Competition rules
Those entering the competition will be deemed to have accepted and agree to abide by the Rules of Entry.
All entries should respond directly to the challenge – to design an artwork inspired by the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square or other public space in London.
Schools Awards open for entries on Monday 17th October 2011
The deadline for entries is Friday 16th December 2011.
Entrants for the primary schools awards must be between the ages of 7- 12 (in years 3/4/5/6)
Entrants for the Secondary Schools Awards must be between the ages of 11-14 (in years 7/8/9)
Teachers can upload as many entries as they wish, however, for each entry only one image only may be submitted. Images must be full-colour.
Original artwork can be produced in any material and may be 2D (including digital images) or 3D; however, entries must be in digital form only. This may be a digital photograph of a 2D or 3D artwork, a scan of a photograph of the work, a scan of 2D work, or a digital drawing/painting.
Images should be saved as JPG, GIF or TIF files to a high resolution but must not exceed 5MB.
(Tip: For high resolution images, make sure your camera is on a setting for high quality images. It is recommended that you refer to your camera manual before photographing the artwork.)
The judges’ decisions will be final.
Winning entrants will be notified no later than January 2012
The prizes must be taken as stated. There will be no alternative to the prizes.
The work of the winners of the competition will not be displayed on the Fourth Plinth itself.
If the GLA is unable to contact any winner, or if any prize is not claimed within 28 days of the judges’ decision being made available on the Fourth Plinth website, then that winner will be deemed to have forfeited their prize and the GLA reserves the right to present that prize to another entrant selected by the panel of judges.
The GLA will not enter into any communication or correspondence regarding individual entries.
The GLA will not be liable for any loss or damage, however caused, to any entries, and bears no responsibility for incomplete or delayed entries.
The GLA reserves the right to cancel the competition at any stage if it considers such action necessary, or for reasons beyond the GLA’s reasonable control, and the GLA will have no liability to the entrants in respect of any such cancellation.
By entering the competition, each winning entrant grants the GLA, the competition sponsors and all media partners the right to reproduce, enlarge, publish or exhibit, mechanically or electronically on any media worldwide (including the internet) the entrant’s winning artwork.
Winning entrants shall not object to any cropping or other minor alteration of the photographs of their artwork when used outside the remit of this competition.
By submitting the photograph of their artwork to the Greater London Authority each entrant confirms and warrants that:
- they have created and own the artwork submitted and that it is their own original work;
- all copyright, and any other intellectual property rights in the photograph are vested in them;
- they have not assigned, licensed or disposed of or otherwise encumbered any of their rights in the photograph;
- they have not infringed the intellectual property rights of any third party in respect of the photograph, and will indemnify the GLA against any claims made against the GLA by any third parties in respect of such infringement;
- they have the permission of those pictured in the photo/s (or, where the photograph pictures any persons under the age of 18, they have obtained the consent of that child’s parent or guardian) for the photo to be published and used by the GLA as contemplated by these Rules of Entry.
In all cases photographers will be credited if their images are used.
Entries will not be permitted from students of GLA contractors, sponsors or media partners.
There is no charge to enter the competition; however, all materials for the production and submission of artwork, in all forms, must be provided by the schools.
