The International Poster Competition has contributed to the tremendous success of the Chaumont Poster Festival. Thanks to the entries of graphic designers from all over the world, the collection of  contemporary posters, with its 20 000 entries, now represents one of the leading French collections, forming a unique panorama of graphic creation over the past 20 years in over 60 countries. It has therefore become - together with the Dutailly collection of vintage poster from the end of the 19th century - the second bedrock of the project of a permanent center for graphic design, which we are developing with the support of the town of Chaumont and other public partners. Thanks to your entries, Chaumont has been able to become an ¡°associated pole¡± of the Biblioth¨¨que nationale de France, an institution that participated in 2005 in the production of the exhibition of Casssandre¡¯s work, an exhibition, which at last paid a tribute to this great artist and that in Chaumont and in Paris.

Our XVIIth edition, from 13 May to 25 June 2006, will once again be the opportunity of granting poster-making and graphic creation the exposure they deserve, whilst pursuing our endeavour to open the Festival to all contemporary forms and inviting, like each year since 2003, foreign studios to show their productions to professionals and a French and international audience.

We thus invite you to take part in the International Competition by sending us your recent production on whatever theme it may be and we look forward to seeing you for the opening weekend of the International Poster and Graphic Arts Festival of Chaumont on the 12, 13, and 14 May 2006, during which the awards of the International Competition will be decided upon and presented.

Pierre Bernard, Alex Jordan, Vincent Perrottet, Jean-François Millier

Entry Deadline
Friday,February 10, 2006

Under the patronage of the Ministry for Culture and Communication
Endorsed by ICOGRADA

Regulations

Introduction
Within the context of the XVIIth International Poster and Graphic Arts Festival of Chaumont, which will take place from May 13th to June 25th 2006, the International Poster Competition is launched, open to any printed poster created since January 1st 2003, whether they be cultural, social, political or commercial. They can either be issued by private commissioners or public organizations.

The Competition and the Festival aim at reviewing the worldwide production of these past three years and are intended for graphic designers as well as studios, but also for all the institutions or companies concerned. The posters can be the work of one sole artist or of a group. Graphic designers from all over the world are invited to participate in this event.

The selected posters will be exhibited during the Festival and prizes will be awarded.

Nota bene
If you have already taken part in previous Competitions in Chaumont, please make sure you enter different posters created within the past three years.

To be part of the competition, the posters entry deadline is Friday, February 10th 2006.

Any poster delivered after this date will not be registered.

Exhibition
On February 25th and 26th 2006, a pre-selection Jury made up of French and international graphic designers will determine the selection of received posters according to the competition¡¯s rules to constitute the international exhibition. All the selected posters will be exhibited from Saturday, May 13st to Sunday, June 25th 2006 within the context of the XVIIth International Poster and Graphic Arts Festival of Chaumont.

Prizes and Certificates
The international jury mainly composed of internationally renowned graphic designers representative of at least four continents, the list of whom will be available at the beginning of March 2006, will do its final selection among the preselected posters. The international Jury will meet on Friday,May 12th and Saturday, May 13th and the award winners will be announced in the late afternoon, on Saturday, May 13th 2006.

It will award the prizes for a work or a series of works presented as such.
First Prize: 7500 euro
Second Prize: 4500 euro
Third Prize: 3000 euro

The international Jury may further award a special prize, if it is considered appropriate.This award will be a certificate. The jury will also attribute an ¡°Excellence Award¡±ICOGRADA.Registration terms and conditions The competition shall be carried out in accordance with the rules and recommendations of the ICOGRADA (International Council of Graphic Design Associations). Any person taking part in the International Competition of the 17th International Poster and Graphic Arts Festival of Chaumont implicitly agrees with its regulation. The artists can present from 1 to 5 posters provided they have been created after January 1, 2003. The posters must imperatively be made on paper, no matter what printing method is used, and be realised following an actual commission.

The artists whose posters will be shortlisted agree to provide a second copy for exhibition purposes. The artists can present their posters as individual works or as part of a series (please mention it clearly on the registration form).

