Today, 28 August 2025: Due to a technical problem, we are asking all those who have not received an acknowledgement of receipt to send their drawing independently of the e-mail sent, specifying in the subject line : URGENT DRAWING COMPETITION
LMDS.asso@yahoo.com
For this reason, we're extending the deadline for entries by a few days, and to apologise for this inconvenience, we're extending the age limit for entries by one year.
Deadline: 7 September.
Age limit : 31 years old in 2025
TECHNICAL INFORMATION :
- A drawing in colour (no black and white, sepia or two-tone)
- Dimensions 115 mm (millimetres) by 115 mm (millimetres).
- There is no bleed because the design is placed on a background (the colour of the background, chosen afterwards, depends on the proposed design).
- all techniques are permitted. Please do not generate any AI images, even partial.
- Send a 300 DPI photo of your project by email in JPG or PNG photo format.
- Do not place any text in the design, or signature.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION :
- Be aged no more than 30
- Have read and accepted the charter relating to the drawing competition. (A simple mention in the e-mail is sufficient).
- Don't forget to include your surname, first name, date of birth, place of residence and telephone number (for contact on WhatsApp) in the email you send, along with a short bio.
- Languages read by Renaissens: French, English, Russian
Draw the cover of the novel with the working title : The Other Juliette. This book is available in all bookshops.
Deadline for submission: 25 August 2025
12:00 (PARIS TIME)
LMDS.ASSO@YAHOO.COM
See editorial and technical information below / opposite
Editorial information
Summary of the novel
Juliette has always lived with cystic fibrosis, an invisible but implacable disease that forces her to live with the rhythm of treatments, precautions and an uncertain future. When she met Sébastien in Paris, at the end of her law studies, she chose not to talk about her condition, driven by the desire to live a "normal" life. A year later, when they moved in together, she finally told him the truth. He soon discovers the brutality of the illness - but above all Juliette's strength - during a three-week stay in hospital for a severe lung infection.
Instead of pulling away, he loves her more. But this love clashes with the well-ordered certainties of his bourgeois family (Bon chic, bon genre - BCBG -, living in the very beautiful districts of Paris), who are not at all ready to accept the illness... and the love that disturbs.
TIPS FOR ROOFING
- Avoid using characters with realistic features (they will never resemble the characters in the novel).
- Choose a symbolic-abstract form or characters in backlighting/Chinese shadows...
- Locations: Paris Latin Quarter - hospital intensive care unit - Juliette covered in dressings and infusions - Giverny, Monnet's house where Sébastien proposes to Juliette - Parisian garden that Juliette often walks through (Luxembourg Gardens style, Paris 6th arrondissement) - cafe terraces in old Paris - Sébastie's family (30-year-old sister and parents who are very "bon chic bon genre" and a bit stuffy, They have an art nouveau house in the 16th arrondissement) - the Parisian balcony of Juliette and Sébastien's flat (a Hausmann-style building), where Juliette and Sébastien often meet for a drink and a chat - Cristina, a rather extravagant young woman.
- A recurring theme is the glasses of Proseco they drink.
- Juliette's suitcase of medicines and her inhaler.
- WARNING: there are no palm trees in Paris. No exotic trees.
- Even if there are medical elements (however discreet or symbolic) the cover should make the reader want to buy the book.
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