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Accio 2005 Programme Cover Contest Design Rules

Accio 2005 programme Cover Design Contest!

This is the design for the cover of the conference programme. Also see the T-shirt Design Contest
Are you ready to design? Then get out your pen, paper, mouse, scanner and thinking hat. When you are finished with your design, and you submit a low resolution design in accordance with the submission guidelines, specs and rules, they will be posted in a Gallery and then voted upon by members of the conference. The winner will receive a copy of the program and bragging rights at the conference.

Rules
Guidelines & Specs
How To Enter
Voting
Gallery

Rules

The rules are fairly simple, but they must be followed. Please read them carefully
1. You do not have to be an attendee to participate in this contest.
2. Your art must not contain any trademark or copyrighted images, or materials protected by Warner Brothers™, Bloomsbury™, or Scholastic™. Your submission must be an original design by you and no one else.
3. Your art must be related to the conference theme, "Summoning and Reading" in it, and not have any direct imagery that is libel for copyright infringement by trademarks and copyrights protected by and associated with Warner Brothers™, Bloomsbury™, or Scholastic™.
4. You may enter as many designs as you want.
5. Each entry must be accompanied with a REAL first and last name, mailing address, and valid email address. This is so we can be as sure as possible that you are a real person; and should we need to contact you about your design we will not have any problems getting in touch with you. Your information, other than you name will not be shared or sold to solicitors. Your name will be used to identify your entry. Please put this into the message of your email:
Subject: Accio 2005-Contest, Programme Cover
First Name:
Last Name:
Mailing Address:
Email Address:

6. Your entry must fulfill all aspects of the entry specs in order to qualify for the contest.
7. Entries may be entered no later than April 1, 2005, by Midnight BST. Any entries received after this date will not be qualified.
8. By entering your design into this contest you agree to these rules and give Accio 2005 the permission to print your design on the conference programme Cover, and understand that we have the right to alter your design should we have to for any reason. You also agree that it is okay to publish your design on our website and in any other conference related materials should we decide to display it.You also understand that you will receive no royalties for the reproduction of your artwork/design.
9. Winner will recieve a copy of the final programme when they are printed.

Guidelines & Specs       

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These are the guideline specs you need to follow to enter your design in properly. Please read them carefully.
1. Your design must be within A4 page size (210mm x 297mm, 8.27" x 11.69"). This design will go on the front cover of the conference programme.
2. These are the formats we are excepting: GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, EPS, & PDF.
3. For entry reasons only your design may be LOW RESOLUTION, 72 dpi. BUT you must have a high resolution file in at least 200-300 dpi in reserve should your design win. If it wins and you do not have a high resolution file handy, we will not be able to produce it properly. Do not send the high resolution file when submitting.
4. Your design must have this theme:Summoning and Reading involved in it. Your design may be full color (please note that we may change it to monotone later). NO TEXT or typographic elements may be part of the design and it must look good with this template:

however, please do not incorporate this cover template/layout in your design, that is what the programme designer will be doing later.
5. Design must be appropriate in content and nature. Any entry that is of a foul or pornographic nature will be ignored.
6. Your design must be an original work of art by you.

How To Enter      

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Here's how to enter. Please read them carefully.
* Email your first and last name, address & valid email address to: accioatlilredgeodotcom
Please put this into the message of your email:
Subject: Accio 2005-Contest, programme Cover
First Name:
Last Name:
Mailing Address:
Email Address:

* Attach your low resolution version of your design in this email.
* You must have this statement in your email "I agree to the rules of the Accio 2005 Programme Cover Design Contest" If you do not your entry will not be accepted.
* You will receive a confirmation email from the Accio Art Director, as soon as it has been reviewed.

Voting

Voting will not take place until: April 5, 2005. Voting will end on midnight BST April 12, 2005. The winner of the contest will be announced some time on April 13, 2005. These dates and times are subject to change.

All contest rules, specs, dates, times and entry guidelines are subject to change at any given time, so please check back here periodically to see the most update information on the contest. If you have any additional questions please address them to the Art Director on the Accio 2005 Forums

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