PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Eagles Initiative was launched in May 2010 as an independent offshoot of
the Eagle Awards to find and promote new creators in a worldwide talent
search. With many industry professionals graciously agreeing to donate their
time to judge a shortlist of twelve entries to form three prize winners, and
with Stan Lee as its patron, it was a bold experiment.
"Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, I have had to reluctantly cancel
this years Eagles Initiative competition due to low turnout," announced
organiser Barry Renshaw. "Though many entries were of a very high standard,
there were not enough submissions to make the competition viable. It's a
decision that is bitterly disappointing to me and everyone involved,
especially after the amount of time and effort put into it, but considering
the poor response it was the only option."
Renshaw has stated that "all registration fees are being refunded and as per
the guidelines, all submissions remain creator owned and of course will not
be published by the Initiative." Entrants have already been informed.
While admitting to be "personally gutted" by the cancellation, Renshaw added
"we will be looking at developing smaller more localised projects in the
future. We still believe a proactive and progressive approach to finding and
developing new talent is important and the Eagles Initiative will pursue
that mandate in the future. In the meantime I want to take this opportunity
to personally thank all the industry professionals for offering their time
for free to be a competition judge, and for lending their support to what I
still believe to be a unique opportunity for undiscovered talent."
For further information contact:
Barry Renshaw
Eagles Initiative Organiser
editor@enginecomics.co.uk
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