URBAN OUTFITTERS - design a lomography camera competition

http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/Projects/Design-A-Fisheye-Camera/page/designalomo

check it out!

CYCLING IN LONDON COMPETITION

Deadline: 17 May 2010

Students and professionals are invited to submit entries that demonstrate the environmental, health and/or recreational benefits of cycling. It is the task of entrants to create an illustration that shows cycling as a fun and efficient way to get around the city.

The top three entries will receive a monetary award and may be used in an advertising campaign for cycling. The top 50 entries will be displayed in an exhibition at the London Transport Museum that will open in summer 2010 in conjunction with the launch of TfL’s cycling programmes.

Competition Prizes

Cash prizes

will be awarded in three levels.

First prize: £2000
Second prize: £1000
Third prize: £750

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YCN student awards - March Deadline

20 Live Briefs



The Call for Entries for this year’s YCN Student Awards is now live. This year’s briefs present challenges ranging from increasing awareness of browsers for Google to making a film of your perfect day.

YCN link here to trawl through all 20 or jump to my favourite brief for Monster Munch

Design Against Fur

'09 winner

see competition overview here

Competition registration by 26th March and deadline for submission 9th April

'Work will be evaluated by design and marketing experts, and potentially used in national and international campaigns to end the cruel fur trade. There are cash prizes and all winners and commended students will receive certificates for their portfolios. Winning work will be promoted on a range of national and international sites, in exhibitions and online galleries.

For the 2010 competition the focus is on the use of rabbits in the fur trade.  Each and every year tens of millions of rabbits are raised in cramped conditions and then brutally killed so their fur can be used to trim coats, jackets, boots, scarves and gloves. Their fur is also used to produce toys, stuffed animals, ornaments, trinkets, pet toys, blankets and other fashion and household textiles.'

Submission for 200 Best Illustrators worldwide 11/12

follow this link

Luezers Archive is a great opportunity to gain some great exposure.

It is a catalog of professional illustrators and designers.

Creative Quarterly - Jan 29th

Get your running shoes on for this deadline!

Creative Quarterly 19: Call for Entries

It’s time to get your entries ready for the next Creative Quarterly judging. And there are a few changes, for one thing it’s a flat $10 per entry. Entering a series? Each piece is $10.

We're now two shows in one.

A student show and a professional show. Open to all undergraduate and graduate students, recent graduates, professors, instructors, graphic designers, art directors, illustrators, photographers and fine artists in all media.

Easy to enter.

If you enter online, you can pay online. Click to learn how to prepare your entries for online submission. Click here to enter online.

Want to mail your payment? Download the Call For Entries 19 PDF and send your payment along with a disc with your entries.

Same categories, just more winners.

Same categories: Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography but we’ll have separate sections for professional and student work. One more way we’re going to share the inspiration.

Speaking of inspiration, winners will be asked to submit their own person, place or thing that inspires them which we’ll reproduce in the magazine as space allows—we’ll also select one of the inspirations for the cover.

Join our Mailing List

Be sure to join our mailing list and receive reminders about our upcoming CFEs. Join now.

CQ19 Deadline: January 29, 2010

V&A Student Illustrator Awards - December

Another great free competition, allowing pretty much any autonomous work to be submitted. Information presented is from last years 'Call for Entries', but i have updated the dates as what you may have to work with.

Entry into the Awards is free

Student Illustrator of the Year entries are encouraged from anyone who has attended an illustration course at any time during 2009 or 2010. The brief is open. Students may submit material set as coursework by their tutors or they may define their own brief.

The Prize

The Student Illustrator of the Year will receive £2,000 and a trophy. The runner up will receive £1,000.

How to enter

Entry into the Student Illustrator category of the Awards is via the online entry form. Entrants may submit up to three images of their work. One animation per entrant may also be submitted.

Spectrum Fantastic Art

It's not a competition as such, but I still think this is of relevant interest.

"Fantasy creatures, heroes and heroines, space scenarios, elves and dragons—[Spectrum] is a must for fans of science fiction and fantasy and an indispensable reference work for art collectors, galleries, and advertising agencies."

