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CALL for ENTRIES: NYC Open Call

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& cold cuts

Field Day is right around the corner for my son.  Do you remember Field Day?  It was the much-hyped day of outdoor fun and competition we were all supposed to anticipate it with such joy.  Not.  I just wasn’t that girl.  The best thing about Field Day was eating outside.  And, I still like a picnic now and then, but you can keep the track-and-field events, thanks.  This next Call is from Field Projects, but I don’t think they are going to force you to hurdle anything.  Except a deadline, maybe…

Check out this Call for Entries from Field Projects (New York City) for Open Call 3!  The entry fee is only $25 for up to 5 images, and you could end up with a New York show.  Investigate this opportunity…

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Read the Full Call from Field Projects!CALL for ENTRIES:
NYC Open Call

 

Field Projects is pleased to announce our third semi-annual open call exhibition.  We present two Open Call exhibitions a year, one in the winter and one in the summer. Emerging and mid-career artists are invited to submit their work for consideration. All of the submissions we receive will be considered not only for Show #14 but also for the Field Projects upcoming exhibition calendar and Top Ten online exhibition.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  All media welcome

Learn more about Juror Jacob Rhodes from Field Projects!DEADLINE:  May 17, 2013

NOTIFICATION:  End of May

ENTRY FEE:  $25 for up to 5 images

CURATORS:  Keri Oldham is an artist & curator working in watercolor, paper & video. Her work explores memory, time & space through attachment to cinema.  Originally from Dallas, TX, Keri has exhibited her work throughout the country including San Francisco, NY, Dallas, Austin & New Orleans.

Jacob Rhodes is an internationally exhibited artist, curator, and musician. Rhodes holds a BFA from Otis College of Art, an MFA from Yale University, and has attended residencies at Skowhegan School of Painting and AIM at the Bronx Museum. He also was an infantry soldier in the US Army 2002-05. In his work Rhodes explores codes of masculinity, class, and the inherent violence in homo-social interaction. 

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CALL for ENTRIES: 2013 Cali Open

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you’re it

I really have to start putting tags on my frozen food.  I spent a couple of hours waiting for chipotle peppers in adobe sauce to thaw for my black been burgers only to find out that it was left over sloppy joe sauce–NOT an acceptable substitute. I even keep a Sharpie® in my kitchen drawer to put labels on Ziploc® bags, but what do I do about all the glass freezer containers?  It’s like leftover roulette in my kitchen.  This next show is sponsored by the TAG…

Check out this Call for Entries from the TAG Gallery (Santa Monica, CA) for the 2013 California Open.  The entry fee is reasonable, and the media is diverse.  Don’t miss this opportunity…

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Learn more from the TAG Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
2013 California Open

 

The 2013 California Open Exhibition is the eighth annual juried art competition sponsored by TAG Gallery.  The nationwide exhibition recognizes excellence in a diverse range of media and offers artists the opportunity to win cash awards and exhibit their finest work at Bergamot Station Arts Center, Southern California’s largest art gallery complex and cultural center.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to U.S. artists 18 +

MEDIA:  Categories include Computer Art, Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture.  No video, film or installations or artwork that requires special installation.

DEADLINE:  June 26, 2013

NOTIFICATION:  July 19, 2013

ENTRY FEE:  $40 for up to 2 entries, $10 ea. add’l up to 6 max.

Learn more from the TAG Gallery!JUROR:  Since 1988, Edward Goldman has been the art critic at KCRW, the LA-affiliated National Public Radio station, and host of a weekly program called “Art Talk”.  Before immigrating to the U.S. in 1977, Goldman worked at the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad. From 1998-1999, he was the Arts and Culture Editor of “Life & Times Tonight” on KCET, the LA-based PBS television station.

​He is also an art consultant/curator for corporate and private clients, among them Deloitte & Touche, Price Waterhouse Coopers and La Opinion. Goldman contributes articles to numerous art publications, including Huffington Post, and serves as a panelist, moderator and speaker for various museums and arts organizations and is a member of the International Association of Art Critics.​

AWARDS:  1st Place $1000, 2nd Place $500, 3rd Place $250, Valerie Mendez Memorial Award and three Honorable Mentions

SALES:  All work must be available for sale. There is a 40% commission to TAG Gallery on sales during the exhibition and 30 days subsequent to the close of the exhibition.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from the TAG Gallery!

