Competition Alert! [Graphic Design]

AGDA Poster Annual 2011

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•  Category:  Graphic Design
  Deadline:  August 12, 2011  (23 days left)
  Contest’s Website:  [link]

  The theme for the 2011 AGDA Poster Annual is “Inspired by Music”. Entrants are invited to be inspired and interpret this theme however they wish.
  Music is perhaps the oldest of humanity’s creative endeavours. It is both an art form as well as a type of communication. The world over music is a source of entertainment, celebration, worship and expression. The diversity of music reflects the soul of the world and binds us all. We all experience music at emotional and cultural levels. It offers us our finest moments and records our trials and our joys. This is the power that we hope you can capture.

  We ask you, the entrants, to create posters about whatever you like. You can discuss whatever you wish as long as your subject matter stems from music in some way. Your approach may be as broad or as narrow as you wish. Your poster could be a portrait of your favourite composer or a social protest inspired by a song lyric – it is up to you.

  All posters are to be A0, 841 mm wide x 1189 mm high. All copyright and ownership of an entry to the AGDA Poster annual remains the property of the entrant.

  Eligibility

  The AGDA Poster Annual 2011 is open to both professionals and students from any field of design as well as those practicing in design-related fields.

  Entries may be submitted on an individual, collective (i.e. studio/agency) or collaborative basis, providing a clear description of authorship is supplied with each submission.

  Prize

  It is AGDA’s mission to promote the highest values of graphic design. Therefore the selected finalist posters will be exhibited in Sydney during Sydney Design 2011.

  The AGDA Poster Annual Exhibition is intended to engage the general public and creative industries with the finest works of Australian graphic designers. The AGDA Poster Annual is also offering a critical prize to add prestige to the event’s growing image. The prize is to be awarded by a jury of esteemed local and international poster designers of the highest standing. The winner of the critical prize will be announced as a part of the opening ceremony of the AGDA Poster Annual 2011 Exhibition.

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Competition Alert! [Photography]

Photography Book Now Competition

 Category:  Photography
Deadline:  July 14, 2011  (6 days left)
Contest’s Website:  [link]

Photography Book Now is an international juried competition celebrating the most creative, most innovative, and finest self-published photography books – and the people behind them.

PBN is open to working photographers, students, and creative enthusiasts, and is judged in four categories: Fine Art, Documentary, Travel, and Student.

• Fine Art:
Entries in this category should be books driven by the personal, artistic interests and concerns of the photographer. Successful submissions will add up to more than just the sum of their parts, whether the work is conceptual or stylistic, the aesthetic is deadpan or modernist, or the artistic practice is in the world of expressive arts or the world of performance.

• Documentary:
Entries in this category are books rooted in the documentary tradition or based on a long-term narrative project. It may be a broader project that evolves out of an assignment, or a personal project arising from your own interests. Successful submissions will be artfully made and tell a compelling story, whether personal or journalistic in nature.

• Travel:
Entries in this category are books about journeys that observe the world at large. Books about exploring far-flung places – or truly seeing what’s in your own backyard with the fresh eyes of a traveler. Successful submissions will convey a sense of curiosity about recognizing, investigating, and honoring places where life in all its complexity happens.

• Student:
This category is open to full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate college students. The work submitted may fit into any of the three professional categories: Fine Art, Documentary, or Travel. Student submissions are not restricted to a particular subject matter. Successful books in this category must have a clear thesis, be well-edited, and exhibit strong photographic talent and skills.

There is no limit to the number of Submissions that any Contestant can make in any category. Submission fee: USD $35 | UK £20 | EUR €27.50 | CAD $35 | AUD $35

Eligibility

The Photography Book Now International Juried Competition is open to Professionals and Students who are English-speaking adults, who are the age of 18 years or older (or of the age of majority in jurisdictions where the age of majority is over 18 years and where such Contests are legal).

