HOW TO ENTER
Step 1
Take a good quality digital photograph or scan of each print. They should be photographed unframed and evenly lit, and cropped to the edge of the work. View the photograph on a computer to make sure you are happy with the picture quality on a larger screen. The judges will make their decision based on this photograph. Check the image file does not exceed 3MB (minimum of 1MB) before saving it as a JPG.
Step 2
On our competitions page for Small But Mighty, click the 'Enter now' button and follow the onscreen instructions to make your entry.
Step 3
You will be asked to provide
- An image of each artwork
- Artist’s name (exactly as you wish to be known on the works list and labels)
- Contact email address for the artist (please be sure to spell this correctly!)
- Title of the work
- Work dimensions in centimetres – the framed size must be within the size restriction of 50cm on longest edge
- Medium
- Framed price for each print
Remember to take into account framing and transport costs, as well as Bankside Gallery’s commission of 45% should the work sell. If you are registered for VAT, please include this in your price.
No changes to your price(s) will be possible after the competition deadline so please ensure they are correct.
- Unframed price for each print (only if applicable ie. Do not fill in this field if further prints in the edition are not available or if it is a monoprint / monotype)
- Availability of further unframed prints in the edition (if applicable)
Step 4
Pay the non-refundable entry fee using the secure online payment service.
Step 5
Make sure you click the blue ‘Submit entries’ button. Your entry is not complete until you complete this step.
Acknowledgement of your entry and payment will be sent to you
You will also receive an automatically generated email confirming that you have begun your entry. You can use this link to re-access your entry up until the deadline.
PLEASE NOTE: after the competition deadline passes, you will NOT be able to review your entry. Therefore please make full notes of which works you enter, and all the details submitted.
NO CHANGES may be made to these details after the deadline date so please check them thoroughly.
Incomplete entries or those made without payment received by the competition deadline, will not be shown to the curator.
If you encounter difficulties, you can get in touch at info@re-printmakers.com.
RESULTS
A list of prints selected for the exhibition will be published on www.re-printmakers.com/competitions by 6pm on Thursday 25 July. Artists whose work has been selected will be sent an email confirming arrangements for the exhibition.
Please check your junk mail at this time to avoid missing this notification. We will try to contact all artists whether successful or not, but given the large volume of applicants we ask you for your patience in waiting to hear from us. Checking whether your work appears on the list of selected prints will be the quickest way for you to find out the result of the competition.
Please be aware if your work is successfully selected for the competition your first name, surname and name of selected work will be published on our website in a public domain. We will not publish your email address.
General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
New data protection laws came into force on 25 May 2018. As an entrant to the competition you give us your first name, surname, email address, postal address and telephone number. We do not receive your payment card details as these go through the GDPR compliant payment system. Please be assured we take keeping your data safe very seriously. You can read our updated Privacy Policy on banksidegallery.com/privacypolicy. In order to inform you about the results of the competition judging, we need to be able to contact you using the email address you have provided us with so that we can carry out the service you are paying us to do. This is our legal basis for storing your contact details until you tell us not to. However, in order to keep you informed about future competitions administrated by Bankside Gallery which may interest you, we would like to send you some occasional direct marketing in relation to this topic and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. Please tick the opt-in box on the website after writing your contact details when you enter this competition online in order for us to do so