 

REMINDER: Prime

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required

I would hurt somebody for macaroni and cheese right now.  No, I’m not pregnant, but my craving for foods has been a little nutty lately.  Oddly enough, I usually crave carbohydrate laden, comfort food like macaroni & cheese in Winter, not Spring.  I suppose some cravings are just primal (or so I am going to claim when I indulge later).  This next Call speaks to the primal as well.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Saranac Art Projects (Spokane, WA) for Prime, a juried exhibit. The entry fee can be as little as $15 and there is no commission! This show is one I would really like to see all of you get behind. Honestly, this is a great show… Please, make me proud.

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Learn more from Saranac Art Projects!CALL for ENTRIES:
Prime

 

Prime—of the highest quality.

A number that has no common factors.

An essential time period.

To prepare something for use.

Prime, primal, primary.

 

They welcome your submissions in response to the theme PRIME.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Any 2D or 3D artwork not to exceed 23” in any given direction. Weight not to exceed 50 pounds.

DEADLINE: May 31, 2013

NOTIFICATION: June 12, 2013

ENTRY FEE: $15 per image for up to 3

Learn more from Saranac Art Projects!JUROR: Bradd Skubinna was born in Chelan, Washington in 1961 and grew up mostly in Spokane. In 1989 he received a B.A. in studio art and art history from Eastern Washington University. He lived for six years in Seattle, and had his first solo show at Francine Seders Gallery in 1996. In 1998 he and his wife moved to New York City, where he received an M.F.A. at the School of Visual Arts. In 2002 he returned to Spokane, where he currently teaches art at Spokane Falls Community College and Whitworth University. He has curated exhibitions at Kolva-Sullivan Gallery in Spokane, the N.W. Museum of Arts & Culture and at Spokane Falls Community College.

Skubinna’s art has been exhibited in Spokane, Seattle, New York City and Portland, Oregon. He currently exhibits at Spokane’s Lorinda Knight Gallery and the Francine Seders Gallery. Skubinna is a member of Saranac Art Projects.

AWARDS: All accepted entries will be placed on the Saranac website and Facebook. Cash prize(s) awarded dependent upon number of entries.

SALES: Gallery will not retain a commission; therefore, they will put potential buyer in touch with artist directly.

For more information, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Saranac Art Projects!

 

 

CALL for ENTRIES: Transylvania U

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bytes

I cannot handle fast food commercials anymore.  The food looks fantastic, but it doesn’t LOOK or TASTE that fantastic if you give in to the midnight-food-run indulgence.  Why?  Digital enhancement…retouching.  Damn the fat and salt mongers for their digital deception.  This next Call allows you to use your digital skills for good, not evil.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for the STUDIO 300 Digital Art and Music Festival at The Byte Gallery–an interactive kiosk at Transylvania University (Lexington, KY).  This show is free to enter, and includes digital art which is often excluded from more traditional shows.  Investigate carefully…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
STUDIO 300 Digital Art and Music Festival

Learn more about the STUDIO 300 Digital Art and Music Festival

The Studio 300 Festival explores creative manifestations of technology through concerts and exhibitions of digital art and music.  This year’s festival will feature concerts in Haggin Auditorium, and multimedia gallery exhibits in the Morlan Gallery and the BYTE Gallery kiosk.  Artists and musicians from across world will be participating.  A late night concert will also take place off campus at Al’s Bar.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Electro-Acoustic Music, Video Music, Dramatic Video, Animation, Digital Print/Still Image, Installation and Late-Night Club Electro Music.  Click here for full descriptions of the categories.

Learn more about the STUDIO 300 Digital Art and Music Festival

DEADLINE: Submissions must be received no later than June 15, 2013.

ENTRY FEE: There is no entry fee.  Composers and Artists whose works are accepted and programmed for performance in concerts or installations are required to attend in person.  A registration fee of $45 is required for participation.  Early registration fee (received before August 1st, 2013) is only $25, instead of $45.

SUBMISSIONS: Submission is through email only—do not attach anything to the email, instead provide links to your application materials.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Byte Gallery at Transylvania University!

CALL for ENTRIES: In Bloom

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in bloom

Honeysuckle is blooming outside my kitchen window.  The taste of honeysuckle nectar reminds me of childhood and summer.  Have you ever eaten honeysuckle syrup over lemon poppy seed pancakes? Mmmm.  Maybe I’ll find the time to make honeysuckle extract before Spring is over.  This next Call wants to know all about your glorious blooms.  A beautiful theme…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT) for In Bloom. The entry fee at Darkroom is always low ($24), and they will provide free matting & framing if you work in their standard sizes. Take a look…

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Learn more about the In Bloom Exhibit from Darkroom Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
In Bloom

 

Flower among flowers,
soft bud swooning,
opening her lovely petals,
bursting forth with life.

