External Contests
FIT shares contests and projects that are open to the general public or to the general collegiate population only as a convenience and for informational purposes. FIT does not sponsor, organize, or endorse these contests or projects in any way, and FIT is not responsible for the accuracy, legality, content, or terms of any such contest or project. FIT encourages interested persons to carefully review the terms and conditions of any contest or project before participating and to contact the contest or project sponsor for questions or concerns.
QPL’s Banned Books Library Card Design Contest
Details: The American Library Association (ALA) has reported historic highs in the number of banned and challenged book titles. It is more important than ever to stand against censorship and celebrate the freedom to read. To shine a light on this important and ongoing issue, Queens Public Library is asking for local artists and the general public, ages 13 and up, to submit original artwork that celebrates the freedom to read. The artwork may be inspired by books or authors who have been banned or challenged, or it may be inspired by your own interpretation of the freedom to read in Queens. Get creative!
Submission Deadline: January 10, 2025
Winners Selected: March 2025
Competition Guidelines: This Contest is open to legal residents of the United States of America who are thirteen (13) years of age or older as of the date of entry. If you are under the age of eighteen (18), you must represent and affirm that you have obtained parental consent before entering. To enter the Contest, a contestant (“You”) must submit the online form. Entries that do not provide the information or adhere to the specifications requested therein, or otherwise do not adhere to the rules stated herein (the “Rules”), may be disqualified at the sole discretion of the Library. Three (3) entries per person are permitted. Entries must be original work and should be related to the freedom to read, the borough of Queens and Queens Public Library. Artificial Intelligence (AI) generations and any objectionable or obscene content will result in disqualification.
Enter The QPL’s Banned Books Library Card Design Contest
About Queens Public Library: Queens Public Library (QPL) is one of the largest and busiest public library systems in the United States, dedicated to serving the most ethnically and culturally diverse area in the country. An independent, non-profit organization founded in 1896, Queens Public Library offers free access to a collection of more than 5 million books and other materials in 50 languages, technology, and digital resources. Each year, the Library hosts tens of thousands of online and in-person educational, cultural, and civic programs and welcomes millions of visitors through its doors.
IFFTI Annual Conference at London College of Fashion Fashion Film Student Awards
Details: The theme of the IFFTI 2025 Fashion Film Awards is "Forming Futures". "Forming Futures" encourages students to explore ethical inquiries and representations in design, technology, digital objects, communities, business systems, and pedagogy through the medium of fashion film. Sposnor looks forward to seeing the innovative and thought-provoking works that emerge from this initiative!
Submission Deadline: January 10, 2025
Winners Selected: March 2025
Competition Guidelines: Brief of Fashion Film - A fashion film is defined as a that has a running time of
5 minutes or
less, including all credits. The fashion film must be produced after 2023 and must
not be publicly presented or exhibited previously anywhere. The fashion film SHOULD
NOT violate any current law nor infringe any privacy and/or intellectual property
rights (this includes any music, sounds or sound effects that do not include a license).
English subtitles are required for non-English-based films. The Fashion Film categories
may include: Direct shooting, 2D animation, 3D animation, Al-generated (must be declared
in the video), The minimum required fashion film resolutions: ⁃ Full HD (1920 × 1080),
⁃ 2K (2048 ×1080), ⁃ 4k (4096 × 2160), ⁃ Your fashion film format must be H.264/MP4.
About IFFTI: International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI) was registered as a Society on 14th October 1999 at New Delhi, India. Since then IFFTI has grown into the most comprehensive and prestigious international organization representing leading fashion higher education institutions in areas of design, technology, and business. The foundation presently comprises 55 institutions from 22 countries.
Japan Parade Art Contest 2025
Details: The Art Contest began in 2012 as the Japan Day Art Contest, when sponsor first invited the public to submit illustrations for official posters, flyers, and programs. The contest was such a success, resulting in so many splendid entries and yielding such wonderful winning artwork, that sponsor decided to make the art contest an annual part of the Japan Day event. This year marks the 13th annual Art Contest and the fourth Japan Parade Art Contest.
Submission Deadline: January 17, 2025
Winners Selected: January 2025
Competition Guidelines: Artwork must incorporate the themes of “New York,” “Japan” and “Parade,” and themes may be incorporated in an abstract manner. JPEG format, portrait orientation, actual size H24” x W18”, Initial submission must be under 2MB, Prize Winners will be later asked to send full resolution versions, 2D work only, Artwork must be the original creation of the artist, No Photographs, No “AI art”, Only one entry per artist. Artwork must be able to be transferred to a digital format in high resolution. Unfortunately, sponsor cannot accept media such as paintings that cannot be digitized to be true to their original.
Enter The Japan Parade Art Contest 2025
About Japan Parade & Street Fair: Japan Day @ Central Park was an annual event celebrating Japanese culture, art, and tradition held in Central Park since 2007, organized with the New York based 501(c)(3) organization Japan Day Inc.’s three objectives: to promote cultural exchanges between Japan and the U.S., to express appreciation for New York City, and to strengthen the solidarity of the Japanese-American community. After years of cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event was reborn as the Japan Parade & Street Fair in 2022. Following the second event in 2023, the third event in 2024 saw approximately 50,000 people visit to cheer on the Parade and enjoy the Street Fair. With the help of your artwork, we hope to make Japan Parade & Street Fair 2025 an equally great success.
The Gallery Collection 18th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest
Details: The Gallery Collection Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship is a 13th Annual Create-A-Greeting
Card $10,000 contest. You can design a greeting card for the opportunity to win yourself
a $10,000 scholarship and $1,000 for your school. Plus, your winning entry will be
made into a bona fide greeting card by The Gallery Collection.
Submission Deadline: March 3 , 2025
Winners Selected: May 15, 2025
Competition Guidelines: This contest is open to all high school, college, and university students enrolled during the time period of the contest in an academic program designed to conclude with the awarding of a diploma or a degree. By entering the Contest, applicant warrants that the submission is an original work, has not been previously published or won any award, and that applicant is aware of no conflicting rights in the submission including but not limited to copyright or other intellectual property rights.
Enter The Gallery Collection 18th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest
About Prudent Publishing: Prudent Publishing Company, Inc has been a publisher of premium, personalized greeting cards for over 85 years. Their Gallery Collection© lines of Holiday and All-Occasion cards are sold through direct mail catalogs and website only and are targeted to a corporate clientele. The cards are of the highest quality, using rich paper, heavy embossing and foil stamping.