Prize

All entries are reviewed by our panel of expert judges, who select a Grand Prize winner, the top winners in each category, first- and second-runners up in each category, and honorable mentions.

And once the judges have made the first cut, you – the people – get to vote for your own favorites to win the PBN People’s Choice Award.

• Grand Prize: $25,000
• Category Winners: $5,000
• People’s Choice Winners: $1,500

Competition Alert! [Architecture]

New one, thanks to Erike De Veyra for passing this one along!

Contact

Dominic Mercier
AIA Associates Committee

215-569-3186

When

Thursday June 30, 2011 at 12:00 AM EDT
-to-
Monday August 8, 2011 at 12:00 AM EDT

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Where

Center for Architecture
1218 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Driving Directions

RIDGE AVE: URBAN BENCH design competition

PREMISE

The RIDGE AVE: URBAN BENCH design competition challenges individuals or teams of architects, designers, builders, or students to design a new urban bench for bus stops along Ridge Avenue – a major off-grid avenue connecting the northwest neighborhoods of Philadelphia to the busy city center. Along with the competition, FNDC has developed an active commercial redevelopment strategy and a comprehensive neighborhood plan (www.francisvillendc.org).

TIMELINE
June 24          Competition Announcement
July 20            Registration Deadline @ 11:59pm EST ($15 fee)
August 8         Submission Deadline for Entries – Digitally & at the Center for Architecture
August 19        Announcement of Winning Entries at Exhibition Opening & Reception
Aug15 – Sept 3       Exhibition of Submitted Entries at the Center for Architecture
September 4    Entry Pick-up

REGISTRATION
All teams must register online by 11:59pm EST on July 20, 2011. This competition has an entry fee of $15 per individual/team that will be contributed to the construction of the RIDGE AVE: URBAN BENCH. An information packet with details will be emailed to each team upon registration. Questions may be emailed to: assocaia.designcompetitions@gmail.com.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Entries are to be one foam-core board sized at 24 x 36 inches, oriented landscape or portrait, with images and text conveying your design intent. Medium, technique, and vantage point of drawings may be determined by the entrant. Design should take constructability into account and consider a material palette that may withstand daily usage on a public urban street. Teams shall consider a budget of $500 for construction materials for each bench in their design entries. Design considerations may include planters and trash receptacles. These are neither mandatory nor limits for the design.

Models are welcome for inclusion in the exhibition at the Center for Architecture, but space is limited. All pieces must be mobile and easily removed from the space. Models built at  scale are preferred (1” : 4”). If you are submitting a physical model, you must drop off your model at the Center for Architecture at the same time as your physical board.

SUBMISSION PROCESS
Entrants must submit a digital version of their 24” x 36” board in PDF form to assocaia.designcompetitions@gmail.com by August 8, 2011 at 11:59PM EST.

Physical boards must be dropped off to the Center for Architecture (1218 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19107) no later than 6:00pm on August 8, 2011. The assigned registration number should be clearly visible in the bottom right corner on the back of the entry board and the underside of the model.
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AWARDS

First Prize:

$500 and the opportunity to construct two benches at prominent locations along Ridge Avenue

Second Prize:

$100 and $50 gift certificate to a local restaurant TBD

Third Prize:

$50 gift certificate to a local restaurant TBD

JURY
Jurors will include members from the PSRC, FNDC, AIA Philadelphia Associate Committee, and local fabricators.

Competition Alert! [Digital Imaging]

Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition

 Category:  Multiple Disciplines
Deadline:  September 30, 2011  (102 days left)
Contest’s Website:  [link]

For the eighth year Olympus is sponsoring a dynamic international competition that honors the world’s most extraordinary microscope images of life science subjects.

The Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition recognizes outstanding images of life science specimens captured through light microscopes, using any magnification, any illumination technique and any brand of equipment. Pseudo-colored and other computer-enhanced images are acceptable, as long as image manipulation is done to bring out specific information in the image.

