Jewelry

The Savannah Music Festival is holding is first Jewelry Competition for a pin or pendant that will be manufactured and sold during the Festival. The first place winner will receive $1000 and have their design put into production. The second place winner will receive a cash award.

Download the application form.

Download the Jewelry Contest poster.

OFFICIAL RULES

Download the Official Rules. For more information, call 912.234.3378 x108.

If you plan on entering the competition, please read the full rules below. To get started, here are basic guidelines:

* Entries will be accepted through November 15, 2007.
* Your entry must be submitted as a wax model or metal prototype accompanied by an 8" x 10" rendering (hand or digital) mounted on 10" x 12" black illustration board.
* The design may be for a pin or for a pendant.
* A design for a pin must allow for a tie tack pin to be soldered on the back.
* A design for a pendant must have a bale to accommodate a 1mm-5mm chain.
* The design must be reproduced via casting.
* The design must meet a price point of $20.
* The competition is open only to currently enrolled students at colleges/universities in the City of Savannah.
* Your entry cannot use copyrighted material without permission.
* You're welcome to submit more than one entry, provided each one is truly different.
* All winning entries are under a Work Made for Hire agreement.
* A team of Savannah Music Festival staff and volunteers will review every entry, evaluating how well they fulfill five criteria. We will select 2 finalists with announcement of winners by December 10, 2007.

Now read on for the full contest rules:

1. ENTRY CRITERIA: Your entry should consist of your own content. Your entry should effectively promote the concept of the Savannah Music Festival. The winning pin/pendant will be reproduced and sold to festival patrons, largely supporters of the Festival.

2. SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES: Entries must be received by November 15, 2007 and submitted though college or university contact/organizer and not directly to the Savannah Music Festival. All entries must include a completed application form.

3. WORK MADE FOR HIRE: All winning entries must sign a production contract pursuant to a Work for Hire agreement in exchange for prize fees.. For the definition of Work Made for Hire, please click here.

4. RESPECT FOR EXISTING COPYRIGHT: You must be the original author of everything in your entry or have permission to use copyright protected material. So while we want you to be creative, you need to be careful about what you put into the entry.

5. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: Submissions will be accepted ONLY if they are properly boxed wax or metal models with accompanying rendering and must follow these technical requirements:
(a) Proper labeling on submission with the name of the entrant (author) and title of the work;
(b) Must be reproduced via casting at a price point of $20;
(c) Must have a flat area on the back to solder a pin stem to, or a bale that will accommodate a 5mm chain.

6. JUDGING CRITERIA: Each entry will be evaluated based on how well it ranks in each of these five categories:
(a) Original (20% of overall grade);
(b) Music Concept (20% of overall grade);
(c) Fashionable (20% of overall grade);
(d) Reproducible (20% of overall grade); and
(e) Permanence (20% of overall grade).

7. ENTRANT: Entrant must be the sole author and copyright owner of entry, or entrant must have permission (via license or otherwise) to use or incorporate those entry portions authored or owned by third parties. Use of images or other works in the public domain may be incorporated into entries; however, materials that infringe on the rights of any third party may not be used. Savannah Music Festival is not responsible for late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, or unintelligible entries. Incomplete or illegible entries are not eligible. In addition, entrant must grant to Savannah Music Festival a nonexclusive license to copy, reproduce, display, or distribute the entry, and to make derivative works based upon the entry or a substantial portion of the entry without attribution or prior permission.

8. ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to currently enrolled students in a college or university in the City of Savannah.

9. LAWS: This Contest is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations.

10. WINNER: Winner will be notified by mail, email, and/or phone. If the winner does not respond within 5 days of the date appearing on the prize notification, or fails to comply with the instructions contained in the prize notification within that time period, prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner.

11. PRIZES: The First Place Prize is One Thousand ($1,000) dollars. The Second Place Prize is Five Hundred ($500) dollars. Taxes are the sole responsibility of each winner. Savannah Music Festival shall have all rights to copy, broadcast, publish and use, in whole or in part, the winning entry, in any manner without further compensation.

12. PARTICIPATION: By participating, entrants agree that Savannah Music Festival, its shareholders, agents and representatives, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors are not responsible or liable for, and shall be released and held harmless from (i) any condition caused by events beyond the control of Savannah Music Festival that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted; (ii) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest; (iii) any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind in connection with or resulting from participation in the Contest, or acceptance of the prize, including without limitation, claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of participant and Savannah Music Festival in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia.

13. LOST, MISDIRECTED OR STOLEN, ETC. ENTRIES: All entries become the property of Savannah Music Festivals and will not be acknowledged or returned. Savannah Music Festival is not liable for lost, stolen, misdirected, or late entries.