ART SCENE INTERNATIONAL magazine

Spectrum is an annual art-book designed as a showcase for the best fantastical artwork produced in the preceding year. The book is divided into several categories, the one of which I think is of most interest to us is the Unpublished section. As it indicates, unlike all the other categories in the book, work entered here does not have to've been published; anything goes, including student work.

Despite not being an official competition, there are a lot more entries than get published in the book, so competition to get in is fierce. The deadline for this year (Spectrum 17) is 22nd of January, so there's still time to get something in!

The book itself is widely sold around the world, has one of the biggest circulations for any fantastic art-book, your contact details can go into the back, and copies are given to many major publishers and art directors, so exposure from getting into the book is huuuuuuge! Not to mention prestigious, especially if one wins an award.

There is a fee of around $10 per entry though. . .

Links:
Home - http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/
About - http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/about.php
Entry info - http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/entry_info.php
The books - http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/books.php?id=567
FAQ - http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/faq.php

Cheltenham Awards - May

These are illustrations from Cheltenham Awards, some of which won an award, others from their Student gallery, Emerging talent gallery, Professional Gallery, Gallery 08 and Gallery 09.



Info:

The third Cheltenham Illustration Awards winners were announced and presented at the University of Gloucestershire. Click on the images (right) to find out more about the winners.

Galleries of highly commended entries are now up- click on the menu links above.

The exhibition continues at the Summerfield Gallery, University of Gloucestershire, Pittsville Studios, Cheltenham until 29 Oct weekdays only.

The Awards are administrated by the Illustration Field at the University of Gloucestershire, based at Pittville Studios campus, Cheltenham, UK
* An exhibition will be held at the University of Gloucestershire’s Pittville Studios in October 2009 (exact dates to be confirmed) The selected winners work will be showcased at the exhibition along with other commended images and specially invited professionals.
* Up to five entries per person will be allowed
* Entries will not be returned
* Contact address:The CIA, University of Gloucestershire, Pittville Studios, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 3JG Deadline for submissions 8 May 2009. Entries will not be accepted without entry fee
* The University of Gloucestershire reserves the right to cancel the event should sufficient entries not be received for this competition
* Files will not be returned
* Artwork must be supplied digitally on CD-Rom
* All submissions should be clearly marked with your name and contact details in permanent pen
* File format: JPEG high quality
* Include an A4 printout of the image for administration purposes
* Printable size of artwork: Up to A3 at 300ppi
* Judging of entries will take place in August by a professional committee
* Winners will be notified by email or post when possible. However if you have not heard from us by 30 Sept 2009, your entry has been unsuccessful

By Dr. Chris Mullen, Chair

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY!

every friday on this site: illustrationfriday.com, there is a competion brief, where the winner will feature on their blog. No grand prize, but a fun and straight forward way of making some interesting work with modest exposure.

ABOUT

Illustration Friday is a weekly illustration challenge. A topic is posted every Friday and then participants have all week to come up with their own interpretation.

Topics are picked each week from a list of suggestion that have been emailed by participants. Think of a good topic? Submit it here.

3x3 Magazine - Possibly Feburary

3x3 was an open submission i found last year, i recieved the information early december 2008, so if it is running again for 2010, the deadline will most likely be later than last years deadline of mid-february. Like Cheltenham, there are different categories of entrance.

3x3 Student Show

As always this show is open to all undergraduate and graduate students in all art schools, colleges and universities around the globe. Work must have been completed in calendar year 2008. A partial list of this year's judges include illustrators/educators Alexandra Kardinar, Germany; Gary Embury, United Kingdom; Clemente Botelho, Canada and Martha Rich, John Hendrix, Nora Krug of the US. Rounding out the judges is artist representative Pat Lindgren, Lindgren & Smith.
Entry deadline: February 14, 2009

