Rules

All entries by individuals must be sent to Your Organising FAI Member Country by their deadline and not direct to the FAI or to another FAI member which is not from your country.

The Theme for the 2025 Contest is

"Women with Wings"

See the theme's explanatory note

The FAI is particularly concerned with all forms of sporting and recreational aviation, including:

BALLOONING
GLIDING
PARACHUTING
AEROBATICS
HANG - GLIDING and PARAGLIDING
MICROLIGHT / ULTRALIGHT FLYING
MODEL AIRCRAFT
LIGHT AIRCRAFT
HELICOPTER FLYING
SPACE WORLD RECORDS

FAI Member organisations are responsible for making arrangements in each country for a national competition, or similar process of selection, for young people resident in their countries. Some guidelines on how to organise this are also attached. We recommend that the prizes for winners of national competitions should include visits to sport aviation airports and museums, and if possible flights in light aircraft, gliders or balloons. Each FAI Member organisation may submit to FAI a maximum of 9 paintings (3 in each years of birth category).

Address for Entries

All entries by individuals must be sent to Your Organising FAI Member Country by their deadline and not direct to the FAI or to another FAI member which is not from your country.

Only entries sent by FAI Members, and which arrive in Lausanne by the closing date, will be considered by the International Jury.

All entries from FAI members (and not from individuals directly) must be received at the FAI Office at the following address before 1 April 2025:

Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
Avenue de Rhodanie 54
CH-1007 Lausanne
Switzerland

Entries were judged by an International Jury. The winners in each age group will receive Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals, together with diplomas. These medals and diplomas are sent to the FAI Member organisations in the appropriate countries as soon as possible after judging is completed. The FAI delegates from the countries concerned are responsible for arranging a suitable occasion for the presentation of the awards.

Entries, once received by FAI will become and remain the property of FAI, which may use them for a variety of purposes. FAI Members are therefore encouraged to make good quality colour copies of their winners' work for public relations purposes before sending the entries to Lausanne.

Eligibility

All children in the age groups shown below are encouraged to participate in the Contest, even if they are related to officials or employees of the FAI or any of its member organisations. Participation in the National contests is limited to residents of that country.

Age Groups

Entries were judged in 3 classes:

Group I - Junior Category (Date of birth between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2018).
Group II - Intermediate Category (Date of birth between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2014).
Group III - Senior Category (Date of birth between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2010)

Format

The required format is A3 (297 x 420 mm or 11 3/4 X 16 ½ inches) or, if this is unobtainable in your country, the nearest possible equivalent.

Artwork must not be framed or outlined with borders.

Medium

All artwork must be done by hand (or, in the case of handicapped children, by foot or mouth). Any of the following media are permitted:

Watercolor
Acrylic
Oil paint
Indelible marker pens
Felt-tip pens
Soft ball-point pens
Indelible ink
Colored pencils
Crayola, or any similar indelible medium

The following media are NOT permitted:
No pencil, charcoal or other non-permanent medium may be used.
No computer-generated artwork is permitted.
No collage work involving the use of photocopies is permitted.

Markings

The following details should be clearly shown on the back of art:

Title
Family name
Given name
Post address
E-mail address
Date of birth (Day/Month/Year)
Country of residence
Name and address of school which child attends
Certificate of Authenticity

Title

There is no need for a title on the poster and entrants can decide for themselves whether or not to include one; however there should be a clearly recognisable link to the theme of the contest.