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Official McCall's Quilting Quilt Design Star 2012™ Amateur
Category Rules (Click here to download PDF)
Eligibility
The McCall's Quilting Quilt Design Star™ 2012 Amateur Category competition is open to quilt designers who have not previously had any quilt design published for profit. This includes publication in any quilting magazine, book, or other quilting publication, design of collection quilts for fabric manufacturers, and self-publication of quilt patterns. Designers must maintain this amateur status for the duration of their participation in the competition. Previous McCall's Quilting Quilt Design Star™ 2012 finalists are not eligible to participate.
Contestants must be at least 18 years of age by 3/13/2012, and must be
legal residents of the U.S. or Canada (excluding Quebec).
Contestants must provide a working email address and agree to respond
within 24 hours to any email sent to them by employees of New Track
Media LLC/Creative Crafts Group/McCall's Quilting magazine.
Employees of New Track Media LLC/Creative Crafts Group/McCall's
Quilting magazine, its respective parent, affiliate, subsidiary,
advertising, sponsoring, and promotional companies and the immediate
family members of each are not eligible. This contest is void where
prohibited by law. Due to legal requirements in Quebec and European,
South American, Asian and other nations, the contest is restricted to
the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec). McCall's Quilting
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change these official
rules at any time.
All entered quilts must be original designs, or original
interpretations of traditional designs, and must be the individual
design work of the contestant. Quilts designed by a contestant, but
made and/or quilted by others, are eligible, but proper credit must be
given to all involved in the actual completion of quilts and/or quilt
tops.
Finalists and winners will be required to execute an affidavit of
eligibility, compliance with contest rules, and release of liability,
as well as a confidentiality agreement. No finalist or winner will be
allowed to release any information about the McCall's Quilting Quilt
Design Star™ contest in any form without express permission of McCall's
Quilting.
Entering the Qualifying Round
The entry period for McCall's Quilting Quilt Design Star™ 2012
qualifying round is 3/13/2012 through 4/29/2012 inclusive. Entries must
be made online at McCallsQuilting.com; limit one entry per Designer.
Each entry will include 1 clear digital photograph of a single
completed quilt (consisting of three layers and quilted by hand and/or
machine), made using any technique(s). Contestants are encouraged to
enter quilts that show who they are as designers, including their
favorite techniques, color palettes, and styles.
Each entry also requires a completed form, found on our website,
McCallsQuilting.com. All contest quilts must be the original design
work of the entering Designer. Contest entrants agree to abide by the
terms of these official rules and by the decisions of the contest
commissioners, which are final on all matters pertaining to the
contest. New Track Media is not responsible for mail or shipping
problems or delays, internet crashes or slowdowns caused by network
congestion, viruses, sabotage, satellite failures, phone line failures,
electrical outages, natural disasters, or acts of man or God.
Qualifying Round Judging and Timeline
Beginning 5/1/2012 and ending 5/20/2012, the public will be able to
vote online for their favorite McCall's Quilting Quilt Design Star™
2012 qualifying round quilts. Public votes will be considered in the
selection of Finalists by a panel of 3 quilting industry
representatives who will serve as judges, scoring entries on the basis
of overall appearance, originality, and design appeal. Finalists will
be selected and given the opportunity to compete in up to 3 quilt
design challenges, beginning 5/22/2012 and ending 9/30/2012. Finalists
will be notified of their selection to participate in the first
challenge round by 5/22/2012. Decisions of the judges are final and
binding, and not subject to challenge or appeal.
Challenge Rounds
Challenge rounds will begin 5/22/2012 and end 9/30/2012. Complete rules
and judging criteria will be sent to finalists at the beginning of each
challenge. There will be 3 challenge rounds, each requiring finalists
to submit digital photos of their completed quilt tops (for Challenges
1 and 2) or completed quilts (for Challenge 3) to McCallsQuilting.com
for public voting and scoring by the panel of judges. Some finalists
may be eliminated after each round.
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Designing/Sewing Period |
Voting/Judging Period |
| Challenge 1 |
May 22-June 17 |
June 19-July 8 |
| Challenge 2 |
July 10-August 5 |
August 7-26 |
| Challenge 3 |
August 28-September 30 |
October 2-21 |
The Designing/Sewing Period for Challenges 1 and 2 each allow finalists
27 days including 4 weekends to design and sew quilt tops. The
Designing/Sewing Period for Challenge 3 allows finalists 34 days
including 5 weekends to design and sew completed quilts.
The Challenge 3/Grand Finale round will require finalists to send their
completed quilt to the McCall's Quilting offices for photography and
judging.
The winner of the McCall's Quilting Quilt Design Star™ 2012
Amateur Category contest will be featured in an issue of McCall's
Quilting magazine. Additional prizes may be awarded at any point during
the contest.
Display and Publication
All electronic entry materials become the property of New Track Media
LLC/Creative Crafts Group/McCall's Quilting. Quilt photos and
information on entry forms may be published in McCall's Quilting, at
McCallsQuilting.com, or in any other format or publication owned or
controlled by New Track Media. Designer e-mail addresses and phone
numbers will not be published or released in any format without express
permission of the Designer.
Acceptance of Finalist status and/or a prize constitutes winners'
permission to use their names, likenesses, cities and states, and to be
photographed for advertising and publicity purposes, without additional
compensation except where prohibited by law. All federal, state, and
local laws and regulations apply.
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