Communication Arts Design & Advertising Competitions Call For Entries

WIN GLOBAL RECOGNITION: Enter the most influential design and advertising competitions in the world.

Gain an international reputation! Enter the preeminent juried competitions in graphic design and advertising.

If selected, your award-winning work will be handsomely reproduced in the print and iPad editions of the 2013 Design and Advertising Annuals, and showcased on the Communication Arts website, assuring continuous exposure for your work!

Why should you enter?

Winning places you in the highest ranks of your profession and guarantees your work will be seen by the best design firms, agencies and potential clients who value creative excellence.
Ask any creative director which competitions rank as the most influential, and they will place Communication Arts at the top of
the list.

New in 2013

Each winning entrant will receive a personalized Award of Excellence, milled from solid aluminum.

*Entries submitted after May 10, 2013 require a $10 per entry late fee. No entries will be accepted after May 24, 2013.

Find out more here.

DEADLINE: 05.10.13

Enter Online Now:
submit2.commarts.com

Submission Guidelines and FAQs:
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LA Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Poster Contest Win $500

Design a poster for the annual Shrimp and Petroleum Festival. The contest is open to all artists 18 and older throughout the state and the winning design will be the official 2013 poster.

A $500 cash award will be presented to the winning artist. Find the contest guidelines below:
Shrimp and Petroleum Guidelines

Enter to win. Deadline for submission April 12, 2013. For 
more information, email info@shrimp-petrofest.org. Web address 
www.shrimp-petrofest.org. 

Design Art for the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl DEADLINE December 22nd Win $1500!

Deadline:   December 22, 2012 11:59 P.M. PDT     Cash Award:    $1,500.00

Design Art for the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl
Florida State Seminoles vs. Northern Illinois Huskies

Create commemorative art for the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl showcasing the grandness of this world class sports-entertainment event and the explosive face-off between the Florida State Seminoles and the Northern Illinois Huskies. The winning designer will receive $1500 for this contest. 

The Discover Orange Bowl College Football Game is played in Greater Miami and hosted at Sun Life Stadium (home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins). The Discover Orange Bowl is one of the 4 Premier BCS (Bowl Championship Series) Games played annually on or after New Years Day.

Suggested Theme & Style Guidelines

We’re looking for a unique design that can blend the “bigness” of a true Collegiate Championship Football Game & national entertainment event. Strive for a modern, highly charged design that captures all that the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl represents. Include the setting and energy that make Miami (and all of South Florida) one of the most desirable global travel destinations (think sun, beach, style, city, art, ocean, and colors, etc.)

Also, be sure to illustrate the intensity of the teams that will battle on the field (Seminoles vs. Huskies) while integrating the vibrancy of South Florida.

Poster 16×20 in. Specs

• Your file should be 16″ x 20″ and have a minimum resolution of 200 dpi
• Accepted file formats: .JPG, .JPEG, .TIF, .TIFF, .EPS
• .TIFF (or .TIF) formats should be flattened
• .EPS formats must have all type converted to vector paths (traced or outlined)
• RGB colorspace only
• Max file size is 60mb

Find out more here!

Design a T-shirt for Coca-cola WIN $5,000

Entry Deadline October 29th, 2012

Presented exclusively by Blank You Very Much, here is your chance to create your own t-shirt design using official Coca-Cola®  assets. Download the asset files and submit your own unique design for a t-shirt.  Please follow the Coca-Cola® & BYVM Rules, Guidelines, and enter now for your chance to win the $5,000 Grand Prize!

The winning design in this contest will be decided by BYVM users and each contest’s judging panel. You’ll start with the brand assets that are provided and from there you’ve got a blank canvas.  Let’s see what you’ve got.

Please allow up to 72 hours for approval of your design.
Must be over 18 to participate
ONE ENTRY PER PERSON, MUST DIGITALLY ACCEPT COKE RULES BEFORE ENTERING
Contest is only open to U.S residents

The guidelines are as follows:
• The archival assets selected as part of the asset pack cannot be altered or distorted in any way
• The Coca-Cola® logo can only be produced in Red and White
• Do not crop logo
• No international logos or flags may be used
• Must include the trademark sign
• When using the Coca-Cola® script it can only be placed horizontal and vertical – vertical script has to run from south to north
• The dynamic ribbon logo can only run horizontally
• The dynamic ribbon needs to be incorporated with a core Coca-Cola element (such as the Spencerian Script). It cannot be represented on its own.
• Outline of the contour bottle needs to be pristine (cannot distort the shape/outline of the contour bottle). If not pristine, the art will not be approved.  Cans can be used, but the packaging graphics cannot be altered.
• If any photography is used in the design, it cannot be of anyone other than the designer
• No children under the age of 13 may be used in photography
• Design theme should always reflect a balanced, healthy lifestyle
• All designs should be targeted to a 12 years and older demographic

COCA-COLA & BYVM EXPRESSLY RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DENY ANY SUBMISSIONS THAT DO NOT STRICTLY CONFORM TO THESE GUIDELINES
Find out more and download templates here.

