The Poetry Competition
The Poetry competition is an open competition for all ages up to 18.
Introduction
The theme for the 2010 Art for Life Prize is 'Love', particularly the power of Love to comfort and heal. All participants are encouraged to produce original artwork and poetry inspired by our theme which captures and share with us just what a difference love and caring can make.
General
Art for life is an online submission competition.
Entries will be accepted from 2nd December 2009 to April 1st 2010.
You may find it useful to visit the Makarios III Hospital in Nicosia. All visits should be arranged through Dr Panicos Yiallouros (email: pyiallouros@cut.ac.cy tel: 00357 22405000 or 0035722405116).
Submission Requirements
- Poetry submissions must include the participants name, age, title of poem and full contact details.
- The poems should be written in English or Greek and should have no more than 25 lines.
- Participants can enter up to two poems and images.
- Participants are encouraged to include a written statement in support of their work.
- Images that have been digitally altered will also be accepted, in either colour or black and white.
- Images can only be submitted over the internet and must be in JPEG format, with minimum resolution of 3000 pixels in the largest dimension and maximum image size of 5MB.
- Entrants will not be notified of receipt of their entries.
- All data submitted to the contest via the internet, including image data and personal information, will be managed by the Breathing Life Trust.
- The Breathing Life Trust reserves the right to print entries for exhibition and to use winning entries in future publications to publicise the Trust's activites. All entries will be accompanied by their respective credits.
- Winning entrants will be notified from April 24th 2010. The decision of the judges will be final.