Fur Free Alliance Information About Use of Fur Bearing Animals for Fur

To enter the competition the student must respond to specified deadlines and follow the criteria of the Design Against Fur Competition.

All entries must be submitted by and be the work of college/university level students who are registered in approved programs during the winter and/or spring terms of 2005/2006 [Note for Australia & Asia Pacific: the spring and/or autumn terms of 2005/2006]. One entry per person or group. Multiple entries will automatically disqualify the entrants.

Entry constitutes permission to use participants' and winners' names, photograph, and/or likenesses of the design entries for public relations purposes, for appearance in any exhibition on behalf of The Fur Free Alliance and its affiliated/participating organizations, and for any other purposes consistent with the goals of the Fur Free Alliance.

An appointed jury in Australia & Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe & International, Russia, United Kingdom & Ireland and the United States, will each conduct the judging of the Design Against Fur! Competition and its decisions will be final. Winners will be selected on the basis of originality, creativity, practicality, and technical understanding. Comprehensive international coverage of all aspects of the competition— including reproduction of selected entries—will also be ensured on the www.inFURmation.com web site.

Students must register for the Contest by completing the online registration form on or before the dates listed in the competition. Students will subsequently be assigned a registration number that must accompany their poster submissions to the designated focal point office for their region. Posters must be submitted on or before the dates listed in the competition.

All students are required to submit their original artwork on CD to the Fur Free Alliance.

All submissions must be accompanied by a completed signed "Student Teacher Submission Form", complete with your registration number. If this form or any other requirements are not met, the student will be notified that the submission has been automatically disqualified.

The Fur Free Alliance (FFA) and its affiliated/participating organizations shall be at liberty to use particularly meritorious runner-up submissions in the context of subsequent campaigns where advertising space is purchased within their individual territories. While the FFA retains ownership of and authority over the submissions, local affiliated/participating organizations may negotiate a mutually acceptable arrangement with the designer(s) concerned. Such use is also strictly subject to the approval of the body of affiliates in so far as it involves display of the FFA logo and inFURmation web address. The above stipulations do not apply to bone-fide non-commercial use to promote the DAF! Competition, including but not limited to newspaper and magazine articles, newsletters, brochures, as well as television reports.

By entering the competition the student agrees to transfer or cede all commercial and non-commercial rights and property interests in the artwork to the Fur Free Alliance and/or its affiliated organizations for free use in perpetuity. The Fur Free Alliance and/or its affiliated organizations undertake to acknowledge/credit the artist(s), whenever appropriate and possible in the context of such use. No artwork may be returned to the artist(s) once submitted.

The FFA may exercise its discretion to use the Grand Prize and/or other winning designs in the context of actual campaigns but is under no obligation to do so.

Similarly, if a design adopted by the FFA for use in an actual campaign is subsequently rejected for display by the relevant advertising authorities in all or in any part of the territories covered by the FFA, the Alliance reserves the right—without however implying any obligation—to adopt a reserve design (again for the totality of the campaign or any part thereof at its sole discretion) from among the runners up. Such an eventuality shall not affect the order of merit or prize money accorded pursuant to the competition as outlined herein.

Suggest modifications/amendments to the layout and/or caption should these be deemed necessary to (for example) bring the design up to the standards required for professional display and/or if it might serve further to reinforce the message. This latter provision is notably aimed at accommodating feedback/advice from the professional judges as appropriate and agreed.
Organize translations or renditions of the winning caption in other languages.
Add the logo of one or more relevant national organizations should the design be adopted for use in the context of national campaigns in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined herein.
Although not required to do so, but in so far as possible and practical, the FFA undertakes to carry out such modifications or amendments in close co-operation and consultation with the winning designer(s) on the basis of mutual trust and confidence.

Whilst entrants are mandated to feature the FFA name and logo as well as the www.inFURmation.com web address prominently in their submissions, and, in the case of national competitions the use of an FFA Affiliate's logo, their rights regarding such use are strictly limited to the requirements, rules and immediate context of the competition. Designs featuring the FFA name, logo and/or information web address may not otherwise be displayed or distributed without the express permission of the Fur Free Alliance. Such permission may be obtained upon application to designagainstfur@respectforanimals.org. Identical restrictions apply to the logo of the Design Against Fur! Poster Design Contest and the logos of National FFA affiliates/participating organizations.

All submissions remain the property of the Fur Free Alliance and/or its affiliated organizations for their use in any manner.

Whilst every effort will be made to limit such eventuality, the rules, terms and conditions outlined herein remain subject to modification without notice. Every effort will, however, be made to highlight any such modifications in the information posted on the www.inFURmation.com web site, which entrants are therefore encouraged to consult regularly, while those students without access to the web should consult regularly with their national/regional focal points for updates.

Winners should (if they wish) make themselves available to attend any awards presentation.

While the Fur Free Alliance covers transportation and lodging costs for prize winning students at Design Against Fur celebratory events, the Fur Free Alliance does not and will not provide medical insurance or assume financial responsibility, or provide financial reimbursement in the case of injury or death resulting from participating in the event.