ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Who is eligible: Anyone from any country is eligible to submit their work to The Artists Forum and its Juried Competitions, except for those listed below.
Who is ineligible: Any member of the Board of Directors, Advisory Board, any competition judge or mentor, and any employee of The Artists Forum and their family members* are ineligible to participate in our competitions.
*Family is defined as relationships to the third degree of consanguinity or affinity. Consanguinity (blood relations) include: spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, great grandparent, great grandchild, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, niece, and nephew; the listed relatives include whole and half blood relatives. Affinity relationships apply to step relatives and in-laws.
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JUDGING CRITERIA:
Submissions are judged on the following criteria:
• Creativity
• Originality
• Performance
• Lyrics
• Theme Interpretation
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AWARD CRITERIA:
Category winners are based on the quality and quantity of entries.
Therefore, THE ARTISTS FORUM does not guarantee a winner in each category if judges deem the entrees do not meet our standard criteria.
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SUBMISSION CRITERIA:
Submissions are being accepted only through FilmFreeway.com:
• Spoken word video performance (under 4 minutes total)
• Horizontal view preferred.
• Quality audio is necessary*
• Should music be included, it must not drown out your lyric.
• ASL performances are permissible (*audio not required for ASL performances).
• Titles should not be placed during the performance - Black with titles before and/or after acceptable.
• High Bit Rate .mov or .mp4 (Quicktime Pro Res 422 (1920x1080) preferred).
• PDF upload of poem
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INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS:
• Photo of artist in png or jpg format.
ARTIST PDF DOCUMENT:
• Name, Mailing Address, Email Address, Phone Number
• Website (if any), social media handles
• Country of Origin (usually location of artist's cultural development)
• Country of Project Creation (if different than Country of Origin)
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STUDENT SUBMISSIONS:
In order to submit to this category, high school students and college undergrads must provide documentation of active enrollment in an educational institution plus your student ID.
PLEASE NOTE: Grad Students and all others are not eligible for student rates.
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MULTIPLE ENTRIES:
Entrants may submit as many spoken word video performances as they wish.
However, each submission must be accompanied by a separate FilmFreeway.com online entry fee.
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FEES:
SUBMISSION FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
THE ARTISTS FORUM SPOKEN WORD COMPETITION does not pay performance fees. By submitting your work via FilmFreeway.com you acknowledge that THE ARTISTS FORUM and its SPOKEN WORD COMPETITION will not pay to present your work.
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TERMS & CONDITIONS:
By submitting your film to THE ARTISTS FORUM SPOKEN WORD COMPETITION you are hereby agree to the following terms & conditions:
I hereby state that I am legally authorized to enter this work into THE ARTISTS FORUM SPOKEN WORD COMPETITION.
I guarantee that I own the rights to this spoken word video performance and accompanying poetic lyrical work in its entirety, or that I have secured in writing all proprietary rights as required by law and any other intellectual property used in the work and indicated on this form.
I have also acquired the necessary releases for all persons, talent, and/or locations, involved in producing the work submitted for this competition.
I will indemnify, safeguard, and hold harmless THE ARTISTS FORUM INC., THE ARTISTS FORUM SPOKEN WORD COMPETITION, and all of their sponsors, related parties and/or affiliates, from any claims, damages, costs, expenses, and liabilities arising from the creation, publication, use, or reproduction of the spoken word video performance and accompanying poetic lyrical work at present or in the future, including, but not limited to, claims for negligence and other infringements, fraud, unauthorized exhibition, discrimination, defamation, and breach of contract.
I agree to give THE ARTISTS FORUM INC. and THE ARTISTS FORUM SPOKEN WORD COMPETITION a non-exclusive, perpetual right at no cost to duplicate or disperse the spoken word video performance and accompanying poetic lyrical work in any media and in any manner it deems appropriate for promotional and educational purposes related to the festival.
I hereby have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the foregoing license, and all of my content does not infringe, violate, misappropriate or otherwise conflict with the rights of any third party, and complies with all applicable laws and regulations, foreign and domestic. I accept full legal responsibility for the intellectual property therein.
I agree to allow THE ARTISTS FORUM INC. and THE ARTISTS FORUM SPOKEN WORD COMPETITION to use photographs, audio or visual interviews of myself, and other likenesses of me, as well as, my name, either actual or fictitious. I hold THE ARTISTS FORUM INC. and THE ARTISTS FORUM SPOKEN WORD COMPETITION harmless from the damage to, or the loss of, film media and/or any publicity materials that I supply.
My submission and all activities related to my submission will be in compliance with the FilmFreeway’s Terms of Service.
I have read and fully comprehended the guidelines. I have complied with the terms of submission stated above and my application and payment into the competition verifies my acceptance of all Rules, Terms, and Submission Conditions.
