Entry is Free!  Enter to win a $250 Gift Card to Samy’s Camera; A cartoon-portrait of you and your Morgan or a Free canvas print of your winning photo!

Sponsored by Merriewold Morgans, Samy’s Camera, Entera and Simi Valley Photo Labs

ArtShowForKids.com Show Your Art Now!

Do you live in a city, in the country, on a farm, in an apartment, in a hut, or on a rooftop? Draw us a picture, paint us a painting, wash us a water color about your town, its people, your family, friends, or strangers. What do the buildings look like, the parks, the streets, the bazaars, stores, shops, fountains, and playgrounds? Show Your Art now and enter the MY TOWN kids contest for free and win prizes and awards. New art added to site and works following this theme will receive special attention and consideration. Please email admin@artshowforkids.com with any questions and good luck! Show Your Work!

Log on to http://artshowforkids.com/ and upload your art today!

Start Date : December 24, 2008
End Date : February 10, 2009

Comments :
ArtShowForKids Presents the Snowy Wintry Tree and Times kids art contest beginning December 24th. New drawings and painting receive special attention so submit early and often. Prizes $20.00 first place, $10.00 second place, and $5.00 third place. Winners from last event have been announced.
 
Criteria:
This Art Show does not have
any criteria restrictions.

Awards:
1st – 20.00
2nd – 10.00
3rd – 5.00

http://artshowforkids.com

The exciting feature we’ve just recently offered that has turned out to be enormously popular is an entire art portfolio website wrapped up into a single file. Users can put the file on their own server or free web space, and instantly all of their art from their Foundmyself gallery is available on another domain. 

http://www.foundmyself.com/free-artist-websites/

http://www.artshowforkids.com

Show Your Art! ASK announces a New Kids Art Show titled Before Winter Arrives. Accepting all childrens art submissions now. Upload and enter the artshow, or email, or mail your images to us at 230 West Market St., West Chester, PA., 19382 today. Begins November, 2007. 1st prize – $50.00. 2nd prize – $25.00 3rd prize – $10.00.  

OFFICIAL RULES OF THE PAYjr VISA BUXX^® CARD DESIGN CONTEST

There Is No Purchase Necessary To Enter Or Win The Contest.
Purchasing a product will not affect your odds of winning.
Void where prohibited by law.
By entering the Contest you consent to be bound by these Official Rules, which shall constitute a contract between you and PAYjr, Inc. (“Sponsor”). All decisions of Sponsor with respect to the Contest shall be final.PRIZESFirst place: Apple^® Macbook^® computer with a retail value of $1,499.00.
Second place: Apple video iPod with a retail value of $349.00.
Third place: Apple iPod Nano with a retail value of $249.00.
Get $5 for every time someone purchases your card design.
The winner will be put into the PAYjr gallery, with more chances for people to purchase their design.CONTEST OVERVIEW: This is a contest of skill based upon the design of a prepaid credit card. Prizes will not be awarded based on chance. Sponsor reasonably anticipates the number of entries will be 10,000. All prizes will be awarded. Winners will be selected on November 15, 2007. A list of winners can be obtained from Sponsor after December 1, 2007. In addition to the prizes awarded in the contest, participants will be entitled to the same royalty Sponsor pays for designs that are purchased by users of Sponsor’s prepaid credit cards.

ELIGIBILITY: Entrants must be at least 13 years old as of the date of entry, and a resident of the United States. Entrants less than 18 years old must have parental consent to enter. Officers, directors, and employees of Sponsor, as well as those individuals’ immediate family members and the residents of their households, are not eligible. You may enter as many times as you wish so long as each entry complies with these rules. Entries have no value and an entry does not entitle an entrant to any compensation of any type or kind.