The organizers reserve the right to reject the posters offending morality, or religious or national beliefs, as well as any and all posters breaching the regulation. All the posters received in the framework of the International Competition are given to the Town of Chaumont and shall be kept at the Silos/Maison du Livre et de l¡¯Affiche. The Town of Chaumont is considering, in partnership with the Biblioth¨¨que nationale de France, the DRAC Champagne-Ardenne and the Champagne-Ardenne Region, creating a database collecting all the posters given to it by the participants of the International Poster and Graphic Arts Festival of Chaumont, as well as the old posters bequeathed to it. Consequently, the author declares having read and agreeing with the terms and conditions of the assignment and exploitation of the works handed over. This assignment is strictly limited to the uses that the Town of Chaumont and the Festival could consider for cultural, educational and/or promotional purposes as stated in this regulation. Subject to the respect of his/her moral rights, the author expressly assigns to the Town of Chaumont the intellectual property rights (author¡¯s rights, sui generis rights on the databases) related to his/her work. This assignment is granted on a non-exclusive basis. Consequently, the author remains free to exploit his/her work on any form of medium.
This assignment is granted to the Town of Chaumont for all territories of the world, for all languages and throughout the duration of the literary and artistic property rights acknowledged by the French and foreign laws and international conventions, whether present or future, including the possible
prorogations of such duration.

These rights, which can be exploited directly by the Town of Chaumont for the promotion of its activities, include the right to make or have made:
_ the reproduction, exhibition and communication to the public of the work in the form of CD-Rom or DVD, on the Internet network and/or on any and all other analog or digital media;
_ the digitalisation, reproduction, exhibition and communication to the public of the work and its dissemination for promotional, scientific and/or educational purposes on any and all media (including but not limited to by means of exhibits, catalogues, press, television, etc).

Consequently, the Town of Chaumont undertakes to notify on each medium and on the Internet network the prohibition for any natural person or legal entity to reproduce, perform and/or communicate to the public the work without the authorisation of the author, as well as the legal sanctions which would result from the breach of any such prohibition. The author also assigns any and all property rights on the physical medium of the copy of the poster(s) given to the Town of Chaumont in the framework of his/her participation in the International Competition of the Poster Festival.

The exploitation of the works lies within the scope of the promotion of the cultural activities of the Town of Chaumont and of the poster and authorial graphic arts. The author expressly agrees to abandon any and all remuneration related to the present accord.

The name of the author, in his/her capacity as creator, shall be credited on each medium reproducing his/her work.

The posters will be photographed. The author expressly authorizes, free of charge, to reproduce this photograph and the elements of his/her biography. He/she also accepts, in relation to his/her droit ¨¤ l¡¯image (i.e. protection of likeness rights), to have his/her picture reproduced on the physical medium and on the Internet network throughout the duration of exploitation of the work.

The author guarantees the Festival and the Town of Chaumont against, and shall hold them harmless of, any and all actions for infringement of copyright or based on the protection of likeness rights resulting from his/her creation, and of any and all claims and/or actions on whatever ground by any natural person or legal entity, including any collective management societies, which would consider asserting any rights against the assignment hereby granted and/or any of its provisions.

Entries must be addressed to :
Festival International de l¡¯Affiche
et des Arts Graphiques de Chaumont
7/9, avenue Foch, 52 000 Chaumont - France
T +33 (0)3 25 03 86 80
F +33 (0)3 25 03 86 98
E artsgraphiques.affiches@wanadoo.fr

The shipping charges of the posters, as well as the custom duties are chargeable to the addresser. The organizers reserve the right to refuse any posters sent in with a custom payment due.

To avoid any custom duties, posters should be declared as ¡°printed matter, no commercial value¡±.

Each poster entered must bear the following information on the reverse side:
_ the name of the artist
_ the number of the poster on the top left hand corner
_ if necessary, the title of the poster in French or in English

An entry form is included in each file. It should include the list of the posters entered with their numbers and any other information requested.

This form must be filled in capital letters, in French or in English, beginning by the family name and signed by the artist or by his /her representative.

The form must neither be glued nor taped on the back of the poster. The size of the poster must be indicated in centimeters (height x width). An incomplete entry form will be considered grounds for exclusion from the competition. The posters should not be framed or mounted on cardboard.

They should be carefully protected for shipping, which is at the entrant¡¯s charge. The organizers decline any responsibility in case of loss or damage of the posters in transit.

Please enclose a digital version in form of a CD-Rom in the J-peg format with each poster entered. Please also attach a brief biography. If the poster entered is a collective effort, the names of each artist must be marked on the entry form.