Calling all artists and designers
Want to be part of the future history of the Hugo Award? Do your art and design skills include logo design?
If so, please consider entering the Hugo Award Logo Design Contest. While the Hugo Award has its coveted rocket, it hasn't had an official logo that publishers and others can use to identify Hugo-winning works. The contest aims to change that.
I won't be entering the contest myself because I have the profound honor of serving as one of the judges. And, wow, look at the company I'm in: Chip Kidd, Irene Gallo, and Neil Gaiman.
Yes, indeed -- Chip, Irene, and Neil are the other three judges. I've had the pleasure of knowing both Irene and Neil for several years now. That eases the gosh-wow factor in some respects, and increases it in others. I've owned several examples of and admired Chip's work for years, though I wasn't familiar with his name until recently. If you're like me on that, I refer you to the book cover gallery that accompanies this Time magazine article from last fall, and also to Chip's Wikipedia entry.
fredcritter, it's times like these that I'm really grateful for everything you told me about Vaughn Bodé and how he treated pedestals -- how he kept stepping down from the ones people kept putting him on, or how he'd reach out a hand and haul you on up there with him. That served me extraordinarily well when I was first getting to know Walt Willis, and it continues to prove useful as remarkable opportunities like this one come my way. Still, the mind croggles.
Please read the submission guidelines and the contest rules before diving into the design process. And, yes, there are prizes! The winning designer will receive:
-- a $500 cash prize (donated by SCIFI);
-- a trophy with the winning design engraved on it;
-- an attending membership to an upcoming Worldcon;
-- signed copies of Neil's Hugo-winning works; and
-- the right to use the basic logo and identify him/herself as the logo designer.
While fandom operates on a gift economy, we recognize we're asking designers to do a good bit of work in order to enter the contest and thank WSFS and the prize donors for making these prizes possible. As always, the egoboo