In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner based on an email address, the winner will be declared to be the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Entrants shall be responsible for providing proof that they are the “authorized account holder” of an email address.
Designs submitted by an Entrant must comply with the following standards:

All submissions must be original and authored by the Entrant.
No trademarks, service marks, trade names, brands, or copyrighted material of third parties.
No names or depictions of public figures, public officials, or celebrities.
No personal information, for example, phone numbers, addresses, account numbers or PINs.
No obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, or violent statements or images.
No depictions of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, gambling, drug use, or illegal conduct.
No religious, bigoted, racist, or overtly political statements or images.
No defamatory images or statements.

CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest begins on July 11, 2007, at 12:01 a.m. Central Time and concludes on October 30, 2007, at 11:59 p.m. Central Time. Entries received before or after the Contest period will not be accepted. Time deadlines will be determined solely according to Sponsor’s clock.

HOW TO ENTER: Entrants must navigate to the Contest web page located at www.payjr.com. and fully and properly complete an online entry form, including a submission of the Entrant’s card design. Card designs must comply with the following technical specifications: 600 dpi, jpg format. Entry is not valid and completed until you have received confirmation from Sponsor via email.

SPONSOR ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INABILITY TO COMPLETE THE ENTRY PROCESS DUE TO ANY SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, TELEPHONE, MODEM, OR INTERNET MALFUNCTIONS, PROBLEMS OR FAILURES, INCLUDING THE UNAVAILABILITY OF SPONSOR’S WEBSITE DUE TO SUCH MALFUNCTIONS, PROBLEMS OR FAILURES.

SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS: Winners will be selected by a combination of online voting by visitors to Sponsor’s website and an independent panel of judges. The panel of judges will base their decisions on the design’s imagination, creativity, artistic value, and originality. Online voting will account for 49% of the entrant’s score, and the determination of the panel of judges will account for 51% of the score. In the event of a tie, the panel of judges will decide the winners.

The names of the winners will be posted on the Sponsor’s website at www.payjr.com, and the winners will be notified by email by November 15, 2007. If a prize is not claimed within 30 days of notice being provided to the winner, if we are unable to provide notice, or if the winner is disqualified, then another winner will be selected.
Except where prohibited by law, a winner must execute and provide to Sponsor: (1) an Affidavit of Eligibility and Assignment of Rights, attesting to the winner’s eligibility, compliance with these Official Rules, and assignment of proprietary rights in the winner’s design; (2) a Liability Release, releasing Sponsor from any liability arising out of the Contest; and (3) a Publicity Release, allowing Sponsor to use the winner’s name, likeness, voice and biographical information for publicity purposes. The winner also will be required to provide any other information needed by Sponsor to comply with applicable laws and regulations, including those relating to the payment of income taxes. By accepting a prize, the winner grants Sponsor permission for the use of his/her name, likeness and biographical information for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law.

Winners shall be responsible for all taxes, fees, and expenses of receiving the prizes awarded. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute equivalent prizes of equal value in the event prizes are not available at the time of the selection of winners.

DISQUALIFICATION AND TERMINATION OF CONTEST: Sponsor reserves the right, exercisable upon its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds has (1) violated these Official Rules; (2) interfered with the entry process or the operation of the Contest; (3) violated any law or regulation by participating in the Contest; or (4) fraudulently completed the entry form or provided other false information to Sponsor. If, for any reason, the administration, security, fairness, or integrity of the Contest has been compromised, Sponsor reserves the right, exercisable at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest.

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY AND WARRANTIES
IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR, ITS RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES OR AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, STATUTORY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTEST AND TO THE PRIZES, SPONSOR MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Venue of any action brought concerning the Contest shall be in Dallas, Texas, and shall not be subject to transfer to another venue or locale for any reason. By entering the Contest, you agree that you will not commence or participate in any class action litigation, or join with any other person in a legal proceeding, concerning the Contest. The Contest, and any legal proceeding arising therefrom, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

DISCLOSURE OF SPONSOR AND WINNERS: The name of the sponsor of this contest is PAYjr, Inc. You may obtain the name of the winners by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope, to: Contest, 2591 Dallas Parkway, Suite 501, Frisco, Texas 75034. Residents of Washington and Vermont may omit return postage.
Visa is a registered trademark of Visa International Services Association, and is used with permission. Apple, MacBook, iPod, and Nano are trademarks of Apple, Inc., which is not affiliated with Sponsor or Contest.

