WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE PRIZE?
All UC Davis women students–undergraduate, graduate and professional
school students—are eligible for the Prize. You must be enrolled
and in good academic standing in both Winter and Spring Quarter, 2010.
If you PELP in Winter or Spring 2010, you’re not eligible to apply.
Your work can’t be entered simultaneously in another competition,
and you can’t have received a previous Ellen Hansen Memorial Prize.
Financial need is not a consideration in the competition.
WHAT QUALIFIES AS AN
"ORIGINAL CREATIVE PROJECT "?
Original creative projects include visual art, such as painting, sculpture,
design or photography; literary work, such as fiction, creative nonfiction,
or poetry; and performance pieces, such as a musical composition, creative
dance, film, or performance art.
Entries are judged on their artistic quality as well as how they demonstrate
the bravery and independence of women. Entries need not be created specifically
for this Prize competition, but your work must reflect the Prize theme.
HOW MUCH OF MY WORK SHOULD I ENTER?
Poetry: up to twelve poems or twenty typed pages, single-spaced
Fiction or creative non-fiction: up to twenty typed
pages, double-spaced
Work in a language other than English: provide a translation
Visual art: a single piece, or a body of work which
has one title and one statement
Performance art: up to fifteen minutes of audio tape/CD
or videotape/DVD
Music: up to two pieces
Textiles: up to four pieces
WHAT'S THE PROCESS?
• Write a one-paragraph statement to accompany your entry addressing
how your submission reflects the Prize theme -
the bravery and independence of women. (If your entry is a
written entry, no accompanying statement is needed.)
• Submit your completed entry form in April 2010.
• All work will be shown in a special exhibit in May 2010. You
will be contacted by email with instructions to deliver your entry to
the exhibit space.
• A faculty committee selects the Prize winner based on submitted
material, and during the gallery exhibition. Awards will be announced
at the reception.
• You retain ownership and copyright to your work.
• You are responsible for delivery and retrieval of your entry.
The WRRC is not responsible for unclaimed entries.
PRESENTATION
All 2d work must be framed or be
ready to install, with proper hanging hardware on the back of the work.
(This includes a hanging wire or sawtooth hanger.) No glass or
plexi-glass is required. If any work is determined to be too fragile
to
install, the artist will have to protect it using a frame, or waive
the
insurance for it, if the curator determines that it might be
damaged. No work can hang from the ceiling, or block the exits.
All 3D work must be under 40 lb, and size must be smaller than 3 x 3'
x 3'.
Acceptance of time-based media (film & performance art)
may be dependent on the availability of technical equipment for installation.
For more information please contact mbswain@ucdavis.edu
The deadline will be in April 2010.
See the entry page for details.
Questions? Contact:Margaret Swain at mbswain@ucdavis.edu or 752-8636