6th International Reggae Poster Contest 2017 | Contest

by Irena Sibila on Jan 03, 2018

Expired on 01/03/2018

The 6th international reggae poster contest 2017 now is over!

Call for Entries: The International Reggae Poster Contest recently has been announced its 2017 edition for the new poster competition about social communication reggae poster designs like every year with the goal to create a poster about Reggae Music and the rest is up to your imagination.

About ⇣

The International Reggae Poster Contest announces its 6th annual call for entries for social communication reggae poster designs.

The objective of the International Reggae Poster Contest is to build awareness for positive Reggae music and to celebrate the global achievements of Reggae and its impact on the world. The term Reggae used by the contest encompasses all the popular Jamaican musical genres; Ska, Rocksteady, Roots Reggae, Dub, Dancehall and the unique Jamaican Soundsystem.

Theme of the 6th edition is Toward a Reggae Hall of Fame, Celebrating Great Jamaican Music.

The goal is to create a poster about Reggae Music - the rest is up to your imagination. Feel free to explore topics of Reggae covering any one of the genres. In addition, incorporate the contest theme as part of the poster design. Also explores do capture the many musical pioneers, singers, producers, institutions that help establish the music globally.

Moreover, the contest is also an opportunity to raise funds to support the amazing work of a historic and wonderful Jamaican institution, the Alpha Boys' School. The Alpha Boys' School is a jewel in the centre of Kingston, and it shines all over Jamaica and, through its graduates, in the music they create, throughout the world. Alpha decades of success with young Jamaicans, entering raw and emerging world-renown musicians themselves is a testimony to the storied success. Without this amazing institution and its successful music program; Ska, Rocksteady, Dub and Roots Reggae music may not have been invented.

Posters may be designed by a single artist or by a team. Designers are allowed to submit any number of original posters. Posters should be original artworks and should not have been published in prints, internet, social media etc.

There is no entry fee for this competition.

It's free to enter!

Eligibility ⇣

This contest is open to all graphic designers and artists internationally.

Prize ⇣

The 6th International Reggae Poster Contest will reward the best 100 designs by including them in various exhibitions all over the world. In addition, a book with all 100 posters will be published.

There will be also additional prizes for the first three winners, plus DVDs, books and music dedicated to Reggae.