AMENDMENT OF RULES: The Official Rules may be amended by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Amendments will be posted on the Sponsor website. Unless otherwise specified, any amendments will become effective at 12:00:01 a.m. CT on the day after they are posted on this site. By entering the Contest after the amendment of the Official Rules, you are consenting to be bound by the amendments.

Please take time to fill in the short application form at this url http://www.arcyart.com/int-addartist.htm and we will add your work as soon as possible or if  you have a web page where your information can be found please reply to this email with the address of the web page and we will add your listing using the information on the web page.

I am artist and webmaster, Bj. deCastro. Haven’t been here before? Look at the category list to find help with art, your website, artist help or general web help under Ask Bj. You can also enjoy the new category FREE Art Gallery, Fairs, Contests, Submissions or Display. Here you will find all kinds of places to submit your art for free!  They are not always so easy to find, but since I get invitations just about every day, I decided to start sharing them with you here.  Feel free to let me know, if you find a good one!





http://www.art-n-gift.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=lastupby&uid=82

Bj. is very pleased with the presentation and the representation of her work.  Please visit http://www.art-n-gift.com to sign up for your FREE Art Display and sell your paintings, prints, photography and other art!

Just for fun.

Email us on how you would fit the part of one of the characters in the upcoming novel. A “pen name” is allowed for the character rather than your own name if you wish. However, all entries must have a valid Email address. If you are chosen to be one of the characters – it is necessary for McFarlane Media Group to contact you.

More Info here:  Free Contest

I hope you don’t mind me contacting you like this but whilst I was surfing the net I happened upon your site and I was impressed with your Artwork. Consequently, I would like to invite you to take a look at http://www.myartprofile.com/
Where you can:

Display or sell your artwork or your Galleries artwork for FREE
Build a complete profile of yourself for your Gallery for FREE
Advertise your website for commissions, receive your own unique URL and advertise your other websites and exhibitions all completely FREE
Upload unlimited Images and Galleries FREE
We charge 0% commission on sales and you guessed it Subscription is also FREE

It is in the final stages of building, is totally free for life, for Artists of all ages using all mediums and allows Artists to communicate with other like-minded friends.

We take the strain from Artists by promoting our site globally so the Artist can do what they do best. All we ask is that you tell your friends about us.

At http://www.myartprofile.com/ we use advertisers to pay our bills, NOT our members.

If you would like to call in on us, please feel FREE to add some Artwork, it takes about 1 minute and we would love to see some of your unique works. We currently have visitors from all over the world and are heading towards 1 million page loads per day within months.
But most importantly, don’t forget it’s all FREE….

Kindest regards
Wendy
http://www.Myartprofile.com

Your listing and photo will reach thousands of potential customers who visit Antiquesnmore.com every day…and it costs you nothing!  Choose from a variety of categories to list your products and services – and add your photo or business logo free.

It’s quick and easy.  Go to http://www.antiquesnmore.com/ and add your listing and photo today!

Submitting your art is simple and easy. Just create a free account at http://www.thewesternartist.com/create.php and begin adding your art today!

Once your art listings are active, you will be able to view them and more at http:/www.thewesternartist.com

Thanks!
The Western Artist

“Everyone will receive an individual acknowledgement of their artwork, and will enjoy an equal chance of winning the contest, since entrants will be judged using age-appropriate standards,” stated Suzanne Lawrence of Arts and Kids, an organization dedicated to bringing the work of young artists to the public’s attention.  “in the last ten years, we have awasred over $100,000 to talented artists, most of whom have never before entered–or expected to win–any type of artistic competition.”

