The Selfies@School Project & How to Enter
For our 2024 art contest, we are asking students to “take a selfie”, but not in the traditional way (no photographs or digitally altered images). We want students to create a picture of themselves in a school setting! It can be anyplace at school – in the classroom, lunchroom, at recess, studying, at a computer, playing a musical instrument, performing athletics, walking to school, etc. The selfies can be a life-like portrayal of themselves…or even a caricature.
Rules & Guidelines for Artwork Submissions
1. Entry must be original artwork created by the student, showcasing themselves in a school setting! Artwork cannot be a copy or reproduction of someone else’s work. No copyright material or images may be used.
2. Only one entry per student. The student artists must be a resident of and currently attending an elementary or secondary school in Michigan.
3. Your original artwork will not be required, please submit a digital picture of your creation.
- Artwork must be a selfie (illustration of yourself) in a school setting
- Illustration should be drawn or sketched using pencils, crayons, markers, paint, or other similar materials on minimum 8.5” x 11” paper.
- Artwork must be able to be converted to a digital format for submission (scanned as a high-resolution digital file)
- Image file size should be a minimum of 300 DPI
- No photography or digitally enhanced artwork, please
- No profanity or vulgar images, language, or references
- No political messages
General Rules & Guidelines
1. Only Foundation Club Members can sponsor a student’s artwork entry in the contest.
2. Only one entry per student.
3. Foundation Club Member can sponsor multiple students, but each student entry must have an application completed online. Once each application is submitted, the sponsoring club member will receive the Application Confirmation email that will be sent from TheMeemicFoundation@Meemic.com This email is important as it will contain both the Student’s unique identification number and the link that must be used to submit the student’s artwork.
4. The Authorization and Liability Release Form will be attached to the Application Confirmation email. That form must be completed, signed by the student’s parent or legal guardian, and returned to the Foundation Club member to electronically submit with the artwork.
5. For the Foundation Club Member’s convenience, an informational document has been developed that the Club Member can provide to the student artist to inform their parents/guardian about the contest. This document will also be attached to the Application Confirmation email.
6. Entries must be electronically submitted through the link provided in the Application Confirmation email, along with the signed Authorization and Liability Release Form, by Tuesday, December 31, 2024, to have their work eligible for judging. No entries will be accepted after that date.
7. Up to 30 winners will be selected. Winning entries will be announced by Friday, February 14, 2025.
8. Winning entries will receive:
- For the Student Artist:
- Boogie Board Blackboard Smart Reusable Notebook Writing Tablet
- Personalized Certificate of Appreciation
- Invitation to participate in our online art gallery celebration
- For the Club Member:
- $500 for your school (regardless of the number of winning student entries you sponsored) (If the Club Member is not employed with a school, the $500 prize will go to the student artist’s school)
9. All student artists that submit an eligible entry will receive a PDF Certificate of Appreciation for their entry
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