Each person entering can submit up to five movies, images, or image sequences (such as time lapse series). Entries must include information on the importance or “story” behind the images. Winners are notified in late October and are announced publicly in November.

There is no entry fee.

Eligibility

The competition is open to anyone worldwide who is at least 18 years of age as of the date of entry.

Images that have earned any award, honorable mention, recognition or prize in any other commercially-sponsored competition are not eligible, but images that have earned academic recognition or been published in journals remain eligible for the BioScapes competition.

Prize

One first prize winner will earn Winner’s choice of Olympus products valued at $5,000 (US list at time of awards) and an expense paid trip for two to the awards reception in December, including transportation, accommodations at a local hotel and admission to the awards celebration event.

Nine additional winners will also receive valuable prizes from Olympus, and many more will receive recognition as honorable mentions.

Selected winning images also become part of a traveling exhibit tour of museums and academic institutions.

Competition Alert! [Illustrators]

Piracicaba International Humor Illustration Contest

 Category:  Illustration
Deadline:  July 20, 2011  (47 days left)
Contest’s Website:  [link]

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The 38th International Humor Exhibition, organized by the National Center for Graphic Humor of Piracicaba (Brazil), is now calling for entries.

Each artist may enter a maximum of 3 works per category:

• Cartoon (graphic humor with universal themes and timeless)
• Charge (graphic humor journalistic themes nowadays)
• Caricature (graphic humor that expresses the physical and / or personality character known)
• Comic Strips (graphic art in sequence, with plot closed in a standard format, usually published in newspaper columns)
• Vanguard (only works focussing on the theme Food, proposed by the organization)

Theme and graphical technique are free. Digital copies, signed by author and indicated that it is print number 1 will also be accepted.

Maximum measures allowed: 42 x 30 centimeters (A3) (16,54 x 11,81 inches)

Eligibility

Professional and amateur artists, Brazilians and foreigners can apply unpublished artworks that were not awarded until the closing date for entries.

Prize

The Awards are a total of R$ 35,000.00 (approx 22,000 USD), acquisitive Municipality of Piracicaba, divided as follows:

• Five prizes of 1st place in the amount of R$ 5,000.00 (approx 3,150 USD) each, divided among the categories.

• One award of R$ 10,000.00 (ten thousand reais) called GRAND PRIZE INTERNATIONAL HUMOR OF PIRACICABA chosen among the five winners of each category.

• For the winner of Grand Prize of International Humor of Piracicaba and for the first place winners of each category will be awarded trophies by cartoonist Zélio Alves Pinto.

It will be awarded a prize of R$ 3.131,11 (approx 2,000 USD) exclusively for the caricature category, purchasing value from the City Council of Piracicaba.

Competition Alert! [Architects/People Who are Into Savvy Fabrication]

Ok…soo…maybe I’m a little bit biased about this one [I AM a huge digi_fab geek], but this is a really stellar competition. I can think of at least twenty people off of the top of my head who would be more than well-suited for this competition [*Cough* Monika Wittig…LAN…Christian Jordan…Skylar Tibbits…*Cough*]… 🙂 Super cool..check it out!

Integrative Materialities: Design & Fabrication Competition

Register/Submit: Wednesday, June 15, 2011

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The Brooklyn-based design and fabrication studio, FLATCUT_, announces the ACADIA 2011 Design + Fabrication Competition, an international call for submissions that challenges academics and designers to push the boundaries of materials, minds, and machines. In a partnership with the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (“ACADIA”), FLATCUT_ is opening up their 100,000 square foot fabrication facility, complete with more than 100 cutting-edge machines, as a laboratory for the competition.

UPDATE: The jury has been announced, and consists of Bjarke Ingels, Tod Williams, Dror Benshetrit of Studio Dror and Tom Wiscombe of Emergent.