Read all about it here at artcontest.

Renderosity has ongoing contests for it’s members to participate in. 
It is the leading online art community for 2D and 3D digital artists, animators, photographers and writers. Membership is free! We have thousands of free 3D models, textures, tutorials and galleries.

The World’s Most Gargantuan Short Video & Art Contest

Charge up your batteries, polish your lens, do some deep knee bends and wash out your paint brushes cuz it’s Zannel Fest! It’s the contest that challenges you to create pieces of media that you think will amuse and inspire people so much that they’ll feel like snatching a Russian satellite and broadcasting it to the world.

Check out the categories and prizes, sign up, and upload your work!
It’s as easy as shaking a stick.People are free to submit as much as they want in the picture or video categories.  Also, as an added bonus, anyone who submits to the contest is going to get their own channel on our Zannel network, which is be a whole new way to share pictures and videos on mobile phones as well as the web.  The network is also free to use, and we will be launching our open beta next month, and more officially in March.

Everyone will receive an individual acknowledgement of their artwork, and will enjoy an equal chance of winning the contest, since entrants will be judged using age-appropriate standards,” stated Suzanne Lawrence of Arts and Kids, an organization dedicated to bringing the work of young artists to the public’s attention. “In the last ten years, we have awarded over $100,000 to talented artists, most of whom have never before entered–or expected to win–any type of artistic competition.”

Young Artists Have a Chance to Win $5,000.00 in Prizes! In addition to the 150 scholarships and prizes totaling $5,000 that will be awarded to young artists, a $500 grant will be awarded to the school of the Grand Prize Winner for art education, art supplies, or art-related technology.

Gain National Recognition Artists entering the contest will be featured on our website–artsandkids.com. Many of the artists will also be considered for publication in a deluxe, hardbound anthology. “Students love the opportunity to actually see their own artwork appear in print. And parents and teachers tell us that they appreciate the opportunity to share an activity with their kids that is both educational and fun,” added Lawrence.

How to Enter This Free Contest! This contest is open to all artists 17 years of age or younger. Send ONLY ONE original work of art, any style and any medium, 24″ x 36″ or smaller (cannot be 3-dimensional). Artists understand that their entry must be their original work and that if accepted, will be published on our website. Artists retain the copyright to their work at all times. Artwork cannot be returned.

Artwork should be sent to:
        Arts and Kids
        3600 Crondall Lane
        Suite 101-5111
        Owings Mills, MD 21117

BROOKLYN CENTER, MN  - Students across the United States have the opportunity to win recognition and prizes while learning about state-fish species and aquatic habitats.  The State-Fish Art Contest uses art to spark the imagination of youth while providing lessons about fisheries conservation.

A talented artist in grades 10-12 will be selected as the national “Best of Show” winner and will receive a $2,500 tuition scholarship to attend The Art Institutes International Minnesota (Ai Minnesota), a leading creative college for design, culinary and media arts education located in downtown Minneapolis.  The first-runner up nationally in grades 10-12 will receive a $1,000 tuition scholarship to Ai Minnesota. 

One “gallery-quality” winning entry will also be used as the design for the 2007 Art of Conservation Stamp.  Proceeds from the sale of the State-Fish Art conservation stamp are used to support fisheries conservation and education projects nationwide.

Entries must be postmarked by March 31, 2007.  Winners will be announced May Day, May 1, 2007.  The 9th Annual Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest is open to all students in grades 4 through 12. 

To enter, young artists nationwide create an illustration of their chosen state-fish. A written composition on its behavior, habitat, and conservation is also required.

Visit the site for full details at:  State-Fish Art Contest

(*Boring legal disclaimer:  Bj. deCastro, deCastro Studios, decastroart, Bj.’s Web Works – or any other division of deCastro Studios, will not be held responsible for the actions of the respective companies and/or affiliations within these listings.  This is a free service.)