 

Blooms gladden all they espy; youthful candor and fragrance abounding!  They summon romantic gestures, evoke seasonal rebirth and highlight a raw yet delicate beauty.  Show us your most sensual works exploring flower power.  Rapturous still life images; the bloom on the vine, the bud in the vase.  Floral portraiture ever-nuanced, ever-growing. Humans bloom like flora and fauna; the girl on the cusp of womanhood, a boy breaching the threshold to manhood. Romance us with your interpretations of this tenuous beauty, these arrangements of organic sensuality.

ELIGIBILITY: Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If younger, you must have a legal guardian make the submission for you.

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery online!MEDIA:
Photography

DEADLINE:
May 29, 2013

NOTIFICATION:
June 5, 2013

ENTRY FEE: Up to 4 images for $24 US for on-line and $29 for email submission

JUROR:  Mark Sink, photographer, curator and teacher, has been and making a living from fine art photography since 1978. He is well known for his imagery made with the toy plastic camera the Diana. Currently, also a reverse technology, he is producing collodion wet plate photographs.  His personal work is in numerous museum collections as well as gallery solo and group shows in the US, South America and Europe.  He is currently represented by G. Ray Hawkins in CA. Robin Rice in NY, Paul Cava in Philadelphia, Rule Gallery in Denver. As a photographer of fine art he worked with and documented noted artists lives and their work such as Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat and Rene Ricard.

Kristen Hatgi was born in Denver Colorado on the 24th of December 1984. At the age of twelve she borrowed her dad’s camera to create staged situations in her room. At sixteen she took a photography class at her high school and was thereafter committed to the medium.  Her love for art and photography carried her to Boston where she spent five years studying at the Art Institute of Boston.

Learn more about the In Bloom Exhibit from Darkroom Gallery!Kristen graduated with a bachelor in Fine Arts in May of 2008.  Kristen lives in Denver where she collaborates with her husband Mark Sink creating wet plate collodion photographs. She also works as a commercial photographer, and designer and has exhibited her photography in NYC, Boston, DC, and Denver.

AWARDS: All selected entries are exhibited in the Darkroom Gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog. Juror’s Choice receives a 30×48″ vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image. People’s Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.

SALES: Darkroom offers free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of their exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs. For commission details, go to the bottom of the Submission Rules page!

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Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: Shy Rabbit

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of love

Some of the most precious kitchen gadgets I have are handmade–from olive wood cooking spoons to hand turned wooden salad bowls.  I love high tech gadgets, but the idea that every spoon in one of a kind gives a sort of reverence to cooking.  Yes, I might own 6 spoons, all copies of each other, but each one is unique.  I even have a favorite.  The crafting of my wooden spoons is not unlike the printmaking featured in this next Call.  Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from Shy Rabbit (Pagosa Springs, CO) for Print International 4.  Printmaking shows are far less common, so I am thrilled to bring this one to your attention.  Take a look…

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Learn more from Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts!CALL for ENTRIES:
Print International 4

 

ELIGIBILITY:  All artists age 18+

MEDIA:  Printmaking.  Original contemporary works in traditional and nontraditional printmaking media including book arts, three-dimensional and mixed media prints are eligible.

DEADLINE:  June 1, 2013

NOTIFICATION:  June 15, 2013

ENTRY FEE:  $30 up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

JUROR:  Michael Krueger received his B.F.A. from the University of South Dakota in 1990, and his M.F.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1993.  Krueger currently serves as an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Kansas, where he has been teaching Drawing and Printmaking since 1995.

Krueger’s work has been widely exhibited in the U.S., Europe and Asia, and has been presented in several solo shows and more than 40 national and international group shows over the last decade.  Krueger’s work is included in over 80 public collections.

SALES:  Sales will be encouraged, therefore all artwork must be available for sale. Retail sales of an Artist’s work will be split 60% Artist / 40% SHY RABBIT.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts!