Each year ACADIA attracts pioneers in computational design to discuss new discoveries in their respective fields. This year FLATCUT_ is offering them the opportunity to translate their ideas into physical form. “We want them to challenge us and to challenge what our machines can do,” says FLATCUT_ founder Tomer Ben-Gal. “We believe this is a great opportunity for designers to search through our encyclopedia of machines and generate innovative ways of combining materials and creating new forms.”

FLATCUT_ and ACADIA are looking for participants to explore integrative material strategies in three design categories: lighting, partitions, and furniture. The jury will be announced in May. Winning designs will be fabricated by FLATCUT_ and exhibited at the ACADIA Conference in Calgary, Canada in October 2011. In addition to having their designs built, the winning designers will receive a $1000 stipend, free admission to the conference and the opportunity to speak on a panel led by Ben-Gal and other Conference organizers.

Designs should demonstrate an experimental approach to the problem of digitally fabricating multiple part assemblies that address both themes of the conference: integrative trajectories- the areas of overlap between design and other disciplines such as computer science, material science, mathematics, and biology – and the performance criteria of the category in which they are situated. Contestants are encouraged to minimize waste and fully engage the performance of their selected materials, to be creative and inventive with their choice of materials and take risks in their material pairings.

“We want to promote design that engages the latent potentials of multiple materials simultaneously in a way that is innovative and takes advantage of the growing range of technologies becoming embedded into the design process.”, said Jason S. Johnson, ACADIA 2011 Co-Chair.

For full competition details or to enter go to:
www.acadia.org/acadia2011/competition.html

Entry Fee: $100

FLATCUT_ is a fabrication studio with a design sensibility that is committed to expanding the creative horizons of designers and architects by exposing them to working models that transcend the traditional, and introducing them to new computational and material capabilities. While they maintain a comprehensive machine shop with state of the art technology and can operate in the traditional sense of “fabricator,” they are excited to be at the forefront of a new design era that integrates the cerebral, creative and material processes. Their design studio in DUMBO, Brooklyn in conjunction with their 100,000 square foot fabrication house in Passaic, NJ is dedicated to pushing the limits of architecture and design through machinery.

The ACADIA 2011 Annual Conference will explore integrative trajectories and areas of overlap that have emerged through computation between design, its allied disciplines of engineering and construction, and other fields, such as computer science, material science, mathematics and biology. The conference will highlight experimental projects in which methods, processes, and techniques are discovered, appropriated, adapted, and altered from elsewhere, and digitally pursued.

Competition Alert! [Typography]

Communication Arts is hosting a call for entries for a typography competition. Get in there!

Description Below, Yo. Lust on!

Typography Competition

Deadline: September 9, 2011

Entries submitted after that date require a $10 per entry late fee.

Our juried competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering.
Chosen by a jury of leading design professionals, the selected entries will be distributed worldwide in the Communication Arts Typography Annual and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.

2012 Typography Jury

Richard Kegler, founder/lead designer, P22 type foundry, Buffalo, NY
Erik Spiekermann, creative director/managing partner, Edenspiekermann, Berlin, Germany
Tiffany Wardle, typographer/graphic designer, Typegirl, San Jose, CA

View Previous Winners

What to Enter: Information on eligibility, categories and fees.
How to Enter: Information on preparation of entries and forms.
Typography Competition FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions about applications and file formats.

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What to Enter

Any project printed, published or aired for the first time within the two years prior to the deadline is eligible. Entries may originate from any country, but we need an English translation for the jurors. Submission of entries acknowledges the right of Communication Arts to use them for publication and exhibition.

Typography Competition Categories/Fees
These categories are judged by the typography jury and will appear in the Typography Annual:
Advertising: $35 single entry/$70 series
Brochures: $35 single entry/$70 series
Posters: $35 single entry/$70 series
Ephemera: $35 single entry/$70 series
Packaging: $35 single entry/$70 series
Books: $35 single entry/$70 series
Periodicals: $35 single entry/$70 series
Digital Media: $35 single entry/$70 series
Environmental: $35 single entry/$70 series
Identity: $35 single entry/$70 series
Motion: $80 single entry/$160 series
Typeface Design: $35 single entry/$70 series
Calligraphy/Handlettering: $35 single entry/$70 series
Miscellaneous: $35 single entry/$70 series
Unpublished: $35 single entry/$70 series

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How to Enter

All competition entries are processed through our online entry system. Printed Call-for-Entry forms are no longer used.