RoadNinja Fall Student Competition – Win a tablet!

Objective:
The objective of this competition is to create a campaign that will catch the consumer’s eye, inform them, and have them know what to do with the message. In short, Lamar wants users to see RoadNinja’s message, love the branding, download the app and use it. Gone are the days of awareness – Lamar wants action.

Overview:
This competition is open to all advertising/ graphic design students who are interested. The duration of the competition is one month. There will be an initial consultation with Chris Landry to mark the beginning of the competition, and the competition will close with the students pitching their ideas to the marketing department at Lamar Advertising HQ. At the initial consultation, Chris Landry will present RoadNinja to all participating students and field any questions or concerns. The final presentations will take place in the Lamar media room, where all A/V equipment will be provided. Students will be allowed to come in the afternoon before presentations to check A/V formatting.

Competition Rules:
Any individual can participate, but teams are limited to (2) people.
Individuals and teams are allowed to collaborate if they wish, but presentations must be made, and will be judged separately.
Teams/Individuals will have 10 minutes to present their campaign, with 5 minutes for questions following the presentation.
The winners will be chosen at the sole discretion of the board of judges (members of Lamar corporate marketing department). and all decisions are final.

Prizes:
The winning team members/individual will receive their choice of either an iPad (Generation 3), or a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet.
All participating members will have permission to use Lamar Advertising Company on their resume, and any work they produced in their portfolios. Lamar will provide a description of the job for resume use.

Email me with your name(s) if you’d like to participate and I will send your contact information to Chris. He’ll contact you when the first consultation is set up! This is a great opportunity to participate in a national campaign!

 

225 Magazine Photo Contest – Deadline: Monday, October 1st

RULES
To be eligible, your photo must have been taken on or after August 1, 2011.

Entries may not have previously appeared in a newspaper or magazine or on a website published by a newspaper or magazine.

Entries must have been taken either within Baton Rouge or elsewhere by a resident of Baton Rouge.

You may enter up to three photos, but each must be submitted in a separate email (see “HOW TO ENTER” details below).

Entries must be received no later than Noon on Monday, Oct. 1.

Winning Photos will be chosen by two judges selected by the editor of 225 magazine.

By entering, you grant 225 the right to publish your photograph and caption, including an edited version of your caption, in print and online. However, you retain ownership of your submitted images.

By entering, you affirm that you are the photographer and sole owner of the photo submitted.

No employee of Louisiana Business Inc., or their immediate family, may participate in the contest.

No employee of the contest judges, or their immediate family, may participate in the contest.

Rules can be changed or amended at any time and without notice.

CATEGORIES
Community (our city, your family, your friends)
Dedication (commitment to a goal and the resolve to achieve it)
Food (fabulous meals and the people who share them)
Joy (moments of elation)
Journey (enchanted places, exotic faces)
Power (strength to move mountains–or human hearts)
Refuge (places of tranquility and peace)
Struggle (the drama of effort)

HOW TO ENTER
Enter by emailing your photo and caption to yourstories@225batonrouge.com.

Each email must include the following:
– Name
– Address
– Phone Number
– Occupation
– Caption that explains the photo or its significance (should not exceed 75 words)
– One photo attachment (hi-resolution, not compressed; jpeg or tiff file)

The Subject Line of the email must read “225 Photo Contest” and the category. (example: 225 Photo Contest – Community)

PRIZES
All winners will be featured in the print and online editions of 225‘s December issue. In addition, the winner of each of the eight categories will receive a prize, and the overall “Best in Show” winner will receive a grand prize from 225 and/or the sponsors of the contest. Prizes will be announced before the winners are chosen.

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Time to Design Shirts for GDSA!

The screen printing field trip is on! We’re planning on having two trips, each a group of 15 people on Friday, October 19th, and Friday, October 26th. Both trips will be at 2pm at Giraphic Prints. YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF GDSA TO PARTICIPATE! I’m going to organize a carpool with three drivers as the dates approach.

This will be an opportunity to tour a local screen printing shop, learn about the screen printing process, and hand pull your own shirt with this year’s design! All you have to do is bring your own shirt! As people sign up, I’ll post more details.

That being said, it’s time to choose a design for GDSA 2012-13! Designs should be vector.ai format and be only two color (pantones). You can think about what color shirt the design will work best on for a third color, but remember everyone might bring different colored shirts on the trip! (DO NOT INCLUDE “LSU” IN YOUR DESIGN, THERE’S A STRICT APPROVAL PROCESS WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH)

We’ll be voting and choosing a design for this year’s shirt at the October 3rd meeting. Bring your designs printed out.
Here’s a site to mock up your designs:
http://www.shirtmockup.com/