Gentlemen, Start Your Contests
Right before Spring is another, fifth season: The Season of Creative Contests.
I'm not kidding (did you think I would?), AIGA and Communication Arts are opening the floodgates for contestants for their Illustration, Design, and Photography competitions.
Starting with AIGA's 365 Design competition:
Work in all media that has been designed, produced and used in the marketplace between January 1 and December 31, 2007. (The contest) represents the best work across all disciplines of communication design and strategy and "50 Books/50 Covers" represents the 50 best book covers and 50 best book designs for the given year, both chosen by a jury of industry peers.
The contest includes: Brand and identity systems, Corporate communications design, Package design, Editorial design and illustration, Typographic design, Promotional design and advertising, Experience design, Entertainment design, and Information design.
Deadline is March 7th. Entry fees are $35 for members, $55 for nonmembers, per individual entry.
Details here at the AIGA site.
49th Annual Communication Arts Illustration Competition
Any Illustration first printed or produced between March 14, 2007 and March 11, 2008 is eligible. Selected by a nationally representative jury of distinguished designers, art directors and illustrators, the winning entries will be published in the July 2008 Illustration Annual. Over 70,000 copies of the Illustration Annual will be distributed worldwide, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work. As a service to art directors, designers and art buyers, a comprehensive index will carry addresses and telephone numbers of the illustrators represented.
Categories include: Advertising, Books, Editorial, For Sale, Institutional, Motion/Animation, Self-Promotion, and Unpublished.
Deadline is March 11th. Entry fees are $30 for a single entry, $60 for a series.
Details here at the Comm Arts site.
49th Annual Communication Arts Photography Competition
Any photograph first printed or produced between March 14, 2007 and March 11, 2008 is eligible. Selected by a nationally representative jury of distinguished designers, art directors and photographers, the winning entries will be published in the August 2008 Photography Annual. Over 70,000 copies of the Photography Annual will be distributed worldwide, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work. As a service to art directors, designers and art buyers, a comprehensive index will carry addresses and telephone numbers of the photographers represented.
Categories also include: Advertising, Books, Editorial, For Sale, Institutional, Motion/Animation, Self-Promotion, and Unpublished.
(For Sale? Like a picture of your 4x4 Ford F250?)
Deadline is March 11th. Entry fees are $30 for a single entry, $60 for a series.
I'll post the details of the Aquent Chili Cook Off once everything's set.
