How to submit entries

The VIDICAL International Calendar, Christmas Card and New Year’s Eve Card Competition opening and prize-giving ceremony takes place each year in February. Consequently, VIDICAL 2013 will arrive this February as the 9th international and, together with 15 Polish-wide editions, 25th competition overall.

If you are a publisher, designer, photographer, printer or any other kind of contributor involved in creating calendars or Christmas/New Year’s Eve cards, remember this date and place your entry. This is your best chance to show your work to the world and save it from oblivion. All entries are presented in the exhibition catalog and the winners, chosen by an international Jury, become part of the Poznań National Museum collection.

In VIDICAL nobody loses. Even if your work has not been awarded – you won because you took the opportunity to showcase your talents or promote your company. The only way you can fail is to fail to take part in the Competition. VIDICAL is pure democracy. An enormously expensive calendar of a big company has the same chance of winning as a modest piece published by a one-person agency. What counts is the idea, ingeniousness, imagination and appeal rather than big money or big names. So grab your chance! Read the rules, fill in the application form and send it to us along with three copies of your calendar or Christmas/New Year Eve’s card. It’s that simple. We are looking forward to receiving your entries.

The Competition is open and all kinds of calendars and Christmas Christmas/New Year Eve’s cards are accepted. There are no limits on the number of entries submitted.

Aplication form (click to download). Aplication form in .zip format here

VIDICAL 2013 will take place in the seat of the Warsaw branch of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (Okręg Warszawski ZPAP), between February 7 and 9, 2013. The deadline for submitting three printed copies of each entry is January 21, 2013.

RULES OF THE NINTH INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR CHRISTMAS CARD AND NEW YEAR’S EVE CARD COMPETITION VIDICAL 2013

The Ninth International Calendar, Christmas Card and New Year’s Eve Card Competition VIDICAL 2013 is a continuation of eight international competitions and fifteen previous Polish-wide editions. The goal of the competition is to compare achievements, prompt the improvement of professional standards and award commissioning parties and artists who are most proficient in printing, typography, photography, illustration etc. VIDICAL 2013 is organized by the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and VIDICAL.

Schedule and location

VIDICAL 2013 will take place in the seat of the Warsaw branch of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (Okręg Warszawski ZPAP), between February 7 and 9, 2013.

VIDICAL 2013 will take place in the seat of the Warsaw branch of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (Okręg Warszawski ZPAP), between February 7 and 9, 2013. The deadline for submitting three printed copies of each entry is January 21, 2013.

How to enter the competition

1. Contestants (designers, producers or commissioning parties) can submit any number of entries for 2013 in each category.

2. All entries should be submitted along with an application form and fee.

3. Applications should be filled in on the computer and printed. Lack of fee payment and a missing or illegible application form will disqualify the entry from the contest. Data enclosed in the application form will be used across VIDICAL 2013 publications.

4. Submitted work will not be returned.

5. Work should be submitted in three printed copies and in computer format on a Microsoft Windows compatible CD. Technical specifications of files:

– size of document – 300 dpi (CMYK); type of file – uncompressed TIFF, PDF, EPS, JPG.

6. Pack your work carefully to ensure safe shipment – damaged parcels will not qualify to the competition. The organizers are not responsible for damages of entries during transport.

7. The cost of shipment and all incidental expenses are covered by the contestants. Do not declare the value of the parcel on dispatch and mark it as “printed matter/no-commercial value” to avoid the custom clearance procedure. The organizers will not accept a registered parcel that requires special custom clearance.

The deadline for submitting three printed copies of each entry is January 21, 2013.

Jury and prizes

Jury and prizes

Each VIDICAL jury consists of professional designers, printers, typographers, illustrators and photographers. During the meeting the jury elects one member as chairman. Members of the jury do not rank work they have been professionally involved in in any way.

The best work in the competition will be awarded the VIDICAL Grand Prix statuette. Top works in each category will be awarded VIDICAL medals (golden, silver, and bronze). Jurors may also decide on any number of special mentions or VIDICAL special awards for printing, illustration, photography and propagation of art in calendars.

Jurors may decide to award no prize in categories that in their judgment include no work worthy of recognition.

The jury will hold the meeting on January 26, 2013, in Warsaw.

Final resolutions

All awarded entries will become part of the Poznań National Museum collection. The organizers claim the right to use all submitted work as promotional material of VIDICAL competitions, free of charge.

Competition categories and fees (gross)*

A – multi-sheet calendar  ………………………………… 155 EUR

B – one-sheet calendar ……………………………………. 75 EUR

C – peel-a-page calendar………………………………….. 60 EUR

D – other type of calendar (that does not qualify above)…………………………………. 45 EUR

E – Christmas / New Year’s Eve Card…………………… 25 EUR

*NOTE: fees for submitting 3 or more pieces work in a category are reduced by 20%.