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Like to wear your heart on your sleeve and your style on your tee? Here’s your chance!

MICANVAS 2010 brings to you two t-shirt designing events. It is time to get those creative juices flowing and let the ideas loose. So grab those colours and get started on -

1. Design a t-shirt that represents you, AND/OR

2. Design a t-shirt for MICANVAS 2011

No boundaries. No specifications. Only make sure all t-shirts designed have the MICANVAS logo on it.

Prizes in store? Goodies worth Rs. 7,500 for each event.

This is an online submission, single round event. Entries close: Oct 28^th. Mail entries to micanvas@micamail.in with the subject splaT_ParticipantName_Institute

The first thought that comes to any foreigner’s mind when they think about India is elephants, snake charmers and, for the slightly better informed, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and ‘Jai ho’. If you’re as tired of these stereotypes as we are, and want to show India as more than just an incredibly colourful movie set then you should participate in this one.

The Brief: This event is a print ad competition that showcases India as it is in the 21st century and the path it is on. It is about repositioning our country in terms of image and letting her personality shine through.

Prizes: Sony Cybershot Camera

Deadline: 24th October, 2010

The Medium: Print

Rules:
• Each participant may submit a maximum of 3 print ads
• The format of the ads will be .jpeg or .png
• The file size must not exceed 5 MB
• The winner as decided by the panel of judges, from the entries that get the highest votes, shall be final.

Terms and Conditions

• The work must be original.
• The entry must not hurt religious/cultural sensibilities.
• Any entry using a brand must not portray the brand negatively. We reserve the right to take down such entries at a brand’s request.
• Shortlists for the video and print categories will be announced on 24 October 2010.
• Participants with shortlisted entries will have to be present during the announcement of winners to be eligible to win.

Visit http://www.brandpotion.com/competitions/micanvas for more.

Everyone gets struck by big ideas when we least expect them. What we hope is that you have a Big Green Idea, because the world needs it. Be it carbon emission management plans or vermicomposting in super efficient ways, we’re open to ideas of any sort, provided they work… but let the users be the judge of that.

The Brief: Big Green Idea basically involves coming up with a business plan for a venture that would provide innovative solutions to our growing environmental problems. The idea should seek to include:
a. Problem statement
b. Business Plan
c. Solutions provided

The Medium: Concept

Prizes: Samsung Corby

Deadline: 24th October, 2010

Rules:
• Not (m)any
• The business plan can be uploaded as a .PPT or .DOC
• Just upload your submission before the deadline.
• The winner as decided by the panel of judges, from the entries that get the highest votes, shall be final.

Please visit http://www.brandpotion.com/competitions/micanvas for further details.

So many of us never tire of filming moments with our friends making fools of themselves or just filming anything, but then there are some of us who have that hidden Kubrick mixed with a Kotler. Yes, really. This event is for that rare breed.

The Brief: Participants are expected to pick a product of their choice, and showcase it in film form, interweaving it through the narrative. Strategic product placement and subliminal advertising is what this event is all about.

Contestants will also be required to add an explanation for the film, detailing the following:
a. Why the product
b. Concept of the film
c. Relevance of the product in the film

The Medium: Video

Prizes: BlackBerry Phone

Deadline: 24th October, 2010

Rules:
• There is no restriction on products.
• The film should not exceed 6 minutes.
• The explanation supporting the video must not exceed 500 words.
• The winner as decided by the panel of judges, from the entries that get the highest votes, shall be final.
• The winning entry will be showcased at MICANVAS 2010.

Visit http://www.brandpotion.com/competitions/micanvas