3x3 ProShow

Open to all art directors, editors, designers and illustrators. Categories include: Advertising, Animation, Books, Editorial, Fashion, Gallery, Institutional, Self-Promotion, Sequential, Three-Dimensional and Unpublished. Our judges to date include art directors Alexandre Lagoet, Amsterdam, Raban Ruddigkeit, Germany and SooJin Buzelli and Darlene Simidian, the US as well as illustrators Roman Klonek and Monika Aichele, Germany, Marco Ventura, Italy and Yuko Shimizu, the US.
Entry deadline: March 14, 2009

3x3 Children's Book Show
 (a must for macmillian peeps)
Open to all art directors, editors, authors, designers and illustrators from around the world. All published and unpublished children's books completed in 2008 are eligible. We are in the process of naming our judges for this year's show.
Entry Deadline: April 14. 2009

We will begin accepting entries on January 5 but full details are available online at 3x3mag.com, Shows. All entries must be either uploaded or received by the deadline. Winners will be featured in the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 6 coming out in late 2009.

Full details on both shows are online at 3x3mag.com. Remember you can pay and upload your images online. Children's book details will be available beginning in February.

Best wishes for the holidays,
Charles Hively, Publisher
12/15/08

Digital Artist 2010

Digital Artist 2009 is a brand new competition for anyone with a passion for digital art and design from across the globe. It aims to inspire, recognise and reward the highest standards of digital art across a range of genres and categories from concept art, illustration, architectural visualisation, and animation to character design and videogame art.

The competition is organised by leading art and design magazines: Computer Arts, Computer Arts Projects, ImagineFX, 3D World and .net. You can find out more about the magazines on their official websites: www.computerarts.co.uk, www.imaginefx.com, www.3dworldmag.com, and www.netmag.co.uk.

Digital Artist 2009 is pleased to work in association with Intel as the official partner for competition.

There are thirteen categories to choose from and you may choose to enter a total of five submissions across all of them. The submission process is web-based. The competition is open for entries until the end of August, when a panel of judges will select the category winners and runners-up.

Graphic Short Story Prize

Can't find any detailed info & dates as of yet. . . But I'll link to the official stuff I've found so far.

2009 winners thing; http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/graphicnovels/competition.htm

Despite the problems caused by the Royal Mail postal strike we ended up receiving an
absolutely record breaking number of entries this year. Quantity was without
a doubt matched by quality and the judges – Simone Lia (graphic artist), Dan Franklin
(Publisher, Jonathan Cape) Suzanne Dean (Creative Director, Random House) Paul Gravett
(COMICA) and Rachel Cooke (The Observer) - had an extremely hard task on their
hands picking just two winners. The increase from two to four pages of the Observer
Magazine allowed for the development of some fantastic narratives and ambitious artwork.

Among the many fantastic submissions the judges adored the beautiful drawings
and charming story of James Stewart’s “The Musing of Mow”. They were also intrigued
and impressed by Charlotte Nourse’s stunning “Road Project” and were haunted by Laurie J. Proud’s “Aubrey”. The talking cats of Jim Medway’s “Paul Crystal, Graphic Designer”
provoked much laughter and stole many hearts around the judging table and the
originality of William Goldsmith’s drawings for “Like a Wagon” impressed everyone.

But after much heated debate two winners were finally chosen.
The judges were unanimous in their appreciation of Joff Winterhart’s hilarious
and achingly realistic portrait of a mother and teenage son in
“Days of the Bagnold Summer”. Joff was awarded the runner-up prize
and he will receive a stack of graphic novels and a check for £250.

The first prize went to the vividly captured and tender story “Paint”
by Vivien McDermid, which they thought was a touching portrayal of mother
with a small toddler. Vivien will receive a cheque for £1000 at the ceremony
at the ICA at 2.30pm on Sunday 8th November.

Association of Illustrators - Images

Images is the UK's leading illustration competition, annual, awards show, and touring exhibition dedicated to showcasing the very best contemporary illustration published in the UK.





Images is unique in that it is Britain's only jury-selected illustration competition, judged by a highly regarded panel of industry experts, spanning multiple categories. Each entry is marked according to how well the work fulfils the brief, originality, and technical ability. Only the highest scoring images are invited to feature in the annual, who’s structure and design combines contemporary book design of the highest quality with functionality - making Images an indispensable tool for leading commissioners and industry professionals.


