Pinsan | (SEP 22, 2019) Invitation to Contribute to Telling Truer Stories II: An Anthology for Safe and Legal Abortion
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(SEP 22, 2019) Invitation to Contribute to Telling Truer Stories II: An Anthology for Safe and Legal Abortion

07 Aug (SEP 22, 2019) Invitation to Contribute to Telling Truer Stories II: An Anthology for Safe and Legal Abortion

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Last year, we invited artists and storytellers to join the  first art anthology and contest calling for safe and legal abortion in the Philippines. Titled, “Telling Truer Stories,” the anthology will collect visual art, video, and creative nonfiction for the purpose of destigmatizing, demystifying, and decriminalizing abortion in our country.

Once again, we’re excited to invite artists and storytellers to contribute their short videos, creative nonfiction pieces, and visual artwork to Telling Truer Stories! Last year, we received a lot of wonderful contributions and entries, and you can view the winners here.

This year, we expect to receive more of the same creative, impactful, and authentic artwork and storytelling from you, which is why we’ll have the same guidelines for joining and contributing as before.

If you’ve submitted previously (even if you’ve won) we hope you can share new contributions this year. And if you haven’t we’re looking forward to receiving your contributions. We hope you can help us tell truer stories again this year!

There are two ways artists can contribute their artwork:

  1. contributing their art as a donation and
  2. entering the art contest

Donated artwork will be curated by advocates and artists. The selected artwork will be included in an anthology that will be published and displayed during the International Safe Abortion Day activities on September 28, 2019.

Artwork submitted for inclusion into the anthology can optionally be entered into the art contest judged by the same curators. Both professionals and amateurs are encouraged to join the contest (guidelines below). But regardless of whether you’re donating your art or entering the contest, we appreciate your contribution to creating artwork that tells truer stories about the need for safe and legal abortion in the Philippines (and anywhere in the world).

Telling Truer Stories of Safe and Legal Abortion

An Anthology and Contest for Artists and Creatives

Details

When: Aug 7, 2019 to Sept 22, 2019 (campaign duration). Accepted entries and winners will be announced and displayed during the Sep. 28 event hosted by Pinsan as part of the International Safe Abortion Day Campaign.
Where: TBD
What: Telling Truer Stories II is an anthology and contest where artists of various media create artwork to tell various truths about abortion in the Philippines.
Purpose: The campaign aims to fill the lack of artwork that depicts abortion in a truer way – that does not adhere to the clichés and stereotypes that have been the default of mainstream media, perpetuating the stigma, myths, and misconceptions about abortion.

The entries will be curated by both expert artists and storytellers, as well as the advocates and activists.

Anyone can submit entries that will be curated for inclusion in the anthology and displayed at the Sept. 28 event. Optionally, submissions can be entered into the art contest for a chance to win prizes. The entries will be curated by the judges. The contest winners will be decided based on the score given by the panel of judges.

This project is supported in part by inroads (The International Network for the Reduction of Abortion Discrimination and Stigma).

Categories

1. YouTube short video 2 to 5 minutes

  • Short video of a person or people telling a relevant story, documenting a slice of a story, delivering a relevant message, demystifying or destigmatizing the issue, calling for decriminalization or legalization, interviewing someone, or creatively showing through video why safe and legal abortion is needed in our country.
  • Selected entries will be uploaded to Pinsan’s YouTube channel, posted on Pinsan’s online channels, and may be distributed as a DVD/flashdisk at the International Safe Abortion Day Event held on September 28.

2. Creative nonfiction piece of 400 to 800 words

  • Personal essay, memoir, narrative nonfiction, social commentary, biography. Essentially using words to destigmatize or demystify the issue, call for decriminalization, or show why safe and legal abortion is needed in our country.
  • Enhanced by description, dramatization, dialogue, characterization
  • Selected entries will be shared on Pinsan’s online channels and may be published in an anthology available at the Safe Abortion Day Event held on October 3.

3. Visual art (10” x 15” size)

  • Drawing, painting (any medium), photography, printed digital art (anything that can be framed and hung on a wall)
  • Email a high resolution photograph of your entry. Shortlisted entries will be displayed in the venue of the Sept. 28 International Safe Abortion Day Event.
  • Selected entries will be shared on Pinsan’s online channels and may be published in an anthology available at the Safe Abortion Day Event held on October 3.

Prizes (for contest winners)

  • 3 x DJI Osmo Pocket (for 1st place winners)
  • 3 x Seagate Backup Plus Slim 1 TB Portable External Hard Drive (for 2nd place winners)
  • 3 x Paperang P2 Portable Bluetooth Printer (for 3rd place winners)

Guidelines

  1. Deadline for entries is on Sept. 22, 2019.
  2. Accepted Media:
    • Short film (2 to 5 mins.) at least 480p in resolution (1080p ideally, 4k is OK).
    • Creative nonfiction (400 to 800 words) in .doc or .docx format.
    • High resolution photo of visual art in .jpg image format. Selected entries (anthology) and winning entries (contest) will be brought to the venue and displayed there (no larger than 10” x 15”)
  3. Criteria for Judging
    • 50 points for the Relevance of the artwork to the theme
    • 50 points for the Execution of the artwork (how well-made and aesthetically pleasing the work is)
  4. Eligibility
    • PINSAN steering committee members and close relatives are not allowed to join.
    • All artists around the world can participate.
  5. All submissions must be original works you created and have not published elsewhere.
  6. We have the right to publish your work on our print and online materials (and for film showing).
  7. After the Sept. 28 campaign, the displayed visual artwork will be returned to their creators (unless they decide to donate it to PINSAN for future display). Artists own the copyright to their works, but allow PINSAN, Inroads, and Ipas to use them and share them with their networks for the Sept. 28 campaign and related campaigns.
  8. The submissions must be on the theme of the reality faced by people in the Philippines because of the lack of safe and legal abortion in our country. There is no other requirement other than the artist does their best to portray truer stories – stories that do not adhere to the clichés and stereotypes that have been the default of mainstream media, perpetuating the stigma, myths, and misconceptions about abortion.
  9. Entries must be emailed to pinsan.network@gmail.com. For video submissions, please use https://wetransfer.com/ (and send the file (up to 2GB) to pinsan.network@gmail.com)
  10. Please indicate if you are entering the submission to the contest by adding the word “contest” to the file name. (Or mention that you are entering in the body of the email.)