Before you begin the process of entering a competition, please have the following information and materials ready. This will make the process go quickly:

-Your contact information for registration and notification.
-Title of each project.
-Any digital files you might want to submit saved as RGB (not CMYK) JPG format (maximum 1024 pixels wide X 768 pixels high @72dpi)

Entries can be submitted in the following formats:
Print Entries: Submit tearsheets or proofs, unmounted and trimmed as they appeared. Do not tape series together. Send annual reports, brochures, folders, books, catalogs, etc., in bound form. For posters over 18″ x 24,” packaging, displays or signage, submit JPG files with a resolution of 1024(H) x 768(V). Wordmarks must be centered on an 8-1/2″ x 11″ sheet. Place the company name and nature of the business under the mark. Typeface designs must show a complete character set and a sample setting and fit on a single 11″ x 17″ sheet. Type families must show a complete character set and a sample setting for each variant. Each variant must fit on a single 11″ x 17″ sheet.

Audio/Visual Entries: Submit motion graphics on Beta SP NTSC, DVD NTSC (viewable on a standard DVD player) or CD-ROM. Include 4 seconds of black, no slates or bars. Single entries must be on individual cassettes/disks. Series should be edited together on one cassette/disk with 2 seconds of black between each entry. Computer-based formats such as QuickTime or Flash should have a maximum screen size of 1024 x 768. Tape an entry form to the outside of each disk/video case.

Please do not send any pieces of art you want returned. NO ENTRIES WILL BE RETURNED. No exceptions. CA is not responsible for damage or loss of any entry. All entrants grant Communication Arts the right to reproduce work selected in the Typography Competition on the Communication Arts site and in materials used to promote the magazine, the competition and/or future related promotions.

Preparation of Packages
Address packages to Communication Arts Typography Competition. Non-United States contestants should mark each package “Materials for Contest Entry. No Commercial Value.” No provision will be made by Communication Arts for U.S. Customs or airport pickup. International entries should be sent by post or international courier. All entries must be received by the deadline date.

Forms and Entry Fees
After choosing a form of payment, you will have access to PDF reports summarizing what you entered. If you chose to pay by check, you will have an invoice available for printing. If you chose to deliver entries via mail/courier, you will also have entry forms in PDF format that you will need to print, trim and attach to your entries. Tape an entry form to the back of each entry. If the entry is a print-based campaign, you will tape an entry form to each part of the campaign. Tape an entry form to the outside of each disk/video case. Multiple digital files may be placed on a single disk. Please tape all applicable entry forms one on top of the other so we can flip through them to verify the contents of the disk.

Make checks payable to Communication Arts. Non-United States contestants must send an International Money Order or a check in U.S. funds drafted on a U.S. bank. Please include the check with your entries if you are delivering them via mail/courier. If your payment is being sent under a separate cover, please send your entries now, with a note saying that the check is coming under separate cover. If you submit all of your entries online please write the Communication Arts invoice number on the check. The invoice number can be found in the Entry Forms PDF file. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. Charges for your entry fees will appear on your statement as “Commarts”). Credit card charges can only be done online. We do accept wire transfers, however there is a fee of $25 (U.S.) to cover fees charged by the banks to process the transfer. Please contact our office at (650) 326-6040 (9-5 PST) for instructions.