FEES PER ENTRY...

£20 AOI full/associate member
£23 AOI student/college member
£30 AOI corporate/AOI/SAA agent member

£38 Non-member
£30 Student/college non-member

CATEGORIES

Advertising - AD
Books - BK
Children's Books - CB
Design - DE
New Media - NM
Editorial - ED
Self-promotion - SP
New Talent - ST

Penguin Design Award

Design a Penguin Adult or Puffin childrens front cover.

To be eligible for the 2010 competition, you must be a student on any year of an Art or Design course at HND or degree level. The competition is open to international students and to MA students. The competition is not open to students on an Art Foundation course.

YOU MUST PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS FOR EACH DESIGN ENTRY:

• An A3 board showing full jacket to scale 1:1. This must show front, back and spine and must be designed to the dimensions supplied in the brief. There should be no additional work shown on this board.
• An A3 board showing the front cover only (without the spine or back cover) to scale 1:1.
• An A3 board demonstrating the development of the thought process from the original research to the final concept.
• A bound photocopy of sketchbook work relating to the brief (no bigger than A3).
• A short, typewritten text (max. 50–100 words only) submitted as a hard-copy printout and also saved as a Word document, explaining the concept for your design.

2009 winners and Runnerups


1st Place

Peter Adlington

Stockport College

2nd Place

Jia Ying Gnoh

Staffordshire University

3rd Place

Edward Essex

Edinburgh College of Art

1st Prize

The winner of the Penguin Adult Prize will be invited to spend six weeks at Penguin in the design studio on a work placement, working with Penguin Art Directors Jim Stoddart and John Hamilton on live briefs. The winner will also receive a cash prize of £1,000.

2nd Prize

The winner of the 2nd Prize will receive a £350 cash prize.

3rd Prize

The winner of the 3rd Prize will receive a £250 cash prize.

THE CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS 5 P.M. ON FRIDAY 23 APRIL 2010.

Nobrow - Feburary 15th

This is a great little open submissions by Nobrow, who produce some great publications.

Text taken from Nobrow Flickr page:

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS FEB 15TH, ALL SHOULD CONFORM TO BELOW SPECIFICATIONS, MANY THANKS!

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PROVIDE US WITH JUST THE TWO IMAGES THAT YOU WISH TO SUBMIT

Hi All,

To avoid any misunderstanding, can we ask all those wishing to take part in the 'People I've Never Met...' book competition to write 'submission for nobrow' in the comments section of the images you wish to put forward for consideration; and to follow the submission guidelines detailed below.

Many thanks,

A.S.

Macmillan Prize

Children's Book Illustrations.



Fridtjof olsen won the 2009
Macmillan prize with THE OWL WHO CHASED THE MOON

Emma Hopkin, from Macmillan Children's Books, was one of the judges. She said: "We were impressed by the originality of Fridtjof's illustration.

"His accomplished drawing, confident use of colour and sense of composition is striking. He is able to translate an extraordinary imagination into compelling images, full of atmosphere and interest, which brilliantly convey the story he has to tell."

Summery

Now in it's 20th year The Macmillan Prize is a unique opportunity to design a complete book for a competition. It is a highly prestigious competition that is too good an opportunity to miss for that all important exposure if you are one of the lucky 25 commended entries (of which 3 receive top prizes) exhibited at their show.

A good Review by Martin Salisbury can be found at: http://www.booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/153/childrens-books/articles/other-articles/the-macmillan-prize

ENTRY DETAILS FAQs

Submissions accepted near the end of April.
This was last years information www.panmacmillan.com (link below):

When does the competition usually take place?

Macmillan Children's Books (MCB) normally accepts entries near the end of April. For 2009, submissions will be accepted from Monday 20th April to Friday 24th April.

How do I enter?

