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Over $20,000 in Gift Cards and Prizes! Including gift certificates from our Major National Sponsors BLICK, Jerrys Artarama, IN2ART & DaVinci plus, Chipotle, KFC, Kmart, McDonalds, Subway, Taco Bell, WalMart, & Local Supporters! Welcome to the Best of Artists 2011 College Art Competition - IT'S ON NOW!!! The purpose of the competition is to highlight and promote the best college art in America and to promote college art departments and college art communities. For 2011, 35 Colleges and Universities will participate. The following categories are eligible for inclusion: paintings, drawings, sculpture, pottery, photography, glass and illustrations. Any student currently enrolled at a featured school. Student must submit school photo ID with their application. The 10 Best Artists from each school will be selected and featured in an online E-book and published in a softcover book. These students will be judged based on their body of work. There is NO cost to enter. Selected students will receive a FREE book. In addition to the main competition there are four individual categories where one artist/ piece of artwork will be selected per category. • School Spirit - This category allows students to express in their own creative way what makes each college great. • Sports - With sports being a large factor of the college experience this category celebrates the student athlete. • Social commentary - With the college campus being a fertile ground for new ideas this category allows students to visually comment on the world around them. • Military - With our entire generation of American teens growing up during two wars and so many serving our country in the military this category honors their patriotism and sacrifice.

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Artist Eligibility & Rules • The following are eligible for inclusion: paintings, drawings, sculpture, pottery, photography, glass and illustrations. • Any student currently enrolled at a featured school. Student must submit school photo ID with their application. • An applicant for the “10 Best” must submit at least 2 original works of art. • An applicant for a themed category must submit at least 1 original work of art. • Each work of art must be created solely by the applicant. All submissions are welcome and will be reviewed, but only those that meet a standard of artistic skill as determined by Kennedy Publishing, will be showcased on the website and eligible for publication. *** A school must have a minimum of 20 applicants to qualify for the Best Of College Art competition.

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Prizes Up to 14 students from each school will be selected and featured in an online E-book and published in a softcover book. Selected students will receive a FREE book. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PRIZES Judging/VotingTime Line The competition has been eextended until the close of the fall semester.  Voting dates to be announced. • The selected artists at each school will be determined by a weighted jury system. There will be 5 voting categories: popular votes - includes the general public, students, faculty, family and friends - (voters can vote once every 24 hours), positive comments, and 3 judges.  The ultimate goal for the 10 selected artists is to pick the most outstanding visual artists based on their body of work. For the 4 categories the goal is to select the most outstanding art work.

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Time Line The competition has been extended until the close of the fall semester.  Voting dates to be announced. ENTER NOW   CLICK HERE TO FIND THE HOME PAGE FOR YOUR SCHOOL