hitting earth?  Habitats on Mars? Growing food in space? 

Any topic is the right topic in Art Hacks the Moon so get started as soon as you can and get your original artwork submitted by 8 AM PST on Sunday, October 11, 2015.