• These rules are subject to change!
• Only those who have never gone to FABAIC in Orlando before may enter, (FABAIC's on the Road do not count)
• There are two parts to this contest: 1) a photo of your work 2) your 250 - 350 word essay about why going to FABAIC is important to you.
• Submit photos before Jan. 15, 2011, Voting starts Jan. 19th, and ends Jan. 31, 8 am. Before Feb. 1.
• Any member of WCFP may enter, but anyone can vote, they do not need to be a member.
• If you win, you will be expected to pay for and arrange any additional lodging (other than the two nights prize), food, flight and any other travel expenses.
• This prize package is not transferable, if you cannot use it, it will go to the 2nd place winner. If they cannot use it, it goes to the 3rd place winner, etc.

How The Winner is Decided

• The first portion of the contest is done by popular vote. Those that will go onto the run-off are decided using the same voting system we currently use for all the www.westcoastfacepainters.com contests.
  
• Because of the size of the contest, we had to divide the photos into two groups, and the essays into two groups. Adding together the votes from the photo and the essay portion of the contest, within each group, the top 5 from each group will go onto the finals.
  
• ALSO, the top 10 with the highest cumulative score from all 38 entries will go onto the finals. In therory, there could be 20 finalists. But there will, of course, be a great deal of overlap. But, there will probably be over 10 in the finals.
  
• The judges for the run-off will be made up of one person from each sponsor companies for this contest. (See sponsors at http://www.westcoastfacepainters.com/fabaic_rules.html using only the photos.
  
• The finalist judges will each pick their 3 favorites photos. These judges represent 4 countries, and a vast variety of backgrounds.
  
• The run-off of the finalists will end Feb. 7th, or as soon as all the judges send their votes to Lilly Walters, whichever comes first. Once all the votes are in, I will announce the winner
  
• If for some reason I cannot obtain the votes from the sponsors BEFORE Feb. 7th, I will assign an appropriate judge to replace that person, so the end count will be from a total of 9 judges.
  
• The photo and the essay are posted anonymously. Only Lilly Walters will know the artists and authors.
  
• If there is a tie, the winner will be decided by some type of arbitrary method, to be determined by Lilly Walters.

The Prize Package

Your Photo Entry

• Only one entry per contestant (only one photo)
• Any theme or subject is allowed
• Since the photos are posted anonymously, remove your logos from the photo.
• Only photos not previously used in any Face Painting contest may be submitted
• The photo must be of a face which you have not yet posted on your own website, posted to any on-line forum, on any social networking site (such as Facebook, or MySpace, etc.), within the past 3 months. Posting the same face, with an alternative view, is also not allowed.
• This contest is for FACE ONLY, from just below the chin to the hairline will be used
• The photo must be of ONE persons face cropped right to the hairline
• Be aware we will crop your photo ourselves to the hairline
• Resize your image as a jpg, no more than 200 KB and no more than 500 x 500. WARNING!! Crop to the requested area before you resize it! Otherwise the photo will look fuzzy (see example and tips to resize and crop).
  Your photo must be done on a real person
  
• You may use yourself as a model
• Your face painting art must have been created with materials that are cosmetic grade and created for use on the skin.
• No airbrushing or stencils
  
• Do not "embed" it in the email
  
• Do send it as an attachment
  

Your Essay Entry

• Your 250 - 350 word essay will be read and voted on just as your photo will be. It is to say why going to FABAIC is important to you.
• The essay, is meant to be anonymous. Although about you, we will remove all mentions of your name, the city you live in, etc. You are welcome to leave them in for readability, just know, what we post will have a _________ in spots that could identify you.
• YOUR ESSAY must be submitted as text, not as a jpg, or pdf. Sending as email, typing your text as the email message is allowed, or attach it as txt document.
• Your essay and photo must be sent in the same email. They will not be accepted if sent separately.
• Include your name and contact information in the email.

More Very Important Rules

• Anyone can vote, but to enter the contests you must be subscribed to the free support group and on-line discussion forum, West Coast Face and Body Painters
• Please advertise to your friends and fellow artists that you are in a contest and ask them to vote! Do NOT tell them what number your entry is. This contest is meant to be anonymous. If we see that you have told others which photos is yours, you will be eliminated
• You are responsible to secure all legal permissions in order to have the photo posted
  
• Be aware when you submit a photo, others will be inspired and copy your work
  
• We anticipate this contest having many entries. If so, we will break it into as many smaller contest groups as needed, then have a run-off.
• Send your photo and essay to contests@westcoastfacepainters.com, please note in the subject field that this is for Lilly's FABAIC 2011 Contest