Biennale
International Biennial of Poster for Peace is initiated by cultural exchange associations and organized by professional organizations. It is an international public welfare academic activity that focuses on poster making and exhibition with the theme of peace.
Theme
Mutual Learning between Civilizations and Peace Co-construction
Above themes are for reference. All posters with theme about peace are acceptable.
Participation
Candidates: Professional designers, artists, students and design groups all around the world.
Time: August 20, 2023 –October 25, 2023
Deadline: October 25, 2023（Beijing Time）
Awards
Grand Award (one from all) Prize:RMB 20,000
Gold Award (one from all) Prize: RMB 10,000
Silver Award (two from all) Prize: RMB 5,000
Bronze Award (three from all) Prize: RMB 3,000
Special Award (five from all) Prize: RMB 3,000
Award Certification and Prize(Pre-tax) will be provided for poster with awards. Participation Certification will be provided for all posters been selected into exhibition. Organizing committee has the final right to explain awards issue including amounts and distribution.
Entry Rules
1. Entry Fee: None，added "Motion poster" category
2. All posters must be created after 2021
3. Two rounds of review will be held. The preliminary review will be completed by early November 2023. The shortlisted designers must submit digital printed posters(the organizing committee is responsible for output) or physical works upon email notification to participate in the final review. In mid-November, the finalists and winners will be determined by the judges.
Submission of works
1.Requirements for your E-copy of Static posters: 700x1000px（Vertical version），JPG file format, 72dpi resolution, RGB mode, each uploaded picture is no bigger than 2 mega bytes.
2.Requirements for your E-copy of Moving posters: the duration should be between 5 to 10 seconds，and the suggested ratio is 7:10（Vertical version），MP4 file format（h.264）, the resolution is not less than 1080pixel, each uploaded file is no bigger than 30 mega bytes. Alternatively a Youtube or Vimeo link can be provided.
3. All candidates shall log onto the International Poster Biennale for Peace Nanjing uploading platform. Following are the procedures:
(1)Log onto the official website, Click to“Upload”.
(2)Fill out the information as indicated and upload the poster.
(3)After uploading the work successfully, when the system displays "upload successful", it means that the registration is successful.
(4)If you have multiple works to upload, you can repeat the above operations.
4.Note
(1)Please fill in a valid email address when signing up for the protection of your rights and interests. The Organizing Committee will send important messages of the competition to your email, including notification of shortlisting and winning.
(2)The work must be submitted either in Chinese or English. No other languages are supported at the moment. Entries that fail to meet the rules and technical requirements will not be accepted. After the poster is successfully submitted, you will receive an automatical confirmation from the system.
Disclaimer
All entries have to be originally created by the participants or the participating teams. Once any entry is found plagiarism in ideas or concepts, or is entangled with copyright or intellectual property issues, it is the author(s) who is/are liable for the consequences. The organizing committee of the China International Poster Biennial will disqualify the author.
For all the exhibited entries, the organizing committee has the right to exhibit, publish, publicize, collect and display all entries on TV, Internet, print or broadcasting media.
If there is any doubt about the rules, the organizing committee reserves the right to give the final interpretations.
For anything that has not been mentioned here, the organizing committee reserves the right to make further interpretations to the more detailed rules.