CaLL FOR ENTRIES - Schwarzkopf Professional Hair Expo Awards

Hair by Shane Henning,
Australian Hairdresser of the Year 2010
RULES & REGULaTI NS
2011 Schwarzkopf Professional Hair Expo awards
Period: March 2010 to March 2011
1. Entrants must have worked in Australian or New Zealand
hairdressing and related industries from March 2010
to March 2011 (awards period). They must also have
documentation of their qualification available on request.
2. All award categories are open to Australian and New
Zealand salons, except Australian Hairdresser of the Year
and New Zealand Hairdresser of the Year as indicated.
3. Submissions will only qualify when completed on the
Schwarzkopf Professional Hair Expo Awards Questionnaire
template following all rules and regulations as indicated.
4. Photography must be produced in the awards period –
March 2010 to March 2011. This photography must not have
been published prior to preliminary judging in April 2011,
except for Session Stylist and Salon Design.
5. All of the work submitted for the Schwarzkopf Professional
Hair Expo Awards must be solely the work of the entrant,
except where specified. A statutory declaration will need to
be signed by all entrants.
6. All work is accepted in good faith and any entrants found to
be abusing this will be automatically disqualified.
7. You may enter as many categories as you like (dependent
on qualifications), however you may only enter one of the
following: Australian and/or New Zealand Hairdresser of the
Year OR New Creative Force.
8. The photography submitted for your Awards collection, or
any photographs from the same photo shoot MUST NOT
appear anywhere in the QUESTIONNAIRE, unless requested.
This does not apply to the Session Stylist category.
9. Not all categories require artistic photography, so ensure
that you read the submission questions carefully in order to
meet the correct criteria.
10. The model release and relevant declaration forms must be
completed and signed by all parties and be included in your
submission.
11. The deadline for entries is final. Entries will NOT be accepted
after the stated date and time and instant disqualification
will apply. Submissions due 5pm, Tuesday 8 March 2011.
12. Entries not meeting the stipulated criteria will automatically
be disqualified.
13. It is your responsibility to package your submission
properly so that it is not damaged in the courier or postage
system. Hair Expo Australia accepts no responsibility for
submissions which may become lost in the mail and will not
be liable for any loss or damage to submissions.
14. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be
entered into.
15. Any nominee who is disqualified will be notified.
16. No employees of Reed Exhibitions, Hair Expo Australia or
families can enter or judge the Schwarzkopf Professional
Hair Expo Awards.
17. Finalists’ photographic work in each category will be
displayed at Hair Expo, 11-13 June 2011 at the Sydney
Convention and Exhibition Centre.
18. Ten finalists will be selected for Australian Hairdresser
of the Year and four finalists will be selected in all other
categories, unless the judges deem that four do not qualify.
In addition, six special Judges’ Recognition Awards will be
selected in the categories of Apprentice/Student of the Year,
New Creative Force and Colour Technician of the Year.
19. Finalists will be notified and published on
www.hairexpoaustralia.com/awards
20. If you require your submission to be returned, you must
supply a self-addressed, Australia Post ‘Express Post
– Guaranteed Next Day Delivery’ satchel, which is large
enough for your submission. New Zealand entries please
enclose a pre-paid international courier/post satchel.
Submissions will be returned after 13 June 2011. If you
do not include this satchel in your submission package,
your submission will NOT be returned. Hair Expo will retain
submissions for 3 months only, after which they will
regretfully be destroyed.
21. Hair Expo Australia reserves the right to publish
photography for publicity purposes.
22. Entry to the Awards Gala Dinner is strictly by ticket only.
THE QUESTIONNaIRE
23. Entrants MUST complete the answers on the template
provided. Entrants will receive an email with the template
once your nomination form has been received. The
questionnaire must be completed in full to qualify.
24. Your submission must be completed and bound into one
booklet, no larger than A4 in size. Your submission must be
presented on the questionnaire template provided by Hair
Expo including supporting documentation.
25. When illustrating the work you have published, do not
include in your submission any photos that are not your own
work (e.g. magazine covers) or your photographic collection,
unless requested. All photos used must be accompanied by
correct credits and date of publication.
26. Testimonials must be supplied on letterhead, where
applicable, and cannot be from a representative of a
product company.
THE PHOTOGRaPHIC COLLECTION
27. You are required to submit one set of six photographic
prints, except for the Business Performance of the Year,
Educator of the Year, Education Organisation of the Year and
Excellence in Marketing awards. Salon Design submissions
must submit two sets of prints, one set to be mounted
for viewing in the gallery (specs below). The other set will
remain with your questionnaire for the judging process. This
set must NOT be mounted.
28. Colour Technician of the Year – wigs and hairpieces are NOT
allowed in this category. A statutory declaration to confirm
no wigs or hairpieces were used is required. A ‘before shot’
of all models is to be submitted with your submission.
29. The photographs should include a minimum of four different
models with a variation in styling represented throughout
the six shots to form a collection.
30. Professional photographers, makeup artists and stylists
may be used.
31. Images do not have to be head and shoulders but they do
need to focus on the hair.
32. All images should be shot as one collection, with new
season directional hair fashion as the underlying focus.
33. Photographs may be black and white or colour except for
Colour Technician of the Year where only colour images are
accepted. The hair should be commercial, wearable and
reflect emerging hair fashion trends.
34. As the photography is judged anonymously, no branding is
permitted in the photograph, except for Salon Design and
Session Stylist of the Year.
35. All photographs must be A4 in size presented on mount
cardboard exactly to the print trim. No mount cardboard
border, 3mm max thickness – NO FOAM CORE, WOOD, CORE
FLUTE OR MDF.
36. All photographs must be portrait in format, except for Salon
Design which must be ALL landscape or ALL portrait.
37. Full photography credits are to be provided on a label on
the back of the mount board, i.e. the category entered,
hairstylist, colourist, makeup artist, photographer and
number each photograph in the preferred order of display.
38. Include one CD of your photographic collection in high
resolution 300 dpi RGB & CMYK JPEG format plus your
photography credits in a word document. Clearly mark the
CD with your details plus thumbnails of your collection on
the CD Cover. Include your name on the digital file codes for
easy identification e.g. 1-Jane_Smith.jpg, 2-Jane_Smith.
jpg, etc. The CD will be kept by Hair Expo Australia for use in
publicity for your collection.