Asian Youth Animation & Comics Contest 2010 Regulations
Great event for Asian-Pacific Youth Animation & Cartoon Arts
Platform for Asian-Pacific Young Talents
Asian Youth Animation & Comics Contest is authorized by the Asian-Pacific Animation & Comics Association and hosted by the Culture Industry Development Dept. of Culture Ministry of China and Guiyang government. Asian Youth Animation & Comics Contest (hereafter referred to as "AYACC") aims to be the top annual award for Asian and Pacific original animation and comics.
AYACC is dedicated to integrate Asian and Pacific cultural resources, promote the influence of Asian and Pacific youth animation and comics, cultivate a cultural image of Asia and Pacific, provide a platform of information exchange, and to boost Asian and Pacific animation industry development. It is the premier event for Asian and Pacific animation and comics.
Objectives
1. To discover and foster talents.
2. To encourage original arts.
3. To stimulate technology Innovation.
4. To develop cartoon products.
5. To assist the animation industry, including in production, merchandising, distribution, and brand licensing.
Format
(A) Animated work:
All animation works submitted must be 1-22minutes in length.
Any of the following animation types are acceptable: painted cel, computer-assisted or computer-generated, stop-motion (including clay animation), 2D work, 3D work, FLASH, puppet animation, paper-cutting work, in fact, any format except live action!
(B) Still image work:
Single-frame work; comic strips; illustration.
Qualification
1. The submission should be completed after July 1st 2008 and the applicant has the copyrights of the work.
2. Entry for the Category (A) (Animated Works):
[a] All works must be submitted on DVD or CD with high definition.
[b] One episode as well as demo of TV animation series is required.
3. Entry for the Category (B) (Still Image Works):
[a] All works must be submitted on DVD or CD .The format should be ".TIFF" or ".JPG" in a minimum size of 300 dpi.
[b] Any printing submission will not be accepted (work can be submitted in either computer or hand drawing; however, the electronic-version of submission is definitely required).
4. Format:
[a] compressed work such as ".RAR" format is not allowed
[b] Animated submissions (including FLASH) should be submitted in ".MPG", ".AVI", ".MOV" format. For each FLASH work, a copy of ".SWF" submission and 5 still images are required separately, which is used to present character and background with a minimum size of "300 dpi" in ".TIFF" or ".JPG".
[c] please be sure to edit 5~10 seconds blank-screen at both head and end of each animation.
[d] In case of multiple submissions, please separate each individual submission. An uninterrupted multi-work submission is not allowed.
[e] Still image work must be submitted in one ".TIFF" and one "JPG" with minimum size of 300 dpi.
5. Language:
[a] All works must be subtitled in English.
[b] The story background, synopsis, brief introduction, and character description are required in English or Chinese electronic-version.
Eligibility
1. Anyone living in Asia and /or with roots in Asia and Pacific, under age of 45, is eligible to enter; groups and individuals are eligible for entry.
2. Professional and amateur artists are eligible for entry.
3. The applicant must be the copyright owner of the submission.
4. The applicant may enter multiple works.
5. Group entries that win prizes are responsible for sharing/apportioning any prize money won among themselves.
Awards and Prizes
(A)Animation Awards
General Prizes：
Grand Prize(1) 18,000RMB
Special Jury Prize(Professional) Best Works(2) 10,000RMB/each
Special Jury Prize(Students) Best Students works(5) 2000RMB/each
The Most Popular Works I phone/each
Single Prize：
Best Character Image(1) 3000RMB
Best Screenplay & concept(1) 3000RMB
Best Director(1) 5000RMB
Best Visual Effects(1) 3000RMB
Best Technical Innovation and Application(1) 3000RMB
(B) Comics Awards
General Prize:
Special Jury Prize Best cartoon (1) 10000RMB
Best Comics Strips(1) 10000RMB
Best Illustration(1) 10000RMB
Best Character Image (1) 3000RMB
Most Innovative Design (1) 3000RMB
Best Students’works (5) 2000RMB/each
Other honors
1. The organizing committee will inform all nominated prize winners the results of the contest before the awarding ceremony.
2. The organizing committee will invite ONE representative from each award to be present at the awarding ceremony and provide the invitees the transportation tickets and accommodations during the time of the awarding ceremony.
3. The nominated applicants who participate in the awarding ceremony will have a free-of-charge pass, offered by the organizing committee.
4. Trophies and certificates will be awarded prize winners and nominated applicants.
5. All prizewinners are solely responsible for paying taxes in connection with any monetary award, in accordance with all applicable local laws.
Contest
All entries go through three procedures. They are preliminary selection, semi selection, and final selection.
1. Preliminary selection
The organizing committee of AYACC will select qualified works from all entries for the semi selection.
2. Semi selection
The Jury will select nomination works in the semi selection.
3. Final selection
All nominated works shall be judged by the International Jury. The final results will be announced during the Awarding Ceremony.
Submission Period
Entry Deadline
The entry deadline will be on July 10, 2010
Condition
(1) Any work, which does not relate to animation and comic or non-disc format submission will not be accepted.
(2) Each submission is allowed to submit to AYACC once. Works awarded in other contests can be submitted.
(3) A completed entry form is required for each submission; incomplete materials and unclean submissions will not be accepted.
(4) Each entry form is for ONE submission only; two or more submissions on one form will not be accepted.
(5) The completed electronic entry form, the work itself, and related materials shall be submitted at the same time to the AYACC Organizing Committee before the entry deadline. Submissions should be sent by mail, express delivery, or directly in person.
(6) Submission will not be returned; so please do not send us your only copy!
(7) Any submission sent by Internet will be accepted.
(8) Title of submission, name of applicant, and category must be labeled on the disc.
Notice
1. Entry is free. (Any cost of submission shall be borne by the applicant.)
2. Submission can be delivered either by each applicant or by group submission.
3. All required information must be filled on the form.
The Right to Utilize the Work
– The applicant acknowledges and agrees that the Work (in whole or in part) may be reproduced and be widely utilized by the Organizer or its affiliated companies by means of broadcast (regardless of media), online transmission (including but not limited to the internet and mobile communications), exhibition, and distribution (e.g. in the form of a videogram).
– For the sole purpose of publicizing the Award and the future AYACC or similar award(s) organized by the Organizer, the Organizer shall have the right, without notice to the applicant, to utilize the Work in whole or in part by means of broadcast (regardless of media), online transmission (including but not limited to the internet and mobile communications), exhibition, and distribution (e.g. in the form of a videogram) free of any payment to the applicant, in perpetuity.
Awarding Ceremony
The Awarding Ceremony will be held on August 6, 2010, in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China.
Declaration
1. The organizer of the Contest will issue the prizes and certificates.
2. The organizing committee reserves all rights for final explanation.
Contact Information
Please send your submission(s) to the following address:
AYACC organizing committee
Add: 2801 Suite, No.7 Building, Tian Chang Yuan, Media Village, Beiyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100107, P.R.C
Tel: 86 10 84827149 Fax: 86 10 84827182
www.ayacc.org
Email: ayaccevent@gmail.com