Mail entries to:
Communication Arts Typography Competition
110 Constitution Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1107 U.S.A.
(Via United States Mail, FedEx, UPS, etc. Entrants submitting from outside the U.S. please use an international courier)

Notification of Acceptance
Only accepted entries will be notified two months after the deadline date. Complete credits and any necessary material for the best possible reproduction in the Annuals will be requested at that time. Award of Excellence certificates for firms, individuals and clients will be mailed one month after the publication date.

Questions
If you have any other questions you can reach us by:
Email: competition@commarts.com
Fax: (650) 326-1648

 

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Typography Competition FAQs

 

Can I get an extension on the deadline?
The deadline will be extended two weeks after the published date, but a late entry fee of $10 per submission is required.

Do you offer a cash prize?
We do not offer a cash prize. The winners are featured in one of our annuals distributed worldwide and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.

Are there additional hanging fees or publication fees if my work is selected?
No. There are no additional fees if your work is selected.

Can I submit my work via e-mail and just include a credit card number with it?
You can submit and pay for your entries online.

Will you confirm receipt of my package(s)?
The best way for you to track your package(s) is to contact your carrier. We are unable to acknowledge receipt of your package(s) until your submission(s) has/have been processed. At that time you will receive an e-mail confirming that your package(s) has/have been received, along with your assigned entry number(s). This process can take up to two weeks.

Will my entries be returned?
Because of the number of entries we receive, it is not possible for us to return any of them.

I have already sent in my submission, can I still make a change?
No, due to the large number of entries we receive we are unable to locate individual pieces. If you want to submit additional entries, please submit a new package.

Can we send actual packaging instead of JPGs?
Yes, if it is less than one cubic foot, or if it is necessary to communicate the entire design.

Can I enter one project into two separate categories?
Yes, just make sure to submit a duplicate entry for each of the categories you are entering and attach a separate entry form on each printed submission.

Can I enter my work as a series?
Yes, but all work in a series must be part of the same campaign. When works are submitted as a series they are judged together as a group. The overall strength of the series depends on each individual piece and its function within the campaign.

If my entry is accepted, what will you use for reproduction?
If your work is accepted we will request necessary reproduction materials at that time.

How do you want wordmarks/logos presented?
Send an unmounted output with the wordmark/logo (maximum of 4″ square) centered on a single unmounted 8-1/2″ x 11″ sheet. Text with the client name and nature of the business should appear under the mark for the judges’ information.

How do you want typeface designs presented?
Typeface designs must show a complete character set and a sample setting and fit on a single unmounted 11″ x 17″ sheet. Type families must show a complete character set and a sample setting for each variant. Each variant must fit on a single 11″ x 17″ sheet.

What do you mean by “unmounted”?
We get thousands of entries and they would get very heavy if every entry was mounted on a board. If your entry is very flimsy and you feel it must be mounted on something, please back it with lightweight paper.

The entry instructions state, “Do not send original pieces of art you want returned.” What does that mean?
It simply means that you should not send original drawings, calligraphy or artwork because they will not be returned.

Where do we put creative credits??
All we need is the contact information of the person submitting the work along with the name of the firm or agency entering the project. Creative credits will be requested if your work is chosen for inclusion in the magazine.

I have a poster bigger than 18″ x 24″, can I send it in a mailing tube?
We don’t recommend it; mailing tubes (and the posters inside them) usually arrive damaged. If you must send a poster, send it in a flat package or submit JPG files with a resolution of 1024(H) x 768(V) either online or on CD-ROM.

I’m entering a series, do I pay $70.00 for each piece in the series or $70.00 for the whole thing?
$70.00 for the complete series.

We’re waiting on the check from our accounting department. Can we have an extension?
Please send your entries now, with a note saying that the check is coming under separate cover. If you submit all of your entries online, please write the Communication Arts invoice number on the check. The invoice number can be found in the Entry Forms PDF file.

I don’t know which category to put my piece in?
Choose the category that you feel best fits your submission. If we feel another category is more appropriate, we will move it; your work will not be penalized or disqualified.

