The Competition
National Speleological Society Salons
Promoting caves and caving by conducting juried salons,
and by exhibiting items of speleological interest.
The NSS Art & Music Salons promote and recognize excellent cave-related art, artists, and musicians. NSS Salons are open to everyone; those who enter need not be members of the NSS. The best of the entries for each Salon will be exhibited July 18-22, 2011 at the NSS Convention in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The top award for each Salon is presented during the convention's Thursday evening Salon program. Portraits of award winners will be projected during the Salon Program.
The top award winners will also be represented on this website and, other than music, in the NSS News.
The ten salons, organised by the United States National Speleological Society, cover a wide range of artistic disciplines including music, multimedia presentations, video and the visual arts. The Salons' Home Page has a menu linking to further details for each salon.
The closing date for entries to each salon is given below;
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18 Jul 2011 Cartographic Salon
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15 May 2011 Cave ballad Salon
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18 April 2011 Cover Art Salon
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16 Jul 2011 Fine Arts Salon
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15 May 2011 Multimedia Program Salon
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17 Jul 2011 Print Salon
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1 May 2011 Photo Salon
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17 July 2011 Symbolic Emblems Salon
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17 Jul 2011 T-Shirt Salon
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1 May 2011 Video Salon
Note that for some of the Salons the closing dates for mailed entries are earlier than that shown above, so please consult the detailed entry requirements for the Salons you are considering entering.
For further information please visit the NSS Salons website.
Complies with the Bill of Rights
This competition meets all the standards set out in
the Bill of Rights For Artists
Competitions which comply with the conditions set out in the Bill of Rights For Artists do not -
- claim copyright
- seek waiving of moral rights
- fail to give a credit for all free usage
- add, alter, or remove metadata from digital images
- seek usage rights other than for solely and exclusively promoting the contest. Note that a book, posters, cards, or a calendar are seen as legitimate ways of promoting the contest and defraying costs
- seek free usage rights in excess of 3 years
- use the images commercially without the photographers agreement, and such commercial usage is to be rights managed and limited to 3 years.
- make it a condition of winning that an entrant must sign a commercial usage agreement
- fail to publish all documents on the competition website that an entrant may have to sign
- fail to name the judges for this or last year's competition
- fail to explicitly state all the organisations who will acquire rights to the images
- set a closing date more than 18 months after the contest launch date
- fail to make clear statements of rights claimed and how images are used
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