The contest theme is Transform and Open. Openness includes many aspects – accessibility, approachability, honesty, receptiveness, responsiveness. Transformation includes change, development, reform, innovation, modernization – all part of the United Nations’ work for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
This work impacts every one of us every day in every part of the world, contributing to ending poverty, protecting the planet and ensuring that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. We invite inspired citizens to use their artistic talents to produce images and slogans around the theme of Transform and Open. We look forward to seeing your creativity!
Contest period
The contest ends on 2 October 2017.
Sponsor
The poster contest and exhibition is administered by the Division of Conference Management.
Poster File Size and File Type
Maximum file size: 10 MB.
File type: JPEG, PNG or PDF.
Who Can Enter
Anyone of any age can enter. The contest is open to everyone. Children below age 13 will need to have their parents’ permission, and will need to have parents (or a legal guardian) help with their submissions. Entrants should include their name and contact e-mail.
Specifications
Artwork must be original and submitted by the artist. It should be developed so it can be displayed in a 60 x 90 centimetres (2 feet x 3 feet) format.
Entries must be two dimensional, using either traditional methods (pens, pencils, crayons, charcoal, oil paint, acrylic paint, watercolour, etc.) or modern digital illustration processes.
As all artwork must be fully original, no entries will be accepted or considered if they are deemed to use in whole or in part derivative images which could be considered plagiarism.
Multiple entries are allowed if the design concept is different from one poster to another.
Words, text, SDG logos and color scheme, and UN logo can be added on the poster submission, provided it is relevant to the aim of the contest.
Entries should be uploaded using an online file sharing service of your choice and a link sent to genevaposter@unog.ch.
Judging
The Division of Conference Management of UN Geneva will review all entries using the same criteria: creativity, composition, theme and technique. The best entries will be printed, framed, labelled with the name of the designer, and exhibited at the Open Day event on October 7th at the Palais des Nations.
Exhibited entries will be recognized with a certificate and may be included in the 2017 UN Geneva Annual Report.
Copyright
Those making submissions agree that the UN retains all copyrights of the materials submitted. Files uploaded to the contest website should be solely images of the artwork and not contain photographic images of the contestant nor other individuals.
Conditions
The UN shall not be responsible for any loss or damage that may occur by entering this contest and the UN reserves the right to make changes to the rules of the contest without prior notification.
For information: genevaposter@unog.ch