Rules for Participation in the Exhibition and Competition of the 7th International Student Poster Confrontations in Tarnów 2026

The 7th International Student Poster Confrontations 2026 is an international exhibition and competition of printed and animated posters. The aim of the exhibition is to analyze current trends in poster development and to review design studios in terms of the type, character, and diversity of their teaching programs. Studios of various profiles and specializations are invited to participate. Posters created during introductory courses as well as Master’s and Doctoral projects may be submitted. The Program Council will select the works for the exhibition. All student works qualified for the exhibition will take part in the competition. Awards are предусмотрены. The jury will select winners in two categories: poster and animated poster. The results will be announced during the exhibition opening on June 12, 2026.

Works may be submitted in one or both categories. Participation is free of charge. The condition for entering posters into the competition is the correct completion of the application form and submission of files within the deadline specified in the regulations. Printing will be provided by the organizer. Projects created between April 2024 and April 2026 that have not been previously submitted to earlier editions of the Confrontations are eligible. Each studio may submit up to 10 printed posters and up to 5 animated posters.

1. Poster: format 700 × 1000 mm, resolution 300 dpi, CMYK, without an embedded color profile, 3 mm bleed, no crop marks, maximum file size 100 MB, saved in JPEG format. The file name should contain only the author’s first and last name (optionally with additional numbering).
2. Animated poster: 1080 × 1920 px, saved as mp4, max. size 150 MB, vertical. An additional jpg, serving as a cover is required: 1080 × 1920 px, 150 dpi, max. size 15 MB.

The exhibition will take place from June 12 to July 31, 2026, at the Market Square in Tarnów and at the Tarnów Cultural Center.

Exhibition Curator: Dr. Monika Chrabąszcz 
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Regulations of the Exhibition and Competition — 7th International Student Poster Confrontations 2026

1. The aim of the exhibition and competition 7th International Student Poster Confrontations 2026, hereinafter referred to as the Confrontations, is to analyze current trends in poster development and to review design studios in terms of the type, character, and diversity of their teaching programs.

2. The organizer of the Confrontations is the Faculty of Arts of the University of Applied Sciences in Tarnow.

3. The overall coordination of the exhibition is the responsibility of the Exhibition Curator and the Program Board.

4. The Confrontations are open to design studios from universities with varying profiles and specializations, where poster design is part of the curriculum.

5. Posters are submitted to participate in the Confrontations by the professors leading the studios. Eligible entries include works from introductory classes along with master’s and doctoral projects. Submission of the projects by the lecturer confirms that the students/authors have given consent to participate in the competition and exhibition, allowed for the processing of their personal data for event purposes and the reproduction of submitted works free of charge for the exhibition, its catalogue and promotional use.

6. All students' work accepted for the exhibition will automatically take part in the competition.

7. Student poster projects created in a given studio between April 2024 and April 2026 are eligible for participation in the exhibition.

8. Submitted projects may include printed, digital and animated posters concerning socio- cultural themes: showing a multitude of approaches to visual communication design, including typographic posters based on advertising rules, as well as purely authorial or impressionistic works.

9. The competition consists of two categories: printed poster and animated poster.

10. Participation in the Confrontations is free of charge.

11. Registration requirements and deadlines

• The condition for submitting posters to the Confrontations is sending a completed application form via the Organizer’s website, konfrontacjeplakatu.com, no later than April 26, 2026, by 24:00 (UTC+01:00).
• Works may be submitted in one or both categories: printed poster and animated poster.

•  Each studio may submit up to 10 printed posters and up to 5 animated posters. 

  In the Poster category: format 700 × 1000 mm, resolution 300 dpi, CMYK, without an embedded profile, 3 mm bleed, no crop marks, maximum file size 100 MB, saved in JPEG format. Please include only the author’s first and last name in the file name (optionally with additional numbering). 

  Animated poster: 1080 x 1920 px, file format: MP4, maximum file size: 150 MB, vertical orientation. Additionally, a still frame from the animation for the print in the exhibition catalogue with dimensions of 1080 x 1920 px, maximum size: 15 MB, CMYK colour model.

• The organizer reserves the right to exclude posters, which are not properly designed to print and showcase, to participate in the Confrontations
• Confrontations organizer reserves the right to exclude works, which violate Polish state regulations and principles of community life or show disrespect towards individuals or social groups.

12. Exhibition

• The exhibition will take place at the Market Square in Tarnów and at the Tarnów Cultural Centre from 12 June to 31 July 2026. The opening will be held on 12 June 2026 at 6:00 PM.
• Depending on the number of submissions, the Program Council will select the works to be included in the exhibition.

• The organizer covers print costs of posters which were sent digitally and preparations of the display.

• Posters are grouped by the studios in which they have been created. Each poster is labelled with the author’s full name, studio and university name.

13. Competition
The Organizer of the Confrontations appoints the Competition Jury, which will select winners from the projects qualified for the exhibition and award cash prizes in two categories: Poster (1st – 2,000 PLN, 2nd – 1,000 PLN) and Animated Poster (1st – 2,000 PLN, 2nd – 1,000 PLN). Results will be announced on 12 June 2026 during the exhibition opening.

14. Applying for the Confrontations means:

• free of charge, granting the Organizer of the Confrontations permission to use the submitted works in the form of print, audio, and video, as well as online, in all activities and publications related to the 7th International Student Poster Confrontations. The permission is granted free of charge and indefinitely, without any territorial restrictions.
• consent to the use of personal data of the participants of the Confrontations in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act of August 29, 1997. Personal data of the participants will be stored and processed at the organizer’s headquarters solely for the purpose of implementing the Regulations. Each participant has the right to access and correct their data.

15. The organizer reserves the right to publish photographs of the works submitted to the Confrontations on the website https://konfrontacjeplakatu.com/, in mass media, online services and social media, as well as the right to produce documentation for the promotional purposes of the event, without residuals payment.

16. Photographic documentation and the catalogue with reproductions of the posters qualified in the exhibition is planned.

17. Filling in the registration signifies acceptance of the Regulations.

18. The Organizer interprets and resolves any cases not included herein.

19. Only works that are the authors’ original creations may be submitted to the Confrontations. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools generating images, graphics, animations, or text in the design process is prohibited.