一、大赛宗旨     

二、组织单位

三、作品要求

       （一）参赛者每人至多3件作品设计稿。设计作品需要契合紫砂的特性，充分体现紫砂作为泡茶利器的显著性。投稿作品必须为本人/团队作品，投稿作品不得带有任何水印。

       （二）设计图包括主视图，俯视图，左视图3个基本视图，需画面清晰。

       （三）限 2019年 ( 含 ) 以后的设计，设计图一律为作者原创，投稿者必须保证作品无知识产权问题，系由本人原创或可全权代表合作者。

四、参赛资格

五、奖项与参赛者义务

（一）奖项内容

       8、赠所有得奖者及入选者专刊 1 册，陶文化节礼品一份。

（二）获奖者义务

       奖金须依法纳税。

七、参赛特别约定

       4、本简章如有未尽事宜，在主办方审议修改后由承办方公布解释。

八、具体时间安排

九、通讯联络（暂定）

    I. Purpose of the Competition     

II. About the Organizers

III. Entry Expectations

IV. Participation Eligibility

V. Awards and Participant Obligations

       1) One Elite Award, with a bonus of 60,000 RMB and a certificate.

       2) Two Gold Awards, each with a bonus of 30,000 RMB and a certificate. If the Elite Award is vacant, an extra Gold Award can be added.

       3) Five Silver Awards, each with a bonus of 10,000 RMB, and a certificate.

       4)Ten Bronze Awards, each with a bonus of 5,000 RMB, and a certificate.

       5) 50 Honorable Mentions, each with a bonus of 500 RMB, and a certificate.

       6) Several outstanding organization awards and award certificates.

       7) The copyright of the winning design draft belongs to the designer and the Yixing Ceramic Association, and the designer has the right for authorship.

       8) One Special Issue for all winners and winning designs, and a gift from the Tao Culture Festival.

       Bonuses must be taxed in accordance with the law. 

       1) No registration fee is required.

       2)How to Register

       Download the entry form and submit it together with the design draft to the official email address: worldteapotart@163.com. The subject of the email should be marked with “author's name + the first Taodu Cup Zisha Tea Ware Design Competition”. Please see the attachment for the Entry Form.

       3) The design concept must be provided in the Entry Form, with 100-300 words required.

       4) Submission Deadline: March 31, 2022 China, Beijing time.

       5)The judges will be announced after being selected by the organizer.

       Those who complete the registration procedures within the registration period will be eligible to participate in the preliminary examination. The shortlist for the preliminary review will be announced on the official website of the Yixing Ceramic Industry Association and the official WeChat account before April 15, 2022, and the selected candidates will be notified to participate in the review by email. (If you did not receive the email notification before April 15, 2022, please check the results of the preliminary review online and contact the event organizer immediately. If you did not contact the event organizer before April 15, 2022, and the work failed to participate in the review on time, it is deemed to have abstained from participating in the competition.)

       1) The shortlisted authors of the preliminary review are expected to submit the registration form and put all the drawings and that can show the design work, including renderings, perspective drawings, horizontal and vertical sectional drawings, in one compressed folder and send to the designated email: worldteapotart@163.com, before April 30, 2022. The size of the submitted drawings is A4 (210mm × 297mm), which can be customized either horizontally or vertically.

       2) Please use the zip file format for the submitted files for review. The naming method of the package folder is: review + author name + the first Taodu Cup Zisha Tea Utensils Design Competition.

       3) High-definition files (not less than 1M) are required for reviewing drawings.

       4)Entries in the following situations will be regarded as abstentions:

       • Works submitted after the deadline

       • The submitted documents do not meet the standards, are damaged or incomplete

       The winners will be announced at the opening ceremony of the 11th China Yixing International Ceramic Culture and Art Festival on May 18, 2022（pending）, and will be announced on the official website of the Yixing Ceramic Industry Association, as well as being notified by email.

VII. Special Agreement for Participation

       1. For design drafts that have not been awarded, the entrant has the final copyright of the entry, but the organizer has the right to use the work for non-commercial purpose, such as exhibition, promotion, publication, etc.

       2. Participants must ensure that the entry is original, with complete ownership, has not won any other prize, and does not infringe the copyright of others. Otherwise, the organizer has the right to cancel the winning or selection qualifications, and to recover bonuses and certificates.

       3. After signing up, participants are deemed to agree to accept all the terms and conditions of this agreement. The participants grant the organizer the free use of the entries (including the materials provided by the participants to the organizer) for display, translation, publication, publicity, etc. in the exhibition and related supporting activities, and allows the free use of the information, including all kinds of photos, videos, audios and other materials, that is formed during the contest after the end of the contest.

       4. For any matters not covered in this agreement, the organizer will announce and explain after being reviewed and revised by the hosts.

VIII. Detailed Schedule

IX. Contacts