Who can take part?

All students of art, design, graphic and communication design and architecture can take part in the competition, as long as they are enrolled in a state or private art college or university at the time of entering. Graduates can also take part if they completed their studies less than twelve months ago.
The competition is open to all countries. Excluded from the competition are posters that have been previously published or publicised before 1 August 2013.

Content-related, formal and legal requirements

All posters have to include the following text:

• in German: “Wasser ist Leben”, or
• in English: “Water is Life”
• and the “Water for Life 2005–2015” logo

Further text, information or slogans can be added if desired.

Up to 4 posters can be submitted per entrant (as individual works or as a series). All posters must be submitted digitally (by uploading them online) and must meet the following requirements:

The entrant must be the exclusive copyright holder and author of the poster. Through the completion and submission of the competition form (to be completed online and submitted with the uploaded poster file!), the entrant confirms that he or she is the exclusive copyright holder and author of the poster.

1. Format: DIN A4
   (21.0 cm x 29.7 cm, portrait or landscape format)
2. Resolution: 400 – 600 dpi
3. Colour mode: RGB
4. File format: JPEG (Quality factor: 10 – 12)
5. Maximum file size: 15 MB
6. File name (This should be named as follows: first name, surname, country, date (year-month-day) and, if several submissions are made, please number them consecutively). Example: ‘John_Doe_USA_2014–11–08_No01’
7. Brief description of the poster concept (see online form)