International Poster Competition

Keeping the Memory Alive – Journeys through the Holocaust

From March 2013 to March 2014, Canada will chair the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). In conjunction with the chair year, Canada is inviting Canadian students in Graphics, or Art and Design to compete with students from around the world in an International Poster Competition on the theme “Keeping the Memory Alive – Journeys through the Holocaust.”

This joint initiative of the IHRA and Yad Vashem in Israel seeks to bring substance, meaning and educational value to Holocaust commemoration.

All designs must be received by April 30, 2013.

Competition prizes

Canada will select up to 20 posters to advance to the international judging committee.

The international panel will select 12 winning posters, which will be displayed around the world starting January 27, 2014, to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Cash prizes will be awarded for the top 3 designs:

1^st Prize is €500
2^nd Prize is €300
3^rd Prize is €200

The designers of the 12 top-ranked posters will be notified in summer 2013.

Winning designers may be invited to attend a finalist seminar and/or national and international launches, with some travel costs covered.

Eligibility

Canadian participants must:

Be a student in Graphics or Art and Design
Be enrolled in a post-secondary institution
Be 18 or older
Be a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident
Participate in an authorized educational seminar on the Holocaust. Find more details in the Seminars section.

How to apply

If you meet the eligibility criteria, please submit the following information:

A design based on the theme: Keeping the Memory Alive – Journeys through the Holocaust. The design must fit a 50 cm by 70 cm poster with a minimum DPI of 300.
A minimized electronic copy in A4 size with DPI of 72
A description explaining the design and the motivation behind the design (maximum 100 words)
Personal contact information

All designs must be submitted by April 30, 2013, by email to holocaust-poster@cic.gc.ca. Specify “Holocaust Poster Competition" in the subject line.

Additional information

There are no restrictions on layouts, colour schemes and designs. Posters will be evaluated based on the originality of the design and how it conveys the message of this year’s theme.
All posters must be the independent work of the artist.
Participants can submit more than one poster, but they must make separate entries for each one.
Participation in the competition authorizes project managers to use and publicize the posters for educational and public use after the competition ends. The artists will not receive payment for this use, but they will receive credit.
Charles Pachter and Carson Phillips, experts in design and Holocaust education, have been nominated to sit on the Canadian judge’s panel.
The 12 winning posters will become the property of the project, and will be displayed extensively across the participating International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance countries and at the United Nations on January 27, 2014, to mark the International Holocaust Memorial Day.
Posters will be copied and redistributed at the project organizers' discretion.
The 12 winning posters will feature the logos of all participating organizations and sponsors.
View the winning poster designs from last year’s competition.

Seminars

Students are required to attend to a 1-2 hour authorized educational seminar on the Holocaust to be eligible to submit a design. The seminars will increase students’ knowledge of the Holocaust and help to inform the design process