Soi Dog Foundation 20th Anniversary Art Competition!

Your chance to have your very own artwork printed on limited edition mugs and win a bundle of Soi Dog merchandise!

Open to all age groups.

Deadline for entries is September 30, 2023.

Send all entries to mugcompetition@soidog.org.

Soi Dog Foundation is inviting submissions from everyone to help us celebrate our 20th anniversary. The generosity of the general public makes Soi Dog Foundation possible, and we want to involve you in what we do.

This is a way you can leave a lasting impression on Southeast Asia’s largest organisation helping stray animals. The winning design will be featured on a limited-edition mug that will be available to everyone from late October 2023.

About the competition

What does rescuing dogs and cats mean to you? What image does it conjure? Your design should reflect an interpretation or appreciation of dogs and cats. It can be as serious or as fun as you wish. Let your imagination flow.

We welcome all styles of artwork from cartoon to watercolour to photography – as long as it translates well on a mug! The winning designs will be featured on our websites and will also be promoted during this celebratory year on all of our social media platforms. The winning artists will receive significant mentions during the drive.

Please see guidelines below for entries.

1. More than one entry per artist is accepted. Get involved and send in as many as you wish.
2. The printing space is approximately 4 inches wide by 3 inches high / 100mm wide by 75mm high and must be able to fit into this space.
3. The image can be in full colour or black and white.
4. The theme for the design should relate to either a cat OR a dog or cats and dogs together (we will be creating 2 mugs).
5. The artwork can be created in any medium you want, but it will need to be scanned or photographed at a high resolution to be converted into a digital format and fit the same printing space given above.
6. Your signature – e.g. ‘By Harry Jones, aged 12’ – can be included if you wish. It can run along an edge of the artwork (within the printing space).
7. The design must be created exclusively for Soi Dog Marketing Limited (SDML).
8. Artists whose art is not selected and featured on winning mugs may also be featured on our social media platforms.
9. Only original artwork, photography or other medium may be submitted. Artwork based on likeness, image or another artist's work, such as a photograph, may not be used without explicit and written authorisation from the original artist. Apologies in advance that Al-generated images cannot be used.
10. Each entrant gives Soi Dog Marketing Limited the unlimited rights to reproduce and/or display their artwork image on mugs, websites and any other promotional materials. The image will become the property of Soi Dog Marketing Limited and, as such, has the right to request native files from the designer and may edit the design as necessary for SDML’s needs. SDML will retain the original art for the organisations permanent collection. The artist will not receive cash payment for the work.

How winners are chosen:

There will be a team of special judges, including celebrities, who will select the winning images during October 2023.

The winners will be notified and will of course receive a free mug featuring their design, along with a goody bag of prizes to thank you for your hard work.

Categories:

• Under 11s
• 12s to 17s
• 18+

There will be one winner chosen from each age category who will receive a fabulous goody bag prize then 2 overall winners from this selection will be selected for their design to feature on the 2 mugs produced.

GOOD LUCK!