Tin Duck Nominations Now Open

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Nominations are now open for the 2012 Tin Duck Awards, the annual Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation (WASFF) Achievement Awards for WA writers and artists. The awards will be presented at the Awards Ceremony for Doom-Con 2012, which will be held at the Pan Pacific Hotel on Sunday the 8th of April 2012.

Works eligible to be nominated must have been "published" (be it written work, art or any form of performing art or convention running) in the 2011 calendar year, and must not have been voted upon in any previous Tin Duck Award. Works will be validated by the Tin Duck Awards Committee, and may be moved to a different category than nominated for if deemed necessary. Any works nominated without a category may be deemed invalid by the Awards Committee. Nominations may be subject to short-listing if necessary in categories with large number of nominations.

Multiple nominations may be submitted for any category. Nominations must be received no later than midnight 4th March 2012, and can be submitted by submitting an on-line form at https://2012.swancon.com.au/award_nominations.

The award categories are:

Best WA Professional Long Written Work
Best WA Professional Short Written Work
Best WA Professional Art Work
Best WA Professional Production (any medium)
Best WA Unpaid or Fan Written Work
Best WA Unpaid or Fan Art Work
Best WA Unpaid or Fan Production

Art Show Call For Submissions

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Doomcon are pleased to announce the Art Show will once again be running at Swancon! The Fan Art Show will run from Friday the 6th of April to 3pm Sunday the 8th of April, 2012. With Swancon now only a few months away, artists are encouraged to reserve space for their pieces by sending through a registration form or email. Payment for registrations must accompany the registration form. Judging of art work will be open from Friday through to the dinner break on Saturday evening, with Art show sales to take place after the lunch break on Sunday.

Works registered after 29th March 2012 might not find room at the Show. Although multiple entries are allowed, space is limited so we will accept entries on a first-come-first-served basis, and the organisers reserve the right to limit an artist to reasonable numbers of entries. There will be a separate children’s (Under 12) stream within the art show with its own judging.

Artists are asked to advise what their display requirements will be and whether their work will be sold. Please contact Linda at linstarlin@gmail.com to register your artwork. Actual submission of pieces will be advised closer to Swancon.

You must state on the entry form if the piece is an original or a reproduction. Reproductions or prints from digitally created works are allowed, though only one copy of any particular piece may be hung. All work must be the original work of the artist. All reproduction rights remain the property of the artist. Works judged by the organisers to be offensive or libelous will not be permitted in the show. If you are in doubt as to whether your work is acceptable, please contact the organisers in advance. Swancon reserves the right to refuse any entry for any reason it sees fit.

Artists are responsible for organising their own insurance. Whilst the best of care will be taken at all times, Swancon will not accept liability for damages to your art work.

Financial Matters
The fee to enter the show is $5 per work except for Children’s Art or art entered for the purpose of fundraising, which will not be charged. These fees help to offset room, display, equipment and handling costs. Swancon will collect all sales revenue and distribute the proceeds to the artists by cash or cheque. Payments will be finalised no more than six weeks from the end of the convention. No commission will be charged by Swancon. If you mail your artwork in and it is not sold or collected from the show, you must provide payment to cover the costs of return postage and ensure packaging is reusable.

Artists are responsible for their own insurance.

Fundraising by art sales
Works entered in the show for the purpose of fundraising are exempt from entry fees. Unless otherwise specified, it is the artist's responsibility to distribute funds
from sales.

It is also the artist's responsibility to label the work appropriately.

Registration form here: https://2012.swancon.com.au/system/attachments/production/ad8/962/8f2/971/5df/569/3/original/Art_Show_Registration_Form.pdf