Friday, January 21, 2011

New Design Contest!

Hello everyone.

Have a nice winter break?

Here are a fresh batch of design competitions to submit to:

1- ADC 90 AWARDS
Deadline Extension Announced for Design Categories!



INTERACTIVE JAN 28, 2011
STUDENT JAN 28, 2011
ADVERTISING FEB 6, 2011
PLAYGROUND FEB 6, 2011
HYBRID FEB 6, 2011

STUDENT BRIEF MAR 18, 2011



About the Art Directors Club
The Art Directors Club is the premier organization for integrated media and the first international creative collective of its kind. Founded in New York in 1920, ADC is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to Connect, Provoke and Elevate world changing ideas. It focuses on the highest standards of excellence and integrity in visual communications for the industry, and encourages students and young professionals entering the field. ADC provides a forum for creatives in Advertising, Design, Interactive Media and Communications to explore the direction of these rapidly converging industries.

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2- Submissions are now open
2011 Adobe Design Achievement Awards

The Adobe Design Achievement Awards recognize innovative students and faculty members who AMAZE the world. Finalists will receive Adobe software and a trip to Taipei, Taiwan, where they will be honored in an awards ceremony during the 2011 IDA Congress set for October, 24-26, 2011. Category winners also will receive a cash award of US$3,000.

Competition is FREE to enter and open to all students, faculty and staff of higher education institutions around the world. Participants may submit up to 2 times in 15 different categories and 3 faculty categories. All student categories except for Web Analytics and Mobile Analytics* will be judged throughout the competition year. Students are able to submit in three judging sessions and semifinalists will be selected during each judging session. Students are advised to submit their projects for every academic term from May 2010 through June 2011.



2011 Judging* Schedule:
  1. November 30, 2010 — January 28, 2011 — Semifinalists announced in February 2011

  2. January 28, 2011 — April 29, 2011 — Semifinalists announced in May 2011

  3. April 29, 2011 — June 24, 2011 — Semifinalists announced in July 2011


Faculty and staff category submissions close on June 24, 2011. Semifinalists will be announced in July 2011

WWW.ADOBEAWARDS.COM




3 - CQ23: Int'l Call for Entries

Deadline: January 28, 2011
Just one week left to enter, all entries must be uploaded or postmarked no later than next Friday, January 28.
Select your best work done in the last six months. In graphic design. Illustration. Photography. Or fine arts.
Open to all professionals and students--separate categories but with the same stiff judging criteria.
Winners will be featured in our next issue as well as in our online gallery.
Getting into CQ means your work measures up to the best work being done today. Check out the major design firms, top illustrators and photographers who have been winners. And the top universities and art schools whose student's have been featured. You'll see why we're quickly becoming a leading art and design competition. Point your cursor here to enter.

Why enter Creative Quarterly?
More immediate notice. Our publication comes out quarterly so we're on top of who's doing the top work. Less expensive entry fees. A flat $10 per entry.

Eligibility
All art directors, graphic designers, illustrators, photographers and fine artists in all countries. Separate categories will be judged for professionals and students. Work must have been completed during the last six months.

Categories
Graphic Design—advertising design, books, branding, brochures, editorial, environmental, identity, packaging, posters and web.
Photography—both fine art and commercial.
Illustration—print and animation.
Fine Art—painting, drawing, printmaking, multi-media, pottery, sculpture.

Awards
See our current list of winners
If you’re a winner you’ll get great exposure in the next issue of Creative Quarterly due out in Summer 2011 distributed in the US, Canada, UK, Europe and parts of Asia. And your work will be featured in our onlinegallery. Runner-up entries will also be shown in our online gallery.

Deadline

CQ23 entries must be sent to us no later than January 28, 2011 Click here to enter.