Want your art, poetry, dance, drama music, short film or writing to be showcased to the world?
Got a story to tell about the wonders of tuna and tuna fishing? Are you a national of Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands or Tuvalu? If your answers are YES, then enter the PNA WORLD TUNA DAY ART & TALENT QUEST!
Held by the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) the PNA WORLD TUNA DAY ART & TALENT QUEST will award a prize of $3000 USD for the winning entry, feature it on the PNA’s websites and promote it in international media on World Tuna Day, May 2. This year we will also offer a Student Prize to the best entry by a secondary (high school) student.
How to enter:
1) Create an artwork, performance or film on one or all these themes:
• Pacific Tuna in the wild
• Tuna and local cultures and lifestyles
• Pacific ways of fishing for Tuna
• Islanders working together to conserve and manage tuna
2) Prepare your entries to send – if you are entering artwork please take photos or scans of the work, if you are entering dance or drama please film the performances and submit as a video file. Music may be submitted as audio or video files. Short films must be 20 minutes or less and uploaded to a secure site or low res versions can be emailed.
3) Label your entry with the following details:
NAME
ADDRESS
NATIONALITY
EMAIL/PHONE
CATEGORY (PICK ADULT OR STUDENT)
4) Email PNA your writing (poetry or short story max 5000 words), pictures of your artwork, short films (20 minutes or less) or filmed music, dance and drama performances. Send your work to email worldtunaday@pnatuna.com by 5pm (Majuro time) MONDAY 17 APRIL 2017.
Entry is free. No late entries accepted. Entrants with winning artwork and films will be required to submit these to the PNA office. Proof of nationality will be required for the winning entry before prize is awarded.