Two Design Competitions

I was just browsing when I found a couple of design competitions that I thought I'd share with you all:



Egency want artists/illustrators/designers to transform "ho-hum" flyers, brochures and posters into unique, well-crafted applied-artwork.

They are challenging you to enter original, creative designs for flyers, appointment cards, posters, etc. that fit one of these professions:

* Party or Event Planning
* Medical
* Professional Services (such as florist, cafe, shop, attorney, accountant)

Applicants may submit as .jpg, .gif, .png, .pdf, .psd, or InDesign and the deadline for set-one entries is January 31st 2011.

Three top winners will receive their choice of either Wacom Intuos 4 XL, Wacom CintiQ12 WX, a Macbook or $1,000 cash.

Seven additional winners will receive a Booq laptop bag.

All 10 winners will be featured in a press release announcing the results of Egency's Design Challenge.

More info here.



The next competition from the New Zealand Book Council is to design a conceptual book cover for "Parade", by Māori author Patricia Grace.

There is a lot more background information about the competition and the book including the full text on the website here:

The deadline is January 15th 2011 and the prize is $1500NZ/$1150US/£725 plus having your design published.