Introducing our galactic social media art competition on Instagram:
Cosmic Art with Goodnight Moon Base & Star Sailor: The Overview Effect Chronicles,
where kids aged 1-11 participate in an intergalactic journey like never before!
Together, let’s journey through the cosmos, inspiring the next generation of space explorers one adventure at a time. 🚀🌟
Competition Details
Dates
The Launch Date is Monday, September 9th 2024, 12:00am UTC and
the Competition End Date is Monday, September 23rd 2024 at 11:59pm UTC
(two-week duration).
The competition will be held on Instagram.
Art themes:
Art creations should be inspired by the Overview Effect and extraterrestrial homes and families on the Moon, Mars or elsewhere in space.Selfie suggestion: To help boost art entries, participants can take the best cosmic selfie with one of our books and/or their art. They can share their selfie on social media. As with every post to enter the competition, they must tag us or use specific hashtags for identification.
Activities
Storytime: The authors will host live storytime and competition info sessions on Instagram on launch day.
Competition Categories
4 Prize Categories: Favorite physical art. Favorite digital art. One each for artwork related to Star Sailor and Goodnight Moon Base.
Children under the age of 12 years can participate.
Competition Rules:
Eligibility: Individual children with parental permission, children with their parent(s), or entire classes can participate from anywhere on Earth - or beyond!
* Tagging one of the books’ Instagram accounts in the post is required (@goodnightmoonbase, @starsailor_overvieweffect).
* Adding at least one of the contest hashtags is highly encouraged but not required.
* Each post must include the title of the artwork somewhere in the post or image so it can be recognized and named if it is a winner.
* AI can be used to generate digital art images. It should be mentioned which AI tool was used.
* Posts made between Monday, September 9th 2024 0:00:00 UTC and Monday, September 23rd 2024 0:00:00 UTC are automatically entered.
Submission Process
Posts that tag one or more of the books’ Instagram accounts during the contest dates will be automatically entered. Using one or more of the recommended hashtags is strongly recommended and encouraged.
Winners:
Two art winners for each book category will be chosen by the judges. The judges’ decision will be guided by the artwork title, creativity, and the number of “likes” and “shares.”
Winners will be announced within 2 weeks after the competition ends.
Prizes:
Winners will receive a signed copy of Star Sailor and Goodnight Moon Base, a galactic prize pack, and the chance for their art and name to be included in future books.
Art Competition Judges:
Winners and runners-up will be decided via a voting system among the authors and other space education champions.
The Galactic Judges are:
Galactic Mission Commander: Frank White
Galactic Mission Communications: Brett Hoffstadt
Galactic Mission Pilot: Annahita Nezami
Galactic Mission Specialists:
* Sharife Gacel - Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Analog Astronaut, and NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador (@anubis_the_greyt)
* Shashi Jain - Interim Exec Director of Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum (@evergreenmuseum)
* Jim Plaxco - President Chicago Society for Space Studies, Digital Artist
* Maryam Sani - ABS Educational Services (@abseducationuk) & The Space Prize (@thespaceprize)
* Arlyne Simon - See Soar Kids (@seesoarkids)
Are you ready to sail among the stars? Let's make magic happen together with Star Sailor: The Overview Effect Chronicles and Goodnight Moon Base! 🚀🌟
Strap in and let's rocket to the stars together! 🚀✨
Instagram accounts to tag (at least one of these is required)
@starsailor_overvieweffect @goodnightmoonbase
Recommended Hashtags
#StarSailor
#GoodnightMoonBase
#OverviewEffect
#SpaceArtCompetition
#CosmicKidsClub
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