An information leaflet, that includes an entry form, are sent to Universities and Colleges in January. Entry forms can be photocopied but must be signed by the student's tutor and submitted along with their artwork. Entry forms can also be obtained by emailing childrens@macmillan.co.uk with details of the student's full mailing address.

How can I submit my entry?

It is encouraged that tutors collect student entries and send them in one delivery to MCB by courier.
Students are also welcome to hand deliver their entries from Mon-Fri from 9.30am-5.30pm, to 20 New Wharf Road, London, N1 9RR.

When is the winner chosen?

The winners & highly commended will be chosen & notified by the week ending 1 May 2009.

Who chooses the winner?

The winners and highly commended are chosen by a judging panel that will include 2-3 leading children's book illustrators, an experienced children's bookseller, the Managing Director of MCB, Emma Hopkin and the Art Director, Anne Glenn.

How will the winners be notified?

Winners will be notified by phone by a representative from MCB by the week ending 1st May 2008. Those that have been highly commended will receive letters by email/by post, advising them of their success. Chosen pieces from the winners and highly commended will be exhibited for one week and each student will receive an invitation to the Private view/Awards ceremony.

How will I know if I have not been successful?

An email/letter will be sent out during the 2nd week of May to all entrants that have not been chosen as a winner/highly commended, advising them that they have not been successful. All entrants and their tutors will also receive an invitation to attend the general exhibition.

When will the winners' and highly commended work be exhibited?

In 2009, the general exhibition will take place from Tuesday 12th to Friday 15th May.

When will the entries be returned?

If the student is unsuccessful the entries will be returned during the 2nd week of May by securer c/o the University or College. A cheque for approx £3.20 needs to be included by each student with their entry to cover the cost of delivery. Students are also welcome to collect their work in person from the Macmillan office once they have received a letter notifying them that they have not been successful. Usually this will be from the 2nd week until the end of May. If the students work has been chosen to be exhibited their work will be returned by securer or will be available for collection, as nominated on their entry, the week after the exhibition ends.

What if I fail to collect my entry?

If a student has nominated to collect their entry from the Macmillan office and fails to do so by the end of May, their work will be destroyed.

THE BRIEF FAQs
(A full description of the brief is included on the information leaflet)

Do we accept reproductions of the work or are only originals acceptable?

We do accept reproductions that are of a high quality but in most cases our judges prefer to see the original artwork where possible. Please make sure if you plan to send in reproductions that they do not detract from the quality of the artwork.

What age should the picture books be targeted to?

Up to 5 years of age. We suggest making yourselves familiar with current titles on the market but will be looking for any form of plagiarism.

Communication Arts - 22nd January

Enter by 8th January 2010 for free
Enter by 22nd January 2010 for $10

Text taken from http://www.commarts.com/competitions/illustration

Introduce your work to the world. Enter the most prestigious competition for creativity in illustration, the Communication Arts Illustration Competition. Any Illustration first printed or produced within the last twelve months prior to the deadline is eligible. Selected by a nationally representative jury of distinguished designers, art directors and illustrators, the winning entries will be distributed worldwide in the Communication Arts Illustration Annual and on commarts.com, 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 contact information of the illustrators represented.

CA's Award of Excellence is one of the most-coveted awards in the industry. If chosen, winning places you in the highest ranks of your profession. Ask any creative director which competitions rank as the most influential and they'll place Communication Arts at the top of the list.

What to Enter

Any Illustration first printed or produced within the last twelve months prior to the deadline is eligible. Entries may originate from any country. Explanation of the function in English is very important to the judges. Submission of entries acknowledges the right of Communication Arts to use them for publication and exhibition.

Illustration Competition Categories/Fees
These categories are judged by the illustration jury and will appear in the Illustration Annual:
Advertising: $35 single entry/$70 series
Books: $35 single entry/$70 series
Editorial: $35 single entry/$70 series
For Sale: $35 single entry/$70 series
Institutional: $35 single entry/$70 series
Motion/Animation: $80 single entry/$160 series
Self-Promotion: $35 single entry/$70 series
Unpublished: $35 single entry/$70 series