A free teaching resource that used a fun Superheroes and Supervillains art challenges to provide children of all ages with the tools to challenge climate change deniers.
Details of the See Through News Superhero and Supervillain Drawing Competition can be found elsewhere.
Here are the detailed Rules, Prizes and Terms & Conditions.
If you read them carefully, you may discover they’re not exactly what they appear to be…
To see the competition in action, see this short film from a primary school in north London.
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Rules
Eligibility This list is comprehensive, final and only subject to appeal if any individual applicant decides to do so. Eligible entrants must fall into one of the following categories::
- School-age kids who enjoy drawing and love Superheroes
- Adult amateurs, Art Club members, hobby artists etc.
- Anyone inspired by Grayson Perry’s Art Club to just have a go
- Recent graduates trapped by the Have You Got Any Experience? Catch-22
- Under-employed artists looking for exposure/awards to boost their portfolio
- Art, video game or design students
- Freelance illustrators
- Professional graphic designers
- Anyone who used to draw a bit, but hasn’t done so for years
- You
Format
The Competition will consist of EIGHT Individual Superhero Categories, and EIGHT Individual Supervillain Categories, though See Through News reserves the right to adjust this number.
Each Category will be based on information provided on certified See Through News Top Trump style Super Briefing Cards.
Each Super Briefing Card will detail one Superhero’s Name, Appearance, Superpowers, Traits, Character Flaws, Trademark Moves, etc.
ALL entrants, without exception, must obey the Rules, accept the Prizes and agree to the Terms and Conditions (see below).
Safety, Protection and Legal
We applaud, endorse and support the increasingly strict rules around online competitions. These rules have come from both voluntary codes of conduct (‘self-regulation’) and government regulation. Both are important.
Strict vigilance protects us all, and keeps online competitions and prizes credible
Alas, there are many examples of Fake Competitions, which turn out to be outright scams, with non-existent or mis-represented Prizes. Often, their undeclared true purpose is to inflate social media stats, attempt to ‘game’ algorithms’ that rank their popularity, or gain followers through deception or outright lying.
Acting on our guiding principle of Radical Transparency, See Through News seeks to avoid any potential, or even worse, actual, unfairness, misrepresentation, or, even worse, illegality.
We understand that absence of intent to mislead is no legal defence for false advertising. Any advice you can offer, while not binding in any way, is most welcome.
Liability: Please ensure you read these rules carefully before entering the Competition. We will not be liable for any misunderstanding arising from inattention to these carefully-formulated Rules and Regulations.
Age: 2-125 years old, give or take a couple of years.
Gender: all entrants must be of either gender, neither gender or multiple genders.
Species: We expect most entries to be homo sapiens, but, if your macaws draw, your poodle doodles, or your ocelot can jot a lot, why not the lot?
Competition Start Date: the moment you read this. No earlier submissions will be considered.
Submission Deadline: all entries MUST arrive before the collapse of human civilization. NO exceptions or deadline extensions permitted.
Entry Validity: submissions will only be considered valid if they are:
- Posted to this Facebook Group
- Sent to us in any other way.
Competition Format: Each Category is voted on separately, though entrants may find it advantageous to submit in multiple Categories as:
a) it will improve their chances of winning
b) the Judges may favour a consistent style across multiple Categories
Winning Criteria: the winning entry for each Superhero must follow all, some or none of the requirements listed in the relevant Superhero Brief.
Adjudication: The Winners of each See Through News Super Category will be determined by online poll or other means.
Eligible Voters: are members of any See Through News social media community. (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, email groups, etc. etc.) or anyone accessing the online poll.
Drawing Style: entries will only be considered eligible if they are one or more of the following styles:
- Cartoon
- Manga
- Video game avatar
- Water Colour
- Pointilliste
- Cave-painting
- Judith Kerr
- Beatrix Potter
- Can’t Think of Another One Right Now
- Oh yes, The Mister Men bloke, tip of our tongue…
- Peasant Art
- Quentin Blake, of course
- Of course we know he didn’t do the Mister Men
- Eric Hill – or was that Miffy?
- Ralph Steadman
- The Winnie the Pooh bloke
- Phiz
- Fauvist
- No, Eric Hill was the Caterpillar chap
- LS Lowry
- Dick Bruno, that was Miffy
- Kudos if you knew Phiz was the Dickens fella
- got it now, Roger Hargreaves!
- Bruna, not Bruno
- He was Dutch, wasn’t he?
- Pixel Art
- Any other style you fancy
Drawing Medium: entries to the Superhero Drawing Competition will NOT be considered Valid unless they are executed using one or more of the following media:
- Pencil
- Crayon
- Pastels
- Conté
- Oil paint
- Water Colour
- Water Cooler
- Felt Tip
- Schmelt Tip
- Gouache
- Panache
- Moustache
- Acrylic
- Imbecilic
- Yak Butter
- Non-Yak Margarine
- Anything else
Cheating: Any entrant caught attempting to artificially boost their votes by getting all or some of their friends, family, classmates, acquaintances, or even random strangers to Follow/Join/Sign-up/Subscribe/become a Member etc., will be strongly commended. It will increase their chances of winning, obvs.
Prizes
Winners of each Super Category will be eligible for the following Prizes:
Third-Place Award Winners: will be officially sanctioned to Cavort, and receive Kudos.
Seventh Place Award Winners: will be officially sanctioned to Savour, Luxuriate in, and Wallow in their glory, but no more,unless specified below.
First Place Award Winners: will be officially sanctioned to Bask, Revel, and Rejoice in their victory.
Supplementary Awards: Sponsors See Through News has generously extended its offer so that every odd-numbered entrant will be entitled to Bantz/Bants, Bragging Rights, Boasting, Badinage, Bon Mots and any other non-monetary form of notional reward either beginning with B, or not beginning with B, either of French derivation or not of French derivation.
Extra Glory to anyone, provided they did or didn’t enter the Competition, who explains why so many of these terms are of French origin without triggering any online accusation of racism/prejudice/Little Englanderism/bigotry/Brexitism.
Please note the same sanctions will also apply to even-numbered entrants, as well as anyone who enters the Competition, or doesn’t.
Overall Super Winner: There will also be a separate vote for an Overall Winner, for the strongest performance over all Categories.
Strong though the temptation is to provide an actual pair of overalls as the overall prize, See Through News is a not-for-profit social enterprise and literally has no money at the moment, so until we gain enough momentum to start asking for cash, we need to live on our wits, so this weak overalls gag is all we got.
Terms and Conditions
Payment By entering this competition you’re acknowledging you’re doing this for fun, without expecting any payment or recognition. So are we. See Through News is a not-for-profit social enterprise with the ultimate goal of speeding up carbon drawdown, so if anything comes of any of this, that will be its own reward.
Intellectual Property Neither the entrant, nor the competition organizer, nor any other party, has any right to any intellectual property, trademark or copyright pertaining to any Entry or Brief. It’s just a drawing competition for a bit of fun, with a serious side to it.
Organiser Rights Having said that See Through News fully intends, if it likes the winning entry, or for that matter any other entry, to use all or some of them, in perpetuity, for some purpose or another.
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Thanks for reading the small print! We hope it was more entertaining than most…
