2012 Entry Rules

NOTICE TO TEACHERS OR GROUP LEADERS: We encourage as many young people as possible to take part in the 2012 Poster Challenge. Please read through the complete list of entry rules and eligibility criteria with your students and submit the posters of all participants without conducting a pre-selection process. Contact your Canadian Heritage Regional Office if you have any questions.

Eligibility:

  • Participants must be between the ages of 5 and 18 and reside in Canada.
  • Only one entry per participant is permitted. Multiple entries per school or region may be mailed together to save on postage.
  • A participant is eligible to be chosen only once as a provincial or territorial finalist.
  • Immediate family members (son or daughter, brother or sister) or persons living under the same roof as an employee of the Department of Canadian Heritage or a Poster Challenge sponsor are not eligible to enter this contest.

Information required:

  • Participants are encouraged to fill out the entry form and attach it to the back of their poster.
  • Participants may also print the following information in pencil on the back of their artwork: name, age, address, telephone number, email, name of school, school address, name of teacher, and preferred language of correspondence (English or French).
  • Participants should also provide a short explanation as to how they found out about the Poster Challenge, and one or two sentences explaining how their artwork expresses this year’s theme, 1812: The Fight for Canada.

All information collected will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Act.

Evaluation Criteria:

  • Artwork will be evaluated using the following criteria:
    • compliance with the entry rules,
    • compliance with the theme,
    • clarity of message,
    • use of colours,
    • and originality.
  • Please note that decisions made by the judging panel of the Canada Day Poster Challenge are final.

Prizes:

  • The winners must accept their prizes as offered. No substitution, transfer or exchange will be permitted.

Deadline:

  • Entries must be marked “Canada Day Poster Challenge 2012” and be postmarked before midnight on March 9, 2012.

Note:

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