Terms of participation in the exhibition and the competition – 6 th International Student Poster Confrontation in Tarnów 2025

6 th International Student Poster Confrontation in Tarnów 2025 is an international exhibition and competition of printed and animated posters. The goal of the exhibition is to analyze current trends in poster development and to review academic design studios based on type, focus and the diversity of their curricula. We invite studios of various specializations and profiles to attend. Posters made during the introductory course may be submitted as well as master's and doctoral projects. The Program Board selects works to be included in the exhibition. All students' work accepted for the exhibition will automatically take part in the competition. Awards are planned. The jury will select the winners of two separate categories: printed posters and animated posters. The announcement of the results will take place during the exhibition opening on 13 th June 2025.

Works may be submitted in one or both categories. Participation is free of charge. The requirement to enter is the proper completion of the application form and submission of files by the deadline stated in the regulations. The prints are provided by the organizer. Only projects created between April 2023 and April 2025 and not submitted in the previous editions of Confrontations are eligible. Each studio may submit up to 10 printed posters and up to 5 animated posters.

1. Printed poster: 700 x 1000 mm, resolution 300 dpi, colour model: CMYK, without embedded colour profile, 3 mm bleed, no crop marks, maximum file size: 150 MB, saved in JPEG format. File name must contain only author’s full name (optionally additional numbering)
2. 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 exhibition will take place from June 13 to July 25, 2025, in the Main Square in Tarnów and at the Tarnów Cultural Centre.

Exhibition Curator: Dr. Wojciech Kołek
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Regulations of the 6th International Student Poster Confrontations Exhibition and Competition 2025

1. The aim of the exhibition and the competition of the 6 th International Student Poster Confrontation in Tarnów 2025 referred to as the Confrontations – is to analyze the current trends in poster development and to review academic design studios based on type, focus and the diversity of their curricula.

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.

Posters must have been created between April 2023 and April 2025.

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 requirement to submit posters in the Confrontations is the completion of the application form on the organizer’s website konfrontacjeplakatu.com by May 4 th , 2025, 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. 

  Printed poster: 700 x 1000 mm, resolution 300 dpi, colour model: CMYK, without embedded colour profile, 3 mm bleed, no crop marks, maximum file size: 150 MB, saved in JPEG format. File name must contain only author’s full name (optionally 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 from June 13 to July 25, 2025, in the Main Square in Tarnów and the Tarnów Cultural Centre. The opening reception will be held on June 13, 2025, at 6 pm.
• Depending on the number of entries the Program Board will select works which will be competing 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 will appoint a Competition Jury which will select winners among the authors and award cash prizes in two categories: printed poster and animated poster. Cash prize in the printed poster category: I place – 2000 PLN, II place – 1000 PLN. Cash prize in the animated poster category: I place – 2000 PLN, II place – 1000 PLN. The competition results will be announced on 13 June 2025 during the exhibition opening.

14. Applying for the Confrontations means:

• free of charge license to the submitted works by the Exhibition Curator for print, audio, video and online, all activities and publications related to the 6th International Student Poster Confrontations Exhibition and Competition. The grant is royalty free, perpetual and 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.