05-31-2014 11:45 AM
Hi everyone! Please join us in our theme week (TW) contest! The June 2014 TW topic is "Birds".
Create an ACEO inspired by this month's topic and list it on eBay on June 1st with ACEO TW JUN in your title. The listing can last up to 7 days.
Group members are invited to nominate their favorite ACEO's among the entries, and winners will be selected by polls (see below for more details).
To spread the word about TW, please include the following statement (or equivalent) in your listing description:
This is an entry in the Theme Week contest from the ACEO ~ Art Cards Editions and Originals group here on eBay. The contest takes place the first week of each month. To view other listings, click here: http://search.ebay.com/ACEO-TW
Contest rules:
ACEO theme week (TW) is a fun group competition where group members can win a jpeg “award” certificate to use in future auctions or web sites! Starting in July 2010, only "People’s Choice” and “Most Unique Interpretation” prizes and “Honorable mentions” will be awarded. As these awards are based on votes in a group poll, the art should speak for itself and there will no longer be any restriction on the starting price, shipping cost or listing upgrades. We hope this will encourage more members to participate!
The TOPIC is different every month. Upcoming topics for 2014 are being decided, and will be posted in the calendar when available.
How to enter:
* Create an ORIGINAL ACEO (2.5” x 3.5” art card, any medium) inspired by this month’s TOPIC. “Original” means not a print, unless the ACEO is an original photo or digital artwork, or artwork created using an etching technique such as lithography.
* List an eBay auction on the 1st of the month with a photo or scan of your completed ACEO. Put “ACEO TW _______” in the title (fill in ______ with the current month’s 3-letter abbreviation, i.e. Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec). This allows us to find your entries on eBay.
* Listing of your ACEO MUST BEGIN on the 1st of the month (by the eBay US official time - between 12:00:01 AM and 11:59:59 PM Pacific time, or GMT-7), unless otherwise specified.
~ You can view the official eBay time at: http://viv.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?EbayTime
* Auction duration must be 7 days or less. If you relist a TW ACEO later on, please remove "TW" from your title so there is no confusion about what ACEO's are for the current theme week.
* Please paste the following statement (or equivalent) in your listing description to promote theme week ACEO's.
This is an entry in the Theme Week contest from the ACEO ~ Art Cards Editions and Originals group here on eBay. The contest takes place the first week of each month. To view other listings, click here: http://search.ebay.com/ACEO-TW
Also consider mentioning the contest and posting images of your entries in your blogs/social networking sites, like for instance our siter Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/groups/153963054750715). If we all do this, we will all benefit from increased exposure of our artwork to potential buyers.
* Each auction can only be for a single ACEO, but you may list as many auctions as you want.
* Starting price and shipping costs are up to you.
* Listing upgrades such as bold, highlight, subtitles, featured, charity listing etc are allowed.
* You are strongly encouraged to post a link to your listing and/or an image of your ACEO in the theme week photo album or by commenting below to help other members find your entry.
How prizes are awarded: This is a 3-step process:
1. Nominations for "People’s Choice" and "Most Unique Interpretation" awards will be accepted by any and all members of the ACEO ~ Art Cards Editions and Originals group between the 2nd and the 10th of the month, or as specified each month.
* We ask that you nominate the ACEO’s based on the art itself - what is truly inspiring to you - and not on the popularity of the artist or private discussions or alliances among members.
Nominations can either be done by posting your choices for each prize category in this thread or, if you prefer, by sending an email to aceovotes@gmail.com specifying your ebay ID and the name and item number of each nominated piece. One nomination per category, per member (self-nominations will not be accepted).
2. On or around the 10th of the month, a group poll for each of the categories will be set up by a member of the ACEO Activities and Events Committee (AAEC) based on the number of nominations each ACEO has garnered. Up to 10 artists will be selected for each of the two award categories. Each artist can only have one ACEO nominated per category. If more than 10 ACEO’s are nominated for a given award, or if two or more are from the same artist, ACEO’s will be selected first based on the number of times they were nominated and second based on which nominations were made the earliest. Nomination decisions will be at the discretion of the AAEC members, which will strive to keep the contest fair for everyone.
