Visualizing Science for the Public—Annual Competition 2011

About this Award
Visualizing Science for the Public is an international competition sponsored by Science Visualization, LLC. The competition was established to recognize outstanding achievements in visually-driven science communication. The focus is on art, imaging, and animation rather than photography and film. Visualization is one of the key ways scientific discoveries and advances in understanding are communicated to the public. This award is specifically oriented toward efforts created with a public audience in mind.

    Categories

  • 2-Dimensional: traditional media or digital
  • 3-Dimensional: traditional media or digital
  • Animation

Submission Guidelines
Entries must be submitted by e-mail using the specified submission guidelines and within the submission window. Due to the expected volume, any submissions not meeting requirements may be rejected without a response to the submitter.

Submissions are limited to three examples of work completed by an artist or studio within the last year.

Awards are not limited to any particular sciences.

There is no entry fee.

Winners will be announced on this website and at the 1st Annual Science Visualization Conference in 2012.

What to Submit
Applicants can enter no more than three submissions. These may be in any of the three categories.

    2-Dimensional entries require:

  • One .jpg or .jpeg image not exceeding 1.5 MB for each entry. This is equivalent to a 10×10 inch (25.4 cm x 25.4 cm, 720 pixels x 720 pixels) image at 72 dpi RGB.
  • E-mail your entries to sciencevisualization@gmail.com. IMPORTANT: You must put “Annual Competition” in the subject area of your message.
    3-Dimensional entries require:

  • One .jpg or .jpeg image not exceeding 1.5 MB for each entry. This is equivalent to a 10×10 inch (25.4 cm x 25.4 cm, 720 pixels x 720 pixels) image at 72 dpi RGB. Please take care to have your sculpture photographed carefully as image quality is a factor in judging.
  • E-mail your entries to sciencevisualization@gmail.com. IMPORTANT: You must put “Annual Competition” in the subject area of your message.
    Animation entries require:

  • One animation clip of no more than 30 seconds (add one second of playback for: title, artist, contact information and credit to the frontof the animation.)
  • One still image from the animation must also be submitted with the same formatting specifications as for the 2-Dimensional category (see specifications above).
  • The only file type accepted is Quicktime (.mov). Your video must be encoded in the H.264 standard, and must be no longer than 30 seconds. No other file-types will be accepted.
  • E-mail your entries to sciencevisualization@gmail.com. IMPORTANT: You must put “Annual Competition” in the subject area of your message.

Any questions regarding the competition may be directed to sciencevisualization@gmail.com.

Prizes
There is a $500 cash prizes for the winning entry in each category. Winning entries will be presented at the 1st Annual Conference on Science Visualization in 2012 and on this website.

Submission Period
Closes at 12:00 NOON, Eastern Standard Time USA, on Monday, April 31, 2012.

IMPORTANT: By entering this competition you are giving this website, sciencevisualization.com, the right to use your images in relation to any postings or pages about the competition or conference and permission to use your name in connection with these images. In addition, you are agreeing that you have the right to present these images in this competition, that they are your creation, and there are no copyright or ownership issues that prevent you from entering the images under your name (Note: If the images were created by a team, please indicate that in your submission).

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