Okay! I have never done a contest before, but I would like to host one, or cohost one, but this is going to be something special.

I would like to create a contest for traditional art mediums. So what is the cause? I want this to be a benifit contest. I want to make a donation to the World Wildlife Federation with funds raised from the sales of all the Prints made for this contest. This is how I see it: the contest is advertised a lot, gains interest, and gets all sorts of artists to pitch in and make prints of their submission. There will be some sort of pledge, in that by entering this contest you promise there will be no personal profit, but that all sales will go toward one giant donation to help save the world for, the span of the contest, say, a couple of months.

Well, THAT'S not too hard, and it would be doing something nice.

What do the winners get? They will get an assortment of prizes - guaranteed purchases of their prints, subscriptions, journal features, Prints accounts... anything. But I need people to contribute, because, unfortunately, I'm just a university student with no money and dreams that are maybe too big.

What do you think? Interested in helping out with prizes? Interested in participating? Want to give some feedback?

Thanks!