Arts
PHOTOGRAPHY
Lowepro 'Vertical World' Photographic Gallery
Lowepro 'Vertical World' Photography Competition
ART
WRITING
'High Times' Short Story Competition
OTHER
Aboriginal Involvement
Childrens Activities
Lowepro 'Vertical World' Photographic Gallery
presented by Lowepro, Metolius & Vision Graphics
Providing a visual feast at the festival will be the 'Vertical World' photography
gallery with striking professional prints by outstanding Australian and New Zealand photographers
on display. Presented for sale for the first time, the images will be available for a reasonable price
as a limited print run and will reflect the wide diversity of skill and unique vision of our talented
climbing photographers.
Lowepro 'Vertical World' Photography Competition
presented by Lowepro, Metolius & Vision Graphics
OVER $5,000 IN PRIZES UP FOR GRABS!!
In conjunction with the exhibition we are running a photography competition to which photographers can submit
digital image files for judging by acknowledged leaders in the field. Prizes will be awarded to first, second
and third place getters in each category and the awarded images will also be eligible for inclusion in the gallery.
CATEGORIES
1. Rock Climbing
2. Alpine Climbing
3. Mountain Landscape
4. Climbing Lifestyle
Each image can only be entered in one category. Subject matter can be from any world wide climbing or mountain
destination as long as it can be categorised into one of the four submission categories.
PRIZES
1st place- in all 4 categories WINS: $750 worth of Lowepro gear, you choose!
2nd place- in all 4 categories WINS: $500 worth of Metolius climbing products, you choose!
3rd place in all 4 categories WINS: An A3 size mounted print of your image on Fuji Crystal archive paper with
gloss finish. Professional prints by 'Vision Graphics'
Some of the images will be on display in the 'ROCKSTOCK' area of the festival from Saturday 7th till Sunday 8th - hours
are 9.30am till 6.30pm for this area.
ENTRY DETAILS
Send us up to 6 of your best shots in each of the above categories - please be selective, we want to see well-executed
imagery. The competition is open to all photographers regardless of their level of professionalism or lack thereof!
The photos don't have to be taken recently - they can be from any era as long as they have never been previously published.
We are accepting digital file submissions via post on CD only. So if you have a brilliant shot on negative or transparency
film that you want to enter then you'll need to have it professionally scanned first. Colour or Black and White images are
fine, so are digitally altered files. Montages or new elements added to the original photo are not acceptable.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
FORMAT: Images must be sent as digital files.
FILE SIZE: Entrants can enter any digital file size in the competition and be in the running to win. However,
only images of a size 23cm x 36cm at 250dpi or more will be big enough to be exhibited in the gallery at the festival.
In essence it means to get your winning entry printed we will need a high resolution JPEG or 8 bit TIFF digital files
produced by a larger digital camera or from professionally scanned transparency or negative film.
SHARPENING:All digital image files require some sharpening before printing - just how much is dependent on their
final use. We are happy for you to sharpen your images but please indicate in the file name that the image is 'sharpened'.
If this annotation is not there we will assume no sharpening has been performed and we will sharpen the image for our
requirements at the time of judging and/or printing.
HOW TO ENTER
The total cost of entry is $25 paid by cheque, money order (payable to 'Australian Climbing Festival') or direct credit
(email us for details) for details. All entries must be accompanied by
an ENTRY FORM.
CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES
February 26th 2007
RETURN OF ENTRIES
All submitted CD's will be available for return in person at the festival gallery site only.
'Art of Climbing' Gallery
Download artist list here
We will be creating an extensive and atmospheric gallery of artwork including sculpture, paintings, drawings,
textiles, stone carving etc. from Australia's and New Zealand's 'climbing artists'.
We want to give creative climbers a chance to exhibit their works to a wide audience, and sell their works
if they desire.
If you are interested in submitting art to be displayed and/or sold in this gallery please
download this form and email it to us.