CALL for ENTRIES: I’ll Be Your Mirror

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Do you remember when fast food was a super fast, super cheap option?  If you were on the go or in a hurry, lunch or dinner at a fast food joint wouldn’t break the bank.  Today, my little family of 3 stopped for lunch.  I ordered from the value menu to keep my portion sizes in check.  My two favorite men ordered sandwiches and fries.  The total was about $16.50.  Really? $16.50 for a fast food lunch?  When did this happen?  Clearly, I am out of touch with reality.  This next Call puts 1650 in a much better light.  Don’t miss this…

Check out this Call for Entries from the 1650 Gallery (Los Angeles) for I’ll Be Your Mirror: The Portrait. The entry fee is only $25, and the 1650 Gallery also offer free matting and framing. Take a closer look…

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Learn more about the 1650 Gallery in Los Angeles!CALL for ENTRIES:
I’ll Be Your Mirror:
The Portrait

 

Great portraiture such as that produced by Dorothea Lange, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Matthew Brady, Peter Hujar and Diane Arbus comprise one of the main pillars of the Pantheon of photographic arts.

The challenge of capturing the personality behind the person requires both technical know-how and an artist’s eye, combining technique, intuition and empathy. When done right, the unseen power of persona comes into focus and, as if by magic — personality seems to jump from the page. This month 1650 Gallery tips our hat to the power of people pictures, and welcomes your work in the blockbuster genre of photographic portraiture.

ELIGIBILITY: All artists 18 years or older

MEDIA: Photography

Learn more about the I'll be your Mirror show from the 1650 Gallery!DEADLINE: May 12, 2013

ENTRY FEE: There is an entry fee of $25 for up to 5 images. Add’l $5 each.

JUROR:  Andrew Overtoom is an award winning filmmaker and photographer living in Los Angeles. He publishes THE UNDEAD NEG photography blog and is currently launching a quarterly fine art photography journal. He is also the owner/curator of 1650 Gallery in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

AWARDS:  Approximately 50 works will be chosen from submitted photographs to be included in the I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR exhibition at 1650 Gallery in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.  Additional works may also be selected for an online gallery exhibition page.

SALES: The gallery retains 50% of the sale price, as well as 9.25% California sales tax. The 1650 Gallery offers free matting and framing for accepted photographs that fit their pre-cut mat sizes for the duration of the exhibition. Photo sizes are 8×10″, 11×14″ 16×20″, or 20×24″.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about The Dark Side exhibition from the 1650 Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: Strange Figurations

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face

I’ve always played with my food.  As a small kid, I loved making faces, and as a teenager, mashed potatoes and gravy just screamed for a castle and moat.  As an adult, my child is only mildly amused by smiley face pancakes and strange hair formed in syrup.  This next Call wants to see your strange figures, but I don’t think they’re looking for food art.  You be the judge…

Check out this Call for Entries from SlowArt Productions with Strange Figurations. The entry fee is reasonable, and the awards include both an exhibit at the Limner Gallery as well as an opportunity to have your work in the nationally-distributed art magazine, Direct ArtPlease don’t miss this double-duty art opportunity!

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Learn More about the Limner Gallery online!CALL for ENTRIES:
Strange Figurations

 

SlowArt Productions presents the thematic exhibition: Strange Figurations. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from September 7 – October 5, 2013.

ELIGIBILITY:
All artists 18+

MEDIA:  This exhibition is open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations. Included are all forms of surreal, visionary and extraordinary figurative art. All interpretations of the theme “Strange Figurations” will be reviewed and considered.

DEADLINE: June 30, 2013

NOTIFICATION: No later than July 30, 2013

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 4, $5 ea add’l. Artists accepted to exhibit will not be charged additional fees of any kind. Payments may be by check or money order payable to SlowArt Productions, or by credit card using PayPal.

Learn more about the Limner Gallery!SALES: All works in the show must be for sale. The gallery will take a 30 % commission on all sales. Sale price is determined by the artist.

AWARDS: Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, September 7 – October 5, 2013.  The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site. One artist will be awarded a two page display in Direct Art Volume #21, Fall 2014 issue Two artists will be awarded a single page display.

Click for more information on
Direct Art magazine.

For the full guidelines, Read the Full Call!

Download the Prospectus from SlowArt and the Limner Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: Bike Art

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delivery!