3. The polls will close by the 15th of the month (or as specified), at which point the winners will be announced. There will be a minimum of four awards: "People’s Choice Award", "Most Unique Interpretation Award" and two "Honorable Mentions" (awarded to the runners-up in each poll).
In case of a tie in the polls, the corresponding prize will be awarded to each tied participant.
Winners will be asked to contact a member of the AAEC to request their jpeg awards.
We hope you will join in for theme week! Also, we love it when you post pictures of your topic-inspired ACEO's in this thread - and chat away!
This Month's theme (Jun 2014) is "Birds". Remember to use ACEO TW JUN in your title.
Happy creating!
06-01-2014 03:08 PM
here is my entries thank you for looking
1. manleficent owl "WHOOO is fairest of all?"
#2 is inspried by hunger game... my blue mocking Jay "on Fire"
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321421351507?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
#3 is inspired by my baby's first sound "goo~"
sound like pigeon..lol
my 8 year old son's entry: half of bird face is robot and half organic
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321421302668?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
my 10 year old daughter's entry: lost duckling
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321421319290?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
06-01-2014 07:33 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161324475541
June Theme Week - Birds!
06-01-2014 10:00 PM - edited 06-01-2014 10:03 PM
Birds are a great theme! I hope we keep having this theme every year.
White Tailed Bird of Paradise
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161324442668
California Spotted Owl
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161324442694
Minivet
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161324442670
Great Egret Sunset
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161324442698
Raven
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161324442676
Black & White Striped Fly Catcher
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161324442705
THEA 🙂
PS I never entered this many for one theme before.
06-02-2014 08:18 PM
Great entries, everyone! I'm happy to see all the beautiful ACEO's this month. Birds are a popular topic! 🙂
IT'S TIME TO NOMINATE your favorite June theme week ACEO in two categories ("People's Choice" and "Most Unique Interpretation"). Nominated pieces will be put in a poll for voting.
To find ACEO's to nominate, search eBay listings containing the keywords "TW ACEO JUN". Also remember to click the "Completed listings" link to find ACEO's that have already ended, and make sure your settings allow you to see international sellers.
You may post your nominations here or, if you prefer to do your nomination privately, email the AAEC (ACEO Activities and Events Committee) at aceovotes@gmail.com. Please tell us who you are on eBay (your eBay member ID or name), and which ACEO you want to nominate for each category, with the item number or the url of the listing (to help us find it and avoid any confusion).
No self-nominations, please.
Nominations will be accepted until June 10 and polls will be posted afterwards.
Thanks all!
06-03-2014 12:52 PM
Truly awsome entries, everyone!
So many clever and beautiful birds!
Nomination choices are REALLY hard, but I have narrowed it down, and will
email mine soon.
Babs
(dremwevrok)
06-03-2014 05:17 PM
How many nominations are we to make for each of the two categories? Just one or more than one?????
Thanks....
06-04-2014 05:11 PM
One for each category - People's Choice & Most Unique Interpretation
See rules in Isa' s post June '14 Theme week. 🙂
06-05-2014 11:15 AM
I find if I just search ACEO TW I get more listings than adding the month at the end. Not sure why but give it a try.
Cathie
06-05-2014 11:26 AM
In addition to my last post
When I use ACEO TW JUN I get 52 listings and when I use ACEO TW I get 61 listings.
I noticed this because both of my entries to TW did not show up in ACEO TW JUN but did in ACEO TW
I thought everyone should know this, and maybe someone has an explanation.
Cathie
06-05-2014 11:40 AM
The same here Cathie,,,there were several listings I hadn't seen at all
before you posted this.
Of course I am clueless as to why, but I sure am glad to know it, thanks.
Babs
06-05-2014 01:11 PM
Is there any point in nominating a piece that has already been nominated???
I gather there is a vote later?
Sorry to be such a newbie!
06-10-2014 07:39 PM
Welcome to theme weeks! Yes, it is helpful to nominate a piece that has already been nominated. By doin so, you make it more likely that this piece will be in the final polls. When there are a lot of nominations, there is a limit of 10 ACEO's per poll. A piece that has been nominated twice gets priority, then it goes by the order in which nominations were made. Also, if an artist has listed several ACEO's and more than one are nominated for the same category, there is only one ACEO that can make it to the poll. In this case, the same as above applies -- pieces nomintaed several times or earlier will be selected for the poll.