Illustration Contest ‘Draw Chipollino in style of Soviet Avant-Garde of 1920s’ based on Gianni Rodari’s ‘Adventures of Chipollino’

1. General provisions:

1.1. Name of the contest: ‘The Adventures of Chipollino in the Land of Avant-garde’ (hereinafter – ‘the Contest)

1.2. The Contest objectives:

–– to improve creative abilities of the audience, popularize reading, draw attention to the legacy of Gianni Rodari in general and on the occasion of his 100th Anniversary, give incentive to talented artists and present them to the general public.

1.3. The Contest is held by Limited Liability Company Eksmo Publishing House, Taxpayer Identification Number 7708188426, registered at: 123308, Moscow, Zorge str. 1, block 1, 20^th floor, office 2013 (hereinafter – ‘the Organizer’).

1.4. Partners of the Contest – Francesco Brioschi Editore (Milan), Pinacoteca di Brera (Milan), Edizioni Publishing House.

• Terms and Conditions of the Contest are published at: https://eksmo.ru/100rodari (hereinafter – ‘the Website).
• The provision of information to the Contestants shall be carried out by publishing these Rules and information about the Contest on the website located on the Internet at: https://eksmo.ru/100rodari, during the duration of the Contest, indicated in clause 3.2 hereof.
• The organizer reserves the right to make changes to these Rules. In the event of a prolongation of the Contest, an increase in the number of prizes, or other changes in the rules, the Organizer publishes such changes and new rules on the website located on the Internet at: https://eksmo.ru/100rodari
• The Contest is held in accordance with the provisions of these Rules and current legislation.
• The Contest does not meet the definition of any type of lottery, as it is interpreted in accordance with Federal Law No. 138-FZ of 11.11.2003 ‘On Lotteries’, as the Prize Holders shall be decided depending on the creative abilities of the Contestants. The procedure for deciding the Contest Prize Holders is predetermined by these Rules.

2. Terms and definitions used in these Rules

2.1. The Contestants are students of specialized universities and beginner artists, professional artists who have performed the actions established in clause 3.1. of these Rules, who meet the conditions set forth in these Rules.

2.2. A Professional Artist is an artist whose works have been previously published in printed media (books, magazines, etc.).

2.3. Announcement of the Contest – public notification about the Contest on the website located on the Internet at the address: https://eksmo.ru/100rodari

2.4. The Prize Holders are the Contestants who have the right to receive any of the Prizes specified in paragraph 4 of these Rules.

2.5. The Contestant’s Creative Work is an original illustration created using the Contestant's creative abilities, also hereinafter referred to as Illustration.

3. Stages and duration of the Contest:

3.1. The Contest is held in 2 (two stages):

Stage 1:

3.1.1. In order to become a Contestant and apply for one of the prizes of the Contest, you must upload your work to the website https://eksmo.ru/100rodari by 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds of February 12, 2021, an illustration depicting any character from ‘The Adventures of Cipollino’ in the style of the Soviet avant-garde of the 1920s;

3.1.2. The Jury shall select 10 (ten) Contestants who submitted their Illustrations that meet the selection criteria (3 persons – students of specialized universities and beginner artists, 7 persons – professional artists).

3.1.3. Publication of the Jury's decision on the website (long list) by 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds of March 12, 2021.

Stage 2:

3.1.4. On Stage 2, 10 (ten) Contestants selected by the Jury in accordance with clause 3.1.2. of these Rules, create and upload to the website https://eksmo.ru/100rodari by 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds of April 29, 2021 their illustrations of Cipollino in the style of the Soviet avant-garde of the 1920s.

3.1.5 The Jury will select 1 (one) winner.

3.1.6. Publication of the Jury's decision on the website – by 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds of May 19, 2021.

3.2. The general term of the Contest is from November 23, 2020 until May 19, 2021. The general term of the Contest specified in this paragraph includes the time required for the Contestants to create their Illustrations, and for the Jury to decide the winner of the Contest.

3.3. The results of the Contest shall be published on the website https://eksmo.ru/100rodari.

3.4. The Organizer awards the Prizes no later than May 19, 2022 (inclusive).

3.5. The Organizer contacts the winners by e-mail or by phone, however shall the winner not answer within three days after the notification has been made by the Organizer, the right to receive the prize passes to another contestant.

4. Participation requirements

4.1. The right to submit Illustrations to the Contest belongs exclusively to the author(s) of the Illustration(s). Anonymous illustrations will not be accepted for consideration. In case of using a pseudonym, the Contestant informs the Organizer of his name in accordance with his passport, specifying it in his e-mail message.

4.2. Each Contestant may submit up to 3 (three) Illustrations to the Contest.

4.3. There are no restrictions by age, citizenship, place of residence.

4.4. The Organizer of the Contest allows to submit Illustrations made in co-authorship. In this case, all co-authors must be indicated in the application.

5. Requirements for Creative Works (Illustrations)

5.1. Technical requirements for illustrations:

Format: .jpeg or .png

File size: up to 10 MB.

5.2. Only original illustrations, previously unpublished, shall be submitted to the Contest.

5.3. The applicant shall be the rightful owner of the illustration submitted to the Contest.

5.4. The Contestant guarantees that until the end of this Contest their will not transfer the exclusive rights to the illustration to another person and reserves the Organizer's priority right to conclude an agreement with the Contestant. If the Contestant has entered into an agreement for publication of his Illustration during the term of the Contest with another person, he shall immediately notify EKSMO Publishing House LLC about the contract and withdraw the Illustration from the Contest. The Organizer has the right to exclude the Illustrations from the Contest if they are being negotiated or contracted with other publishers.

