Unioncamere Piemonte and Regione Piemonte announce an international competition of ideas open to designers, architects, landscapers and artists who are under forty years of age, for the ideation of designs for street furniture, installations and interventions destined for outdoor spaces in Piedmont’s hill and mountain areas, suitable for production using materials and artisanal methods.

The aim of the competition is to gather and compare ideas and technical, economic and cultural proposals in order to identify forms of furniture and interventions that could contribute to enhancing and characterizing outdoor areas, parks, panoramic points, and significant places located in Piedmont’s hill and mountain areas.

The entries submitted to the competition will be carefully evaluated by an international jury of experts in the sector. Deadline is 27 July 2007. Visit the site for details.

Get your pencils out!

If you love t-shirts here’s your chance to see your very own design on a howies t-shirt. This summer they are opening their own t-shirt print shop out in the shed. It’s a bit of a landmark occasion for them really as it’s something they’ve wanted to do since the beginning.

To mark this monumentous occasion howies has decided to run a little competition: They want you to design the first t-shirt that we print out in that shed. That’s right, the first off the press, the numero uno, the one that christens the carousel.

The brief is there is no brief, just make it thought provoking, make it bold, make it beautiful, make it entertaining, or make it plain old dumb - it’s upto you. Do what you love, but make them want to wear it.

Closing date is Tuesday 31st July 2007. Visit the site for details.

The Queens Film Festival is an event that appeals to both the industry and the everyday film lover. Their goal is also to open the world to the cultural and artistic wealth of Queens and create a conduit of sharing with Queens and the world at large. By acting locally and thinking globally they are striving to create a global entertainment community with roots in Queens. They want to make Queens a Mecca for international independent filmmakers.

CALL FOR ENTRIES NOW OPEN - Early Bird Deadline: July 30, 2007; Regular Deadline: August 30, 2007. Visit the site to learn the details.

The Transnational Communities Award is open to artistic, cultural and social projects that creatively use the technological and conceptual tools available in the web, broadening the channels of communication and interaction and giving rise to spaces online where practices and stories are shared. The purpose of this award is to foster the access to cultural goods and to the technologies involved in its production and distribution, to promote the diversity of expressions and to recognize the citizen participation of the Transnational Communities that link Mexico and the United States in a daily and permanent way.

The call for submissions is open to individuals, groups, associations, organizations and institutions from Mexico and the United States that develop artistic, cultural and social projects for which the Internet is both a sufficient and necessary condition of viewing, expressing and participating.
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AriesWorks Entertainment, a Des Moines-based production company, has announced the call for entries to the 2007 Wild Rose Independent Film Festival. The event, now in its fifth year, will be held October 25-28 in Des Moines at the Fleur Cinema and Cafe.

Filmmakers worldwide are invited to send their features, shorts, documentaries and animated work in to “The Rose” to compete for screening slots and the Festival’s many awards and cash prizes in applicable areas including; acting, directing, editing, cinematography/videography and others, according to a media release. Emerging and student filmmakers are encouraged. The festival also hosts seminars with industry professionals.

For more information, submission guidelines and entry forms, filmmakers may visit www.ariesworks.com:

• EARLY DEADLINE: Postmarked by 23 July 2007
• REGULAR DEADLINE: Postmarked by 31 August 2007
• FINAL DEADLINE: Postmarked by 17 September 2007

The public transport company of the city of Cologne has initiated an international art competition for the artistic design of eight stations - seven below and one above ground - of the new North-South Light Railway Cologne. National and international artists are to be involved in this multi-stage international art competition. Through the artistic design of the stations, the “city below” shall be made accessible for both Cologne’s inhabitants and its visitors as a new place of discovery which sensitizes us for associating with art, and at the same time makes an important contribution to the discussion about topics of urban living, the “city before our eyes.” The financial means for the competition, including the realization of the art works, amount to 1.75 million euros.

Entrants to the preliminary, open phase must submit their documents by 31 July 2007. Visit the site for details.

Via: Artipedia

Montage, Boston’s leading contemporary furniture retailer and Arclinea Boston, the award-winning Italian kitchen design firm, have partnered to establish the first annual Montage/Arclinea Contemporary Design Scholarship Competition.

Entrants will be asked to design a contemporary kitchen/living area within the traditional, historic architecture of Boston and its suburbs. Successful designs will incorporate the philosophy represented in the work of Italian architect Antonio Citterio, particularly as expressed in his kitchen designs for Arclinea and his furniture designs for B&B Italia.

All entries will be judged by a panel of area architects and designers. Prizes of $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000 will be will be awarded for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place entries. Entry must be received by Tuesday, 31 July 2007. Visit the site for details.

Now in its fifth year, top-tier, international awards competition - The Accolade - announces its Call For Entries for filmmakers, television producers and videographers.

• Summer Deadline: July 20, 2007
• Fall Deadline: September 14, 2007
• Winter Deadline: November 16, 2007
• Spring Deadline: February 16, 2008

Entrants from all over the world including the United States, Canada, Mexico, England, Spain, Ireland, India, Czech Republic, Australia, Malaysia, Venezuela, Taiwan, and Hong Kong provide submissions to The Accolade. A non-traditional, virtual venue with seasonal deadlines that allow timely online publicity opportunities, The Accolade awards go to those filmmakers, television producers and videographers who produce fresh, standout entertainment, animation and compelling documentaries; The Accolade is a showcase for cinematic gems and unique voices. Subtitled, foreign-language films are welcomed.
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The BBC News is offering various themes and deadlines in their Photographer of the Year 2007 contest. They are looking for attention-grabbing photos where the photographer interprets the themes as widely as possible.

The current theme is “blue,” and its deadline is 8 July 2007. You may enter up to three images per category. Following the closing date for each theme the 12 best pictures will be selected by the BBC picture desk and displayed in a picture gallery a week later. You will then have 48 hours in which to vote for your favourite.

The two photos that get the most votes will go forward to the final and one of you will be awarded the title of BBC News website Photographer of the Year 2007. Visit the site for details.

The Miami Herald’s ‘Great Cartoonist Search’ Contest (”Contest”) is open to individual cartoonists or teams of two (2) cartoonists who are U.S. residents. Contestants must be 18 or older. This Contest is sponsored by The Miami Herald Media Company, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami FL 33132-1693 (”Sponsor”). Employees of MHMC, The McClatchy Company, or their subsidiaries and affiliates, and their immediate families, are not eligible to enter.

Since all the rules are copyrighted (!), I’ll just send you to the contest page. Deadline 11:59 EDT on 24 July 2007.