Life and Education in Japan Series: Cover Art / Photography Contest
(Submissions due by February 1st, 2020) 

2020 will see the launch of books in the Life and Education in Japan series and we are inviting submissions for potential photography or other artwork suitable for the cover of one or more of the forthcoming titles. The series is edited by Diane Hawley Nagatomo, a professor at Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, and ​Melodie Cook a professor at the University of Niigata Prefecture. An active and professional community of scholars live and work in Japan with many affordances and challenges that the context provides. In addition to navigating academic roles, international scholars are also faced with challenges related to language and cultural barriers. This series is designed to publish volumes on a range of topics related to the life of academics and expatriates living and working in Japan. Titles in the Life and Education in Japan series will be of interest to academics and expatriates living and working in Japan, or to scholars with an interest in Japan. For more details of the series, please visit
https://www.candlinandmynard.com/japan.html

Details

We invite submissions for photography or other artwork to be considered for the cover pages of the three forthcoming titles and/or subsequent titles. 

Forthcoming titles
  • Intercultural Families and Education in Japan: Experiences, Issues, and Challenges. Edited by Melodie Lorie Cook and Louise George Kittaka Read more... 
  • Foreign Female English Teachers in Japanese Higher Education: Narratives From our Quarter. Edited by Diane Hawley Nagatomo, Kathleen Brown, and Melodie Cook Read more
  • Teacher Narratives From the Eikaiwa Classroom: Moving Beyond "McEnglish". Edited by Daniel Hooper and Natasha Hashimoto Read more....

Information about the contest:
  • The submission deadline is February 1st 2020
  • Entries will be judged anonymously by a panel which includes artists, authors, and editors
  • The winners will be announced by February 8th on the website and via social media
  • Winners will receive one free print copy and one free digital copy of the book once it is published
  • Winning entries will be displayed on the online gallery on the Candlin & Mynard website

Artistic guidelines
  • Entries must be high resolution digital copies submitted via email to [email protected] 
  • The entry can be a work of any medium and in any style e.g. photography, graphic art, paintings, illustrations, screenshots, etc.
  • Retouching and manipulation of photographs for artistic effect is permitted
  • The number of entries per person is limited to five​

Legal information

Ownership
  • The artist retains the copyright of the image.
  • Candlin & Mynard will ensure that a copyright notice in the artist’s name in compliance with the Universal Copyright Convention appears in all copies of the Work and in all sub-licensed copies.
  • Artists will be acknowledged in writing within the book and on the website

Use of the image
  • Candlin & Mynard may use the image in promotional materials
  • Candlin & Mynard will display the book cover containing the image electronically available via the internet and on promotional materials without charge.
  • The artist may re-use the image in other works as long as it does not compete with the published book, i.e. it should not be used in connection with an alternative/similar academic book.
  • Candlin & Mynard will not use the Image in any other project and may not distribute the Image apart from as a book cover or related promotional materials without consent from the artist.
  • Candlin & Mynard may make minor edits the Image (i.e. cropping), but no matters of substance may be altered without consultation with the artist.

Compensation
  • The artist will not be paid for the image.
  • The artist will not receive royalties based on sales of the book.

​Copyright
  • The image must not contain material that is in any way an infringement of any existing copyright;
  • The artist must not be aware of any claim or other adverse matter that may prevent or hinder production, publication or marketing of the book

Publication details

Publication date: 2020
Ebook, $19.99 [will be available from Amazon Kindle, Apple, Kobo and other ebook stores]
Print book, $30.00 - $35.00 [Will be available from Amazon and other online booksellers]
Series: Life and Education in Japan
Series editors: Diane Hawley Nagatomo and Melodie Cook