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Five more days to enter your marvelous creations in the Annual URSA Award Competition sponsored by Bears&Buds your monthly online teddy bear magazine.
New categories! More prizes and awards; cash cards too!
Somewhere between design and completion is the perfect blend of artistic balance. And in the tradition of the greatest fine arts establishments, Bears&Buds announces its Third Annual Major Worldwide Competition which is open to all teddy bear and soft sculpture artist worldwide.
URSA is not just another name for bear or a constellation, URSA is an acronym for the criteria by which we ask readers, collectors, artists, friend and family to judge each entry.
U - Unparalled beauty.
R - Rarety of vision.
S - Style beyond compare.
A - Artistic merit.
Voting is bestowed on our site visitors, collectors and readers in two rounds of voting beginning July 1 and August 14 to determine the finalists and winner of the URSA Major Award. Awards will be announced and presented on October 15, 2008.
While we strive to acknowledge the excellence of artists in the teddy bear world, we recognize the abilities of our Bears&Buds' readers to pinpoint those works worthy of the highest honors.
Therefore, there will be no judging panels, no jury to winnowing the entries down to a select few, to be then voted upon by our site visitors, collectors, artist, friends and family better known as the collecting public.
The collecting public will be the only judges and they will have an opportunity to view each and very entry.
The other major difference between the Ursa Awards Competition and other contests, pertains to our overall emphasis on both bears and buds (soft sculpture art). You can enter a bear or a bud in every category. For those of you who specialize in animals other than bears, you are no longer limited to just one category but are eligible to enter all categories with your various creations.
Grab your camera, grab your bears or buds and enter now! Online application is on our web site.
Or cut and paste this link: http://www.bearsandbuds.com/ursa/URSA-2008-Intro.asp
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
Bearhugs!
Valerie Rogers
Publisher/Executive Editor
www.bearsandbuds.com
(502) 423-STAR
3428 Hillvale Rd
Louisville, KY 40241