High Times will showcase the literary skills of new and established writers, giving
them an opportunity to let their talent flow and to win great prizes.
There are both fiction and non-fiction categories, with 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes in each. The First Prize
winner in each category will have their story published in our full colour festival programme (approx. 1000 copies).
All prize winners are invited to read their stories aloud to an audience in the Mad Rock Café.
Stories will be judged in Word Document format. However, if you wish to let your creative juices flow further,
feel free to also send us a hard copy with decorations/illustrations so that we can display it at the festival!
COMPETITION RULES
Two categories: 1. Fiction 2. Non-fiction
Length: 1000 words or less (strict word limit)
Topic: Must have a climbing theme, must be unpublished material.
Format: Stories must be sent by email as a Word Document to
here with the subject 'HIGH TIMES' or by mail to: High Times, PO Box 215, Mt Nebo QLD 4520.
Submissions Close: Monday Feb 11th 2007
PRIZES
Same prizes in each category
1st Prize - GORE-TEX® Jacket
2nd Prize - Mad Rock rock shoes
3rd Prize - Paddy Pallin Gift Voucher $100
CONDITIONS
When you enter the competition and become eligible for prizes you agree that your work, or any section of your work,
may be published in the festival program or in any other festival media, and displayed at the festival in either
hand written or printed form.
WINNERS JUST RELEASED!... stories to come soon
FICTION WINNERS
1st 'NARANJA' by Roger Bourne (wins top quality GORE-TEX® Jacket)
2nd 'SPARKS' by Stuart Hollaway (wins pair of Mad Rock shoes)
3rd 'SILENCE IS LOUD' by Gavin Oliver (wins a Paddy Pallin $100 Gift Voucher)
NON-FICTION WINNERS
1st 'GRAND FATHER' by Martin Pircher (wins top quality GORE-TEX® Jacket)
2nd 'THE ANTI FROM' by Roger Bourne (wins pair of Mad Rock shoes)
3rd 'MY FIRST FLEECE JACKET' by Cerin McMillan (wins Paddy Pallin $100 Gift Voucher)
Local Aboriginal Involvement
The local Aboriginal people are getting involved in this festival.
They have granted us use of part of The Gully area which is an indigenous site next to the Sports and Aquatic Center. The parts of The Gully we will be using include Catalina Lake and the Catalina Racetrack.
There is going to be a guided walk through The Gully area as well as a traditional Cupmurri (earth oven) event with Kangaroo and Emu being cooked underground.
THE GULLY WALK
The Gully is an indigenous site that surrounds the festival venue where a natural spring-fed creek winds through bushland. It was the last remaining settlement for Aboriginal people in the Blue Mountains until in 1957 the residents were made to leave to make way for the Catalina Racetrack. The racetrack has since been closed and The Gully has been declared an Aboriginal Place (the largest in NSW). Artefacts have been found pre-dating European settlement.
Some of the original residents of The Gully are still living in the area and these elders are going to be conducting a tour of this special place during the festival - telling stories of where people lived and how they lived. All donations will go towards bush regeneration in The Gully.
See Aboriginal Marquee at the festival for times. Suggested Donation $5 - $10 (Children Free)
Childrens Activities - Family Hours 10.00am - 2.00pm Each Day
CRAFT TENT
Get those creative juices flowing in the craft tent - limited to children under the age of 99.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10.00am - 2.00pm
FACE PAINTING
SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10.00am - midday
CIRCUS STALL
Poi, unicycles, juggling, tricks and more...also limited to children under the age of 99.
LITTLE ADVENTURERS COMP
See ‘competition’ pages for details of the 'Dead Hang Comp'
PUBLIC CLIMBING ON THE WALL
The speed competition wall is open to the public with qualified belayers ready and waiting so that anyone can have a go! Open to all ages. $3 SUNDAY 12.00pm - 2.30pm Escalade Competition Wall
