The Contest is open to any individual who is an artist creating digital images, eighteen (18) years of age or older, regardless of where they reside or are domiciled. Excluded from the Contest are current judges of the Contest, employees, agents and representatives of the Organizer, companies affiliated with the Organizer, suppliers of prizes, services or materials related to the Contest.

Open to artists creating digital images:

• 18 years old and older
• Territory: Worldwide
• Regular fee: $15/single image (plus tax if applicable) USD

Image Submission. The Participant may submit an unlimited number of digital images.

The Participant must upload and submit their images at the time of registration for the Contest, through their account. Once the Participant’s images have been submitted, an email confirming receipt of the images will be sent to the Participant within one business day, to the email address registered in their account. The images submitted must comply with these participation rules. Sending the email confirming receipt of the Participant’s images does not constitute confirmation that the images submitted comply with these participation rules.

Categories. Details of the Digital Image Category are set out in Annex A of these participation rules.

Deadline. The deadline for submitting an image is February 28, 2025.

Entries must be submitted in the deadline date of midnight Canada eastern time

Each image submitted in the context of the Contest must comply with the conditions set out below:

1. The image must not contain a watermark, logo, signature, or any other form of identification;
2. The image must have a title; the same name must be used on the image and on the form (choose a name that represents the storytelling of your images);
3. The image can be submitted with or without a frame;
4. The colour profile of the image is: Adobe RGB1998 or other;
5. The image can be in colour or in black and white;
6. The format of the image is: jpg;
7. The compression of the image is: 10-12;
8. The maximum size of images submitted per major category is less than 10 MB;
9. You can submit your images in vertical or horizontal orientation with minimum sizes of 1000 pixels. Send your questions to info@umencia.com if you are not sure;
10. The image must have been created by the Participant.
11. The image must not infringe on the rights of third parties or damage the reputation of any person or constitute defamation;
12. The image must not contain obscene or immoral material;
13. The Participant must ensure that the AI tools or software used to create the image do not infringe on any copyrights or intellectual property rights;

If an image does not comply with one or more of the above conditions, the Organizer may contact the Participant to inform them of the image’s non-compliance and allow the Participant to submit a new image within the time period indicated by the Organizer. If it is impossible or unreasonable for the Organizer to contact the Participant or if the Participant does not submit a new image within the time limit indicated, the image initially submitted by the Participant will automatically be excluded from the Contest.