Do you accept work on disk?
Entries can be submitted as digital files on disk, although it’s easier to submit them online. Digital files will be projected for the judges. Submit digital images in JPG format with a maximum width of 1024 pixels and a maximum height of 768 pixels. Images with a vertical format must have a height no greater than 768 pixels. Tape an entry form to the outside of each disk case. For posters over 18″ x 24,” packaging, displays and signage, submit JPG files with a resolution of 1024(H) x 768(V). Digital files will be projected for the judges.

Can I submit multiple entries on one CD?
Yes. Please name the files as instructed on the entry forms generated for you and attach all the entry forms (one for each entry) on the CD case. Please enclose each series in its own folder on the CD.

 

How do I enter a Web site?
If you would like your project judged for its typographic design, submit it as a series of captured screenshots and submit it in the 4B (Media/Editorial) category of the Typography Competition. If you want the complete Web site judged, enter it in our Interactive competition.

Is there a category for student work?
The Typography Competition has an Unpublished category, which can include student work. However the work must be completely original and not utilize content owned by another copyright holder unless the entrant has been granted specific usage rights. If a student project is selected and documentation of specific usage rights cannot be supplied, the project will be disqualified. Communication Arts is not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant and will not become involved in copyright disputes.

What rights do I retain if my work is chosen?
You retain all rights to your images. If selected, you will need to grant us the right to reproduce the image or images for both our online and print-based publication.

How does the judging takes place?
The judging process is a two-part system: screening and finals. In screening, the jurors are divided into multiple groups and each category is distributed equally amongst them. Judges are not permitted to vote on work in which they were directly involved. Each juror views the entries independently. Print entries are spread out on rows of tables and digital entries are projected on a large screen. Any juror can put a print entry into the final voting by picking it up from the table. Digital entries are selected by checking an “in” or “out” column on prepared scoring sheets. For the final round the judges are brought back together as one group. Each judge votes “in” or “out” on each entry. After the judges make their selections, their votes are tallied. A simple majority is usually required for a finalist to be selected a winner.

When will we know if our entry was chosen?
If your entry is chosen we will notify two months after the deadline date. Because of the number of entries we receive, we can only notify people whose work is accepted.

Competition Alert! [Illustrators]

Poster For Tomorrow 2011 Call For Entries

Category: Illustration

Deadline: July 10, 2011 (55 days left)

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” (Nelson Mandela)

Every year poster for tomorrow chooses a basic human right to draw attention to. We then invite the global design community to make posters on this theme that are exhibited around the world on International Human Rights Day, December 10th. We passionately believe that one poster is a start, but one hundred, one thousand, constitute a movement that can’t be denied.

This year we’re fighting for the right to education for all. This might not seem like the most exciting or controversial issue, but it’s one of the utmost importance.

Everyone in the world has the right to an education. That’s a fact. Yet incredibly 121 million children worldwide are not in primary school, despite universal primary education being a right ‘guaranteed’ in the Universal Declaration of Human Right and a UN Millennium Goal; while illiteracy rates are still staggeringly high even in countries where a child’s right to education is guaranteed. In France illiteracy has become a “cause nationale” (with 3.1 million people unable to read, write or count), the rate of illiteracy in the U.K. is “unacceptably” high according to M.P.s, while according to the National Adult Literacy Survey, 42 million adult Americans can’t read (and current estimates have the number of functionally illiterate adults in the U.S. increasing by approximately 2,500,000 people each year). This is truly a problem that affects us all.

We would now like to invite you to use the most powerful weapon you possess, your creativity, to illustrate a poster and add your voice to the call for education for all.

There’s no entry fee.

Eligibility

An entry to the competition consists of a portrait format (vertical) poster addressing the proposed creative brief. Posters may be designed by a single author or by a team.

Illustrations submitted to the contest must be original artworks that are previously unpublished. The illustrations must consist entirely of the authors’ own work and must not include any copyrighted material. Participants may submit up to 10 different posters.

