2024 DockDogs® World Championship Art Contest

 

Dogz Events is happy to announce its first ever World Championship Design art competition is open now through Sunday June 30, 2024.   We encourage artists from across the worldwide DockDogs® Community to submit their entries for the 2024  DockDogs® World Championship art competition.  You don’t have to receive a Worlds invite to participate, you just have to be a member of this awesome community.  As you know, each year we have merch items for sale before the World Championship and on-site at the World Championship.

The winning design of this contest will have their artwork showcased on pre-sold merchandise for the 2024 DockDogs® World Championship and receive:

$250 credit in DockDogs® merchandise of your choice

Interview with Dogz to be aired during the 2024 DDWC Finals Live Stream

Questions?  Email us at:  artcontest@dogz.tv

 

The rules and guidelines for this contest are as follows:

 

  • The Work Must Be Original: You must be the creator of the art that you submit to the competition. Your art must be your own original concept and not a copy of anyone else’s copyrighted material (if your image infringes upon another’s copyright it will be disqualified.) Upon submitting your work to this competition, you are solely responsible for any infringement on copyrighted materials.
  • 1 (one) entry per participant.
  • This art contest is open to any artist who works in our accepted mediums, which are both digital and physical medium
  •  Typeset:  Submitted artwork is to display the main art focus/design.  Dogz Events reserves the right to edit/adjust/request changes to any text included in the winning design such as 2024, DockDogs®, World Championship.    Contest winner agrees to Dogz Events copyright and/or trademark symbols being added to the artwork in compliance with guidelines.
  • Copyright & Non-exclusive Permissions: By entering this art competition, you are granting us a non-exclusive perpetual license to reproduce images of your artwork on our website, in our print media, newsletters, exhibits, website, print collateral, display images, and/or any additional event promotional materials, in the marketing of future art competitions to the general public. Each entry may be featured for historical / archival purposes.  Indefinite permission is not limited to approved Dogz Events partners use of the design for all/any of the aforementioned purposes.
  • Printed Materials & Promotional Products:  I understand that this artwork may be going on a multitude of promotional products, many of which have different printing guidelines and processes.  While some items may offer a full color process, others may only offer a 1 or 2 color process.   All entries acknowledge that if their artwork is selected, alternate versions may need to be made for specific printable items.
  • Original Work: We reserve the right to request proof that your entry is your original artwork created solely by you. Non-compliance to this rule will be a disqualification of your entry. AI generated works will not be accepted in this competition.
  • Acceptable File Formats:  Artwork must be sent in high resolution format:  TIF, PDF or JPG at 300dpi at the final print size.  If your art is selected and was created digitally, we will require the design in its original format with layers in tack.
  • Submission Deadlines: Artwork may be submitted up until midnight Eastern time on the last day of the submission schedule posted. No artworks will be accepted past the posted deadline.  The submission period will end on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
  • Contest Winner:    Contest winner agrees to forfeit the rights to reproduce images of the selected artwork in print media, newsletters, exhibits, print collateral, display images, and/or any additional event promotional products and promotional materials. The winner of the 2024 Art Contest will have the opportunity to add their signature or name credit in the artwork at Dogz Events’ discretion of size/placement.
  • The winner of the 2024 DockDogs® Art Contest will receive:
    • $250 credit in DockDogs® merchandise of your choice
    • Interview with Dogz to be aired during the 2024 DDWC Finals Live Stream
  • How is the winner determined?
    • If more than 10 entries are submitted, we will put a poll out to the public to pick the Top 10 finalists for the art contest.  Once the Top 10 finalists have been determined, those entries will go in front of the Dogz Events Art Contest Committee to determine the winning design of the 2024 contest.
      • In this case, voting will start on Monday, July 15, 2024 and announced via email and DockDogs® social media outlets throughout the voting period, which will end on Sunday, July 21, 2024. The winner of the contest will be notified the week of July 22, 2024.
    • If less than 10 entries are submitted, the public vote will be voided and all entries will go directly to the Dogz Events Art Contest Committee to determine the winning design of the 2024 contest.
      • In this case, the winner will be notified on Monday, July 15, 2024.