Design a cover, win a prize

The SND committee that brings you the annual Best of Newspaper Design competition each year is having a little competition of its own -- to find a design/concept for the 29th edition's cover. The committee is looking for a concept that promotes award-winning news design. They encourage a cutting-edge design as long as the content relates to newspaper design.

HOW TO ENTER:
Please submit full-size, high-resolution concepts (9.25" x 12.25" -- measurements allow for a bleed trim of .25" on the top, bottom and right side). All images must be 300 dpi at the size they will be used. Designers must provide written permission to use all images and fonts included in the cover design. A full-size PDF file may be sent as an entry but an editable QuarkXPress or InDesign file will be needed within seven days if your cover concept is selected as a winner. Full color is available and, if needed, the 29th Edition cover can include embossed area(s).

WHAT YOU GET:
The first-place winner's cover will be used on the 29th edition (available in October 2008) and he or she will be recognized at the annual awards dinner at the Las Vegas conference. He or she will also win a prize in recognition of having the winning cover design, assuming the designer fulfills the competition requirements. All designers submitting a cover design will receive a certificate recognizing his or her work.

DEADLINE:
Nov. 27, 2007. For additional specs or questions, please contact: Marshall Matlock, SND competition committee director, mmatlock@dreamscape.com, 315-263-8899, 3464 16th Ave. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33713. All entries will be acknowledged via e-mail as soon as they are received by e-mail attachments (for PDFs) or mail (if CD or DVD) with all required files including two match prints, if possible. Please include your name, job title, preferred mailing address, phone number with area code and e-mail address with all entries.

LEGAL STUFF:
The SND Competition Committee and its book editor reserve the right to ask the cover designer to make changes if deemed necessary, and the designers have the right to withdraw his or her cover from the competition if he or she does not wish to make the changes. No entries can be returned, and non-winning entries remain the property of the designer. Winning entries become the property of the Society for News Design, which may decide to use the cover on future publications with proper designer credit. The judges reserve the right not to select a winning entry or to reject any entry that arrives after the Nov. 27 deadline.