is the theme of the 5th ALFA  contest:

ALFA, the association of literature and film friends in the Algarve, is running its fifth multimedia Competition.
The theme is TRACES – SPUREN – TRAÇOS

It can be a painting, photo, sculpture, song, or any other medium.
The entry must be your own work.
The entries will be exhibited in an interactive exhibition in the Convento S. José thus
every visitor votes for his/her favourite item. The entry with most votes wins:
The ALFI*

*ALFI is ALFA’s mascot, a reading rat, designed in Raku ceramic technique by German artist Christa Widmann. In other competitions you can win an Oscar or a globe – here you can win an Alfi.
The best entries will be published in a book.

Competition Rules

Unless your entry is submitted as original, (ready to expose!) it should be on CD in JPG.format., 300dpi
Together with the following information:
Name and address of the artist, Title of the Work, Date of Birth,
permission to publish the work.
Price of the item (if sold, 20 % goes to ALFA)
Please enclose 5 Euros competition fee per item.
Closing date is  March the 31st  2010.

1. Participants are reminded that there is no promise to publish their work.
2. Participants must ensure that they are the sole copyright owners of the
submitted work and that no third party rights are violated.
3. Participants authorize ALFA to publish their work without violation of any rights.

The prize ceremony will take place on ALFA´s fifth birthday – in September 2010.

Send entries to:
ALFA, Apartado 376, 8504-913 Portimão, Portugal or deliver the originals to the Convento S. Josè by agreement with Barbara Fellgiebel, Tel. 917 602 607.

email: alfacult@gmail.com

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After last year’s great success with the Black Bra Competition, ALFA  proudly presents:
ALFA, the association of literature and film friends in the Algarve, is running its third multimedia Competition .
The theme is ´Blue  Garden´.

It can be a painting, photo, sculpture, song,

or any other medium.
The entry must be your own work.

Its title must not only be ´blue garden´ as the entries need to be distinguishable.
The entries will be exhibited in an interactive exhibition in the Convento S. José thus  every visitor votes for his/her favourite item. The entry with most votes wins:
The ALFI*

*ALFI is ALFA’s mascot, a reading rat, designed in Raku ceramic technique by German artist Christa Widmann. In other competitions you can win an Oscar or a globe – here you can win an Alfi.
The best entries will be published in a calender.

Competition Rules

Your entry should be on CD in JPG.format., 300dpiTogether with the following information:

Name and address of the artist, Title of the Work, Date of Birth, permission to publish the work.
Price of the item (if sold, 20 % goes to ALFA)
Please enclose 5 Euros competition fee per item.
Closing date is 31 May 2008.

1.  Participants are reminded that there is no promise to publish their work.

2.  Participants must ensure that they are the sole copyright owners of the submitted work and that no third party rights are violated.

3. Participants authorize ALFA to publish their work without violation of any rights.

The prize ceremony will take place on ALFA´s third birthday – 15th September 2008.

Send entries to:

ALFA, Apartado 376
8504-913 Portimão, Portugal
or deliver the originals to the Convento S. Josè by agreement with Barbara Fellgiebel, Tel. 917 602 607.

email: fellgiebel@mail.telepac.pt
url:    www.alfacultura.com

The theme is ´Black Bra´.It can be a painting, photo, sculpture, song, or any other medium.
The entry must be your own work.

Its title must not only be ´black bra´ as the entries need to be distinguishable.

The entries will be exhibited in an interactive exhibition in the Convento S. José thus every visitor votes for his/her favourite item.

The entry with most votes wins:  The ALFI*

*ALFI is ALFA’s mascot, a reading rat, designed in Raku ceramic technique by German artist Christa Widmann. In other competitions you can win an Oscar or a globe – here you can win an Alfi.
The best entries will be published in a book.

Competition Rules
Your entry should be on CD in JPG.format.
Together with the following information:
Name and address of the author/s, Title of the Work, Date of Birth,
permission to publish the work.
Please enclose 5 Euros
Closing date is 31 May 2007.

1.  Participants are reminded that there is no promise to publish their work.
2.  Participants must ensure that they are the sole copyright owners of thesubmitted work and that no third party rights are violated.
3. Participants authorize ALFA to publish their work without violation of any rights.

The prize ceremony will take place on ALFA´s second birthday – 10. September 2007.

Send entries to:
ALFA, Apartado 376
8504-913 Portimão, Portugal
or deliver the originals to the Convento S. Josè by agreement with Barbara Fellgiebel, Tel. 917 602 607.

The theme is ´Red Shoes´.
The object of the competition is to have a theme on which everyone can
take part.  It can be a poem, short story, song, painting, photo, sculpture,

or any other medium.
Each person is only allowed one entry in each medium.
Members of the jury are not allowed to enter.
The entry must be your own work (maximum 10  A 4 pages, 30 lines/page).

Its title must not only be ´red shoes´ as the entries need to be distinguishable.
The prizes:

1. Large ALFI*
2. Small ALFI

*ALFI is ALFA’s mascot, a reading rat, thus being a type of trophy: In other
competitions you can win an Oscar or a globe – here you can win an Alfi.
The best entries will be published in an anthology called ´Red Shoes´.

Competition Rules
The text should be in WORD format on CD and printed on paper in 2 copies.
Paintings  and photos should be in on CD in JPG.format.

Together with the text please give the following information:
Name and address of the author/s, Title of the Work, Date of Birth,
short biographical note (c. 3-5 lines), permission to publish the work.
Please enclose three  57 c stamps.
Closing date is 31 March 2006.

1.  Participants are reminded that there is no promise to publish their work.
2.  Participants must ensure that they are the sole copyright owners of the submitted work and that no third party rights are violated.
3. Participants garantuee, that the submitted works have not been published elsewhere until the day of the prize giving.
4. Participants authorize ALFA to publish their work and the short author descriptions without violation of any rights.

The prize ceremony will take place on ALFA´s first birthday – 11. September 2006.

Send entries to:

ALFA, Apartado 376
8504-913 Portimão, Portugal