6. Submission procedure

6.1. Illustrations shall be uploaded to the website https://eksmo.ru/100rodari, with mandatory subject ‘The Adventures of Cipollino in the Land of the Avant-Garde’.

7. Jury

7.1. A Jury is formed to consider the Illustrations and decide the winner and the Prize Holders.

7.2. The Jury are:

Oleg Novikov – President of EKSMO Publishing House LLC

Ludmila Kondrashova – Director of Children’s Literature Department, Eksmo

James Bradburne – Director of Pinacoteca di Brera (Milan)

Francesco Brioschi – Publisher, Owner of Francesco Brioschi Editore

Франческо Форте – Italy's Consul General in Moscow

Anastasia Arkhipova – Soviet and Russian artist/illustrator, honored artist of the Russian Federation, chairperson of section ‘Book Graphics’ in Moscow Union of Artists, correspondent member of the Russian Academy of Arts, IBBY Vice-President

Hervé Tullet – French children’s artist and writer, author of children’s books

Peter Sís – Czech children’s author, illustrator, animator

Vadim Duda – Director General of the Russian State Library

Alexey Yudin – Advisor to the Director General of the Library for Foreign Literature named after M.Rudomino

Maria Vedenyapina – the Director of the Russian State Children’s Library

Daniela Rizzi - the Director of the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow

8. Contest Prizes:

• The Prize for a Contestant who wins the first place in the Contest:

1^st prize – a contract with the winner for the use of the illustration in the books published by Eksmo Publishing House LLC and a cash prize in the amount of 1,000 (one thousand) rubles, with payment of remuneration for the use of the illustration in the books published by Eksmo Publishing House LLC in the amount of 1,000 (one thousand) rubles and the possibility of further cooperation with Eksmo Publishing House LLC.

• Special prize for the Stage 2 contestants – 300 Euro for each one from the Contest’s partner Francesco Brioschi Editore.

9. Rights, obligations and liability of the Contestants and the Organizer of the Contest

• All Contestants undertake to comply with the provisions of these Rules.
• Each Contestant is eligible to receive the Prize, subject to the provisions of these Rules.
• The Contestants grant the Organizer the right to use his image (photograph), personal data, creative work (blog), interviews, including on radio, on television, in other media and Internet resources, or other materials about them associated with their participation in the Contest, for the purpose of holding the Contest and awarding the Prize, as well as distributing advertising information about the Contest for an unlimited period and without payment of any additional remuneration by the Organizer to the Contestants.
• All Contestants shall independently pay all expenses incurred by them in connection with participation in the Contest (including, without limitation, expenses related to Internet access). In case of receiving the Prize, the contestant independently pays individual income tax to the corresponding tax authorities, in the manner and terms established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
• The Contestants give their consent to the processing of their personal data by the Organizers. At the same time, personal data means any information and information on paper and/or electronic media that, in order to participate in the Contest, were transferred by the Contestant to the Organizers personally or received by the Organizers in another way.
• The processing of personal data is understood as actions (operations) with personal data, including collection, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (update, change, verification), use, distribution/transfer, including reproduction, electronic copying and cross-border transfer), depersonalization, blocking, destruction of personal data for the purposes specified in these rules.
• The Contestants are notified and agree that this consent can be withdrawn by sending to the Organizer a written notice of withdrawal of consent by registered mail with confirmation of receipt or handing it in personally against signature to an authorized representative of the Organizer.
• At the same time, the Contestants are notified that the withdrawal of consent does not deprive the Organizers of the right to process the Contestant's personal data in order to comply with these Rules when holding the Contest, use information as evidence in court proceedings and in other cases established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
• Consent is considered to be issued in the manner provided in paragraph 3 of Article 428 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, from the moment a Contestant takes actions to comply with these Rules and participate in the Contest.
• By mutual agreement, the Parties have established that the Organizer, without any additional permissions (consents) of the Contestants, have the right to process and disclose (including by providing copies and/or original documents, reproduction or electronic copying, cross-border transfer) confidential and other legally protected information about the Contestants and the conditions of the Contest (including trade secrets, personal data), for the following purposes:

–– in order to provide information to authorities, institutions, organizations and other persons authorized (by virtue of law, agreement or in any other way) to conduct inspections and/or analyze the activities of the Organizer and/or the Contestants, as well as to exercise other forms of control over the activities the Organizer and/or the Contestants – for the purposes of their implementation of the specified actions;

–– for the purpose of transferring information and/or documents to third parties who, under an agreement with the Organizer, provide services for storing information and/or documents received by the Organizer.

• The Organizer shall not be liable for non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of its obligations resulting from failures in telecommunications and public energy networks, the actions of malicious programs, as well as unfair actions of third parties aimed at unauthorized access and/or disabling software and/or hardware of the Organizer.
• The Organizer have the right to remove the Contestant from the Contest at any stage of the Contest if there are suspicions that the Contestant (or someone else on his behalf) violates the terms of these Rules during the Contest.
• The Winner of the Contest, within 5 (five) business days from the date of publication of the results of the Contest, sends the Organizer an e-mail to the address: rodari100@eksmo-ast.ru with a scanned copy of their passport, the data of which is necessary for the Organizer to present the Prize to the Contestant.

10. Final provisions:

• Participation in the Contest immediately implies that the Contestants have read and fully agree with all the provisions of these Rules.
• All matters regarding the Contest are subject to the provisions of the current legislation of the Russian Federation.
• In case of disputes, a claim procedure is mandatory. The deadline for responding to a claim is 15 (fifteen) business days from the date of receipt thereof. Place of jurisdiction - at the location of the Organizer.