Hi everyone!
2012 theme week rules are as follows: to make it easier for everyone to participate and to take into account the declining number of bids ACEO’s are getting these days. We hope that simpler rules and fewer restrictions on TW listings will encourage more members to join in the fun. Read on for more information!
- To better focus on art itself, we will only have awards based on poll results and no longer on the number of unique bidders.
- Since the number of bids is no longer taken into account, we will no longer have restrictions on listing price, shipping cost or listing upgrades. YOU decide what you feel your artwork is worth and what promotion tools you want to use - for instance: free shipping, charity listings, subtitle, multiple categories...
- As before, we will request nominations for two award categories: People’s Choice and Most Unique Interpretation, determined by polls. In addition to the above two awards, we will now also have Honorable Mention awards for the runner-up in each poll. - Nominations will be requested earlier – between the 2nd and the 7th of the month. Polls will also be set-up and end earlier, and all awards will be announced on or around the 15th of the month.
- We will highlight the top-selling ACEO(s) each month when awards are announced. What’s the same? - Your auction must still be for an original ACEO, listed on the first of the month for up to 7 days, and featuring a picture or scan of your ACEO. - To help everyone find your listing, you should still include the words “ACEO TW” in the title, along with the 3-letter abbreviation for the month. For Example: ACEO TW NOV Complete rules follow: ACEO theme week (TW) is a fun group competition where group members can win a jpeg “award” certificate to use in future auctions! 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. See announcments for current month's theme
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.
* 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, e.g. Jul for July etc.). ~ Using TW instead of Theme Week leaves more space for other keywords in the title. For Example: ACEO TW NOV
* 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). ~ You can view the official eBay time at: http://viv.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?EbayTime
* Auction duration must be 7 days or less.
* 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 now open! * Listing upgrades such as bold, highlight, subtitles, featured, charity listing etc are now allowed.
* You are strongly encouraged to post a link to your listing and/or an image of your ACEO in the theme week thread to help other members find your entry. Instructions on how to post an image can be found here: http://groups.ebay.com/forum/Aceo-Art-Cards/Document-Files/1500032487 ("How to post a Photo in a Thread" document)
* 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.
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 7th of the month. 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 8th 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, 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 Months theme (July 2012) is "Beach Critters" Happy creating! Remember to use ACEO TW Jul in your title.