Prize

poster for tomorrow rewards the 100 best designs received by including them in an exhibition that will be held in a series of cities around the world on 10th December 2011, as part of an event called “a day for tomorrow”, that celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights.

Ten designs will be made part of prestigious graphic design collections in numerous design museums worldwide.

Competition Alert! Linux T-Shirt Design

Hey Quirklusters!

This competition is for a Linux T-Shirt design—holy crap that’s a great way to get a buttload of people to wear your design! Check out the deets below.

Category:  Multiple Disciplines
Deadline:  May 30, 2011  (16 days left)
Contest’s Website:  [link]

Developing and submitting code are not the only ways to contribute to Linux. Contribution to the Linux community comes in all forms, which includes submitting your creative design for the annual Linux.com Store T-shirt design contest.

This year, the T-shirt Design Contest will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Linux by soliciting designs that represent the impact of the operating system on computing, business and/or culture.

These guidelines are general on purpose: show what a 20th Anniversary of Linux T-shirt should look like. It can look back at 20 years of innovation; it can focus on today’s celebration; or it could illustrate what the future holds for the operating system. Or, all of the above.

Eligibility

The 2011 Linux.com Store T-shirt Design Contest is open to anyone.

The design file must be no larger than 640×480 (.jpg, .png, .gif) and must be under 1MB in size. Please remember that while your submission is only a .jpg or .png, the winner will be required to provide a vectorized version (.svg, .eps, .pdf) of their design to print on the T-shirt.

Prize

The winning design will be used for the official LinuxCon T-shirt, which means every attendee at this year’s event will receive the T-shirt. That’s a lot of people wearing your design. The T-shirt will also be available in the Linux.com Store as the official 20th anniversary of Linux T-shirt.

The Top Five designs will be announced and hosted on Linux.com beginning the week of 5 June 2011 for two weeks of community voting. The winner will be revealed late June/early July and will be awarded travel to Vancouver, B.C. to attend LinuxCon and the 20th Anniversary Gala in August.

Lust On!

Competition Alert! [Architects, Designers, Planners, Landscape Architects, Engineers]

Hey Quirklusters!

There’s a new competition out there for Architects, Designers, Engineers, Urban Planners, Landscape Archies, etc. –Sounds really amazing and there’s some big bucks to be had for the winner! Check it out below.

Lust on!

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Close the Gap invites architects, landscape architects, urban designers, engineers, and students worldwide to broaden the dialogue of alternative solutions for sustainable urban living.

The competition focuses on the Midtown sector of New York City’s East River Greenway – a critical missing link in Manhattan’s alternative transportation infrastructure.

Close the Gap requests urban design solutions that complete the missing link between East 38th and East 60th streets, integrating alternative means of transportation including walking, jogging, biking, etc., as well as leisure and recreation space.

Close the Gap calls for proposals that fundamentally transform how people move through Manhattan. The competition offers a platform for exploring emerging ethics and aesthetics in urban design, as well trans-disciplinary underpinnings that link ecology with architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and urbanism. Close the Gap welcomes submissions that propose diverse, multi-layered, and nuanced understandings reconnecting people with cities, waterfronts, and alternative transportation systems. Entrants are encouraged to craft the fullest possible definition of alternative transportation that offers the potential to flexibly adapt and grow over time.

Eligibility

Individual or group entries worldwide are accepted. No limit on the number of participants per team.

Prize

Top concepts, designs, and images will be selected as finalists by a diverse jury of distinguished academics and professionals.

• First Prize: $3000 cash prize
• Second Prize: $2000 cash prize
• Third Prize: $1000 cash prize
• Special Mention Categories

Winning and top projects will be publicized in a broad media campaign in Fall 2011. An exhibition of competition winners will be shown at the Center for Architecture in NYC, Center Gallery at Fordham University, as well as other venues. A permanent gallery of all projects submitted to the competition will be published on-line. A print publication of winning and top design proposals is anticipated.