09-24-2013 06:46 PM
Hi everyone! Please join us in our theme week (TW) contest! The Oct 2013 TW topic is "Pumpkin".
Create an ACEO inspired by this month's topic and list it on eBay on October 1st with ACEO TW OCT 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 are: Native American art (Nov), All that glitters (Dec).
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 (OCT 2013) is "Pumpkin". Remember to use ACEO TW OCT in your title.
Happy creating!
10-01-2013 06:23 AM
I'll join with this card! It will be listed this evening! 🙂 I'm curious about the other cards you will list!
10-01-2013 03:10 PM
Wow, artcreation, your entry ia very, very nice - good luck!
Here's my three
Bunny and Pumpkin
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161119193689
Enraged Pumpkin
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161119193860
Pumpkin Sky
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161119194008
Thea 🙂
10-01-2013 06:58 PM
My Theme Week Entry - Calico Cat with Pumpkin http://www.ebay.com/itm/161119311384
10-02-2013 01:44 AM
I like the rabbit and the cat!!! Both are so cute! ❤️
10-02-2013 05:07 PM
not sure if I need to post here too?
I creat a series of Alice in Halloween Land for the TW, however, while I was drawing one of the series, I started bleeding heavy.. I when pick up my other 2 kids from school and drove to the hospital.. Doctor saved my unbreathing baby girl and I'm back home recovering and back to drawing..
instead of submit Alice in Halloween Land series, I created Pumpkin fairy as using my new born daughter's image.. as she bring happyness into my life..
10-02-2013 06:48 PM
Hi everyone,
Lots of fun pumphin entries this month! I love them! IT'S TIME TO NOMINATE your favorite October 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 OCT". After the 8th of the month (when listings have ended), click the "Completed listings" link to find theme week ACEO's.
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 Oct 9 and polls will be posted afterwards.
Thanks all!
10-03-2013 09:56 PM
I want to nominate these:
Peoples choice:
Most unique:
(this doesn't show up when i'm searching http://search.ebay.com/ACEO-TW-OCT don't know why... ?!)
10-04-2013 07:37 AM
Thank you for your nominations! They both came up in my search, maybe the second one was just a little slow showing into the results? In any case, I've got them for the polls. Thanks for your participation in theme weeks!
10-04-2013 02:23 PM
10-04-2013 11:14 PM
I think you are right! International auctions are easy, i have buyers from Australia, Great Britain, France, ... your art is awsome! Try it! 😉
10-05-2013 10:10 AM
10-06-2013 02:10 AM
Thanks for the nomination, ursinart! ❤️
10-06-2013 03:47 PM
How long did or do we have to list for this?
10-07-2013 05:48 AM
ACEO's must be listed on eBay the first of the month (eBay time) to be eligible and can be any duration up to 7 days.