DARK SURREALISTS Art Contest

Deadline: All entries must be received by January 31, 2011

GENERAL RULES:

Subject: All entries must be of the "dark surrealist" genre, typically related to science fiction, horror, low-brow or Gothic themes. For a more precise definition please go here: http://www.surrealismnow.com/theartofdarkness12.html

Two-Dimensional Art:
-All entries must be two dimensional.
-There is no minimum or maximum size.

Categories (You may enter up to three entries in each category):
Oil/Acrylic
Watercolor
Drawings/Sketches
Mixed Media/Collage
Photography/Digital

Email Specifications:
-All entries will be JPG files of low resolution -- no more than 1 MB per file. Typically this means no more than 4 inches to any side and a resolution of not more than 200 dpi.
-Name your jpg files with your first name, underscore, last name, underscore file number. (As an example: john_smith_1.jpg)
-Send ONE email per category entered
-You may attach up to three images per category. Send each category entry in a separate email.
-In the title of the email, note the artist name and category. In the body of the email note the attached entries, their titles, and years created (ex. #1 - Creepy Scary Evil (2010))

PRIZES
Grand Prizes
-The top entry of the competition will receive a $100 cash prize and be used as the cover image for the book "Dark Surrealists" to be published in March, 2011.

Category Winners
-The top entry in each category will win $25 and be featured as the lead image in each chapter of the book "Dark Surrealists" to be published in March, 2011.

If Juried-In...
If an artist is juried into the contest, one or more of the art works will be published in the book. Anyone published in the book will be able to buy as many copies of the book as desired at wholesale prices (60% of retail).

JUROR
Nunzio Barbera, Artist

SPONSORS
Sunbury Press, Inc.
Sunbury Press, based in Camp Hill, PA, is a publisher or trade paperback and digital books. Among their offerings, Sunbury has been producing an art book line for individual artists and for art contests.

Questions and submissions should be sent to: contest@sunburypress.com