Once in my pajamas (about 5pm), I am too lazy… to walk or drive the .3 miles to one of my favorite restaurants for a caprese salad, chocolate chip banana bundt cake or any of their fantastic offerings.  And, they are truly fantastic.  They need a bike delivery person, right?  I’ll have to remember to drop that in the suggestion box.  This next Call sees all that is good about the bicycle as well.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Poudre Studio Artists & Galleries (Fort Collins, CO) for the Get on Your Bike & Ride, the 3rd annual bike art exhibit. Cool theme. The award amounts are low, but the commission rate is low too!

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Learn more from the Poudre Studio Artists and Galleries!CALL for ENTRIES:
Get on your Bike & Ride

 

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists

MEDIA: The purpose of this exhibit is to showcase art portraying or related to bicycles.

All original artistic interpretations are welcome; contemporary, traditional, or abstract—2 or 3 dimensional pieces.

DEADLINE: May 14th, 2013

Learn more about the 3rd Annual Bike Art Exhibit!NOTIFICATION:
May 17th, 2013

ENTRY FEE:
$30 for up to 3 pieces,
$10 for each add’l piece

AWARDS: $50 first, $25 second, and $15 third place will be posted on the website poudrestudioartists.com as soon as the winners are determined.

A $10 People’s Choice award will also be offered and will be determined by a vote of visitors, which will be tallied at the end of the exhibit.

SALES: There is a 30% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Download the Prospectus from the Poudre Studio!

6 MONTH REMINDER: Mystery Build

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not BROWN mustard

Sometimes I buy non-perishable specialty foods in multiples.  It is hard not to when they are on super sale.  However, I don’t necessarily need 6 jars of Chinese mustard or 4 bags of buckwheat.  I am careful about expiration dates, but sometimes it would really  be nice if the expiration dates on these items would flash and warn me when I’m getting close.  Consider this your flashing expiration date on this next Call.  Don’t delay…

Check out this Call for Entries for Mystery Build 2013. This year’s theme is “Re-Invent a Work of Art”. What can be better than getting a mystery box of supplies by mail? Investigate this one…

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Learn more about the 2013 Mystery BuildCALL for ENTRIES:
Mystery Build 2013

Mystery Build is an art challenge developed by two artists to inspire creativity. The concept is simple. Buy a kit. Make something out of the contents of the kit. And, upload either a picture or video of your creation.

ELIGIBILITY: Contest is only open to legal residents of the U.S. and D.C. Contestants must be 18 years of age and older to receive cash prizes. Contestants under the age of 18 must have an adult who is 18 or older complete the Submission Form.

THEME: “Re-Invent a Work of Art” — You may interpret the contest’s theme any way you wish. Perhaps a re-creation of a famous painting in the form of a sculpture, or a new perspective or hidden angle on a familiar work of art. You will specify what work of art you are re-inventing on the submission form. Any work of art can be used, in any medium from painting, to film, music, architecture, photography, sculpture, culinary arts etc. The entry should not be a replica of the work but a re-interpretation, continuation, or unique version of the original artwork.

Learn more about the 2013 Mystery Build! MEDIA: You must buy a Mystery Build Kit. You may choose to use anything in the Kit and the Mystery Build tin itself, but you are not required to use all of the materials. Entrants MAY ADD paint, varnish, lacquer, food coloring, oil, water, dye, ink, and similar liquids to decorate or enhance the entry, or to manipulate the materials. Liquids may not be used for structural elements, but may only be used as a surface enhancement or as a tool. Substances which are not liquid at room temperature, such as wax, are excluded. Liquid adhesives not included in the Kit are also not permitted. Judges will have final ruling on use of liquids.

Entrants may use any tools available to them to alter the materials in the Mystery Build Kit, barring tools that add or leave behind an additional physical material, such as a stapler which leaves a metal staple, or a soldering operation which adds solder. You may make tools out of any materials you want. Tools may include molds, which also do not have to be made of materials from the Kit.

2012 6th place winner - Hugo and the Mystery Clock by Leslie StancilDEADLINE: Submissions are due by 10/20/13 at 12:59 p.m. ET.

ENTRY FEE: $36 for the kit

JUDGING PROCESS: An independent, qualified panel of judges will judge all eligible Entries received based on the criteria found here.

AWARDS: There are $15,000 in cash Prizes. Grand Prize $5,000, 2nd Place $2,000, 3rd Place $1000, 4th Place $700, 5th Place $600, 6th Place $500, 7th Place $450, and $1500The People’s Choice Award (Public Voting Winner) $1000. Check here for complete prize details.

For complete details, Read the Rules!

Learn more about the Mystery Build project!