Fur Free Alliance Information About Use of Fur Bearing Animals for Fur

NOTE: Submission details for China are available directly from the Chinese Regional Focal Point.

Poster Submission Form:

Please fill out your Submission Form and submit with your poster:
Download the POSTER Student Submission and Copyright/Royalty-Free Form

Your artwork submissions must be received no later than:

Region	Registration deadline	Submission deadline
China	10 May 2009	10 May 2009
Europe & International	17 April 2009	30 April 2009
North America*	10 March 2009	24 March 2009
Russia	2 March 2009	2 March 2009
United Kingdom & Ireland	17 April 2009	30 April 2009
International Animation Contest	1 April 2009	24 April 2009

* New: North American students are now part of the Europe and International Contest - please send your submissions to The HSUS, by 24 March 2009 to be delivered by them - to the UK for judging.

Poster submissions to include:

Each poster must convey the message that the wearing of fur is cruel and unnecessary.
The Fur Free Alliance logo [JPG 443KB] and the www.inFURmation.com URL should be incorporated into your design.
Students involved in a national competition (this will be dependent on the number of registered students) prior to going to the regional competitions, will be informed of this fact and advised that they are required to also include the logo of the national FFA affiliate hosting the national competition.
Some national groups have included their logo to be placed on their countries posters regardless of if they have a national competition—please go to the National Focal Points page to download an individual group’s logo to include along with the FFA logo and URL on your poster.
Submissions to contain:

A hard copy, mounted, of the poster at 300 dpi, no larger than 11 x 17 inches (North America) or A3 (Europe & International).
Each copy/print of your poster must bear the student's name, school affiliation, telephone number and Entry Registration Number, posted on the back.
A CD containing all of the following:

Your poster design in the original file format of the computer program you used to design it (ex. an Adobe Illustrator, InDesign or Photoshop file). This enables us to use your poster even if we're unable to contact you in the future. Please see "The Official Rules" (number 17) to see what changes we might need to make.
Your poster in high-resolution print-ready (300 dpi) Acrobat PDF file format. Remember to embed fonts, and distil as press optimized, camera-ready (do not 'down sample' graphics). File should be named using your last name following this convention: lastname_firstname_print_Reg#.pdf (ex., smith_john_print_Reg#.pdf).
A copy of your design in JPG format, saved at 72 dpi, with a width of 353 pixels (for portrait orientation) OR a height of 353 pixels (for landscape orientation). File should be named using your name following this convention: lastname_firstname_preview_Reg#.jpg
A thumbnail of your design in JPG format, saved at 72 dpi, with a width of 71 pixels (for portrait orientation) OR a height of 71 pixels (for landscape orientation). File should be named using your last name following this convention: lastname_firstname_thumb_Reg#.jpg
A copy of your design in JPG format size 2200x1600 pixels (max), with a maximum file size of 1MB. File should be named using your last name following this convention: lastname_firstname_hires_Reg#.jpg
Label the CD with your name (lastname then firstname), school affiliation, telephone number and Entry Registration Number, printed legibly.
Where a class is submitting a number of posters, we encourage you to burn all files onto a single CD. In this case, however, for each student included in the submission, the CD should contain a folder named with the individual student’s last name, first name and Entry Registration Numbers (ex., lastname_firstname_Folder_Reg#.). Each folder should contain that student’s entry materials. Please label CD cases clearly with all submitted students names (lastname then firstname), Entry Registration Numbers, school affiliation and contact information.

Only copyright free material, images and photographs may be used.
By entering the competition, the student agrees to cede all commercial and non-commercial rights and property in the artwork to the Fur Free Alliance and/or its affiliated organizations for free use in perpetuity in the context of publicity and campaigns as per its Mission statement. The Fur Free Alliance undertakes to acknowledge/credit the artist(s), whenever appropriate and possible in the context of such use.
No artwork may be returned to the artist(s) once submitted.

To ensure that your poster and CD aren't damaged or broken, please mail them in a padded protective envelope or package.

All submissions remain the property of Global Action Network, The Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society International, Respect for Animals, Swiss Animal Protection, and VITA on behalf of the Fur Free Alliance and its member organizations for their use in any manner.

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Previous Competitions
Design Against Fur 2003 Design Against Fur 2004 Design Against Fur 2005 Design Against Fur 2006 Design Against Fur 2007 Design Against Fur 2008

Poster Submission Requirements

Poster Submission Form:

Poster submissions to include: