Organised by the film festival Film Sokolov, Czech republic, everybody can take part in this contest, no matter whether a professional or an amateur. The work must reflect the main topic of the festival, a work containing or describing a scam in any way is the basic idea. The technique of your work is not set and limited. You can send your works in the A2 formate, 3 mm over print, bit maps 150 dpi. The file must have max 10MB. In case your work has more than 10MB you can use their web depository or mail a DVD. The author of the best work, elected by the audience, is going to win a gift certificate from the Student Agency, for 4150 Kc(. All participants of the contest get a free accreditation and accommodation during the festival.

Deadline is 31 August 2007. Visit the site to learn more.

Via: Graphic Competitions

The PixelPops! 2007 international moving image showcase has the theme of “Short & Fast� and will take place in the Orkney Islands in October of this year.

They are looking for moving image work that is small in file size and quick in linear time. Maximum Length: 2 MINUTES (approximately equal to “The Worlds Shortest Scheduled Flightâ€?). Selected works will be screened at various airfields in the northern Orkney Isles, Scotland, home of the “The Worlds Shortest Scheduled Flight.”

DEADLINE: 25 August 2007. Submit instantly online (free) at ttp://www.poppingpixels.org.

Via: NewmediaFIX

Sponsored by the International Academy of Visual Arts, the W³ is the first major web competition to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between.

In addition to honoring great Websites and Web Marketing programs, this year the W³ will also award the best in web video, reflecting the explosion of video content created particularly for the internet. It’s time to show off your award winning interactive and web work.

The deadline has been extended to 17 August (like today?), so get your ‘tocks moving. Visit the site to learn more.

Unleash your creativity, express yourself, and join the Breakthrough Design Art Competition 2007, a nationwide digital art design contest. Artists are invited to submit an artwork that effectively expresses the theme: Breakthrough. Artworks should also express four important concepts gleaned from the core values of Motorola, Shu Uemura, Globe Platinum and Metro Magazine.

The Breakthrough Design Art Competition 2007 is open to all amateur and professional graphic designers, painters and all artists who can create artworks that express the brands’ core values in a “breakthrough” manner. Registration is on going! You can still sign up until 31 August 2007 to submit your work or view other artworks. Visit the site to grab all the details.

Corbis (www.corbis.com), a creative resource for advertising, marketing and media professionals, today announced the call for entries for a new award in partnership with the Golden Drum Festival called the “Corbis Award for Creative Photography” to honor the best photography created for advertising and promotions in 2006 and 2007.

This is the second consecutive year that Corbis is sponsoring the Golden Drum Festival, the European advertising conference that will take place 14 - 19 October in Portoroz, Slovenia. The award competition will recognize print and online advertising, direct mailing, packaging and outdoor display, and is open to any agency or individual worldwide, as long as the campaign was created for use in Europe. Unpublished work will also be accepted. There is no submissions fee, and the deadline for entry is 31 August 2007 at www.goldendrum.com/competition/corbis.

Via: CreativePro

Create the Ultimate Bumbershoot CD—you choose the tracks and you design the cover. If other music fiends like you decide YOURS is the coolest, then Bumbershoot, The Seattle Times and the Seattle P-I will reward you with the Ultimate VIP Weekend at the Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival (September 1–3), where you will bypass all the lines, and get reserved seating in all indoor venues (including comedy, performance, theater and film), the Samsung Mainstage, two VIP hospitality areas, and the exclusive, invitation-only Bumbershoot Music Lounge. They’ll also send three runners-up to Bumbershoot with two (2) standard 3-day passes.

Choose your Ultimate Bumbershoot playlist, design your Bumbershoot CD cover, and upload your art and song selections, then complete the entry form. Entries will be accepted until 15 August 2007. Visit the site to learn more.

Flash Animators, Broadcast Designers and Motion Graphics Artists - Gain worldwide recognition for your finest work by entering the most prestigious juried competition for Flash animation and motion graphics. If selected, your award-winning pieces will be shown at the 2007 Best in the SW: Flash Animation & Motion Graphics Festival in Albuquerque on 9 October 2007. Throughout 2008, your work will be displayed on the Best website, providing you with outstanding exposure to potential clients and colleagues.

Anyone is eligible to submit any Flash animation or motion graphic, no matter when it was created. Previous winning entries in the Best in SW Awards are not eligigle, nor are entries that have been submitted more than two times. The primary tool used to create your entry should be Adobe Flash, but After Effects users have a special category. Motion Graphics can be created using any software.

All entries must be received no later than 12:00 am (midnight MDT/GMT-6) on 31 August 2007. Visit the site to learn more.

At Right: Influenza Virus doily, [one in a series of five images], 2004 computerized machine embroidery with thread, velvet, wood, Plexiglas.

The purpose of Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) is to raise public awareness about artists and scientists who use science and technology to explore new forms of creative expression, and to increase communication and collaborations between these fields.

For Digital’07, ASCI is specifically looking at how structure and pattern in the universe, whether visible or invisible to the naked eye, have become the muse for many contemporary digital artists. They seek to explore how today’s scientific fields of systems science, chaos and string theory, fractals, nanoscience, genetics, molecular science, the wavelets or frequency of sound, or a myriad of other mathematical data-sets have influenced today’s artists, scientists, and technologists in creating 2-dimensional art of exquisite pattern.

The ASCI Exhibition of Digital Prints is to be held at the New York Hall of Science from 29 September 2007 – 21 January 2008. Deadline for this competition is 20 August 2007. Visit the site to learn more.

Via: Absolute Arts

OurStage is now accepting your video and film submissions for their June 2008 competition. Videos (15 minutes or less) are welcome in the following channels: Animation, Comedy, Cutting Edge, Action Sports, Music Videos, and Short films. Enter by 29 August. The grand-prize winning musician and filmmaker who get the most sms votes will each win $5,000 cash. Visit the site to learn more.

Food Network is searching for a new Iron Chef who will need a special uniform, and it’s up to you to design it. The Grand Prize Winner will win a trip for 2 to New York City, along with hotel rooms and tickets to the finale taping of The Next Iron Chef, including transportation to and from taping; a Brother QC1000 sewing/embroidery machine and $500 cash.

To enter the Contest you must be a lawful permanent resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia and be 21 years of age or older and hold a valid U.S. driver’s license. Deadline: 6:00p.m. (ET) on 10 August 2007. To learn more about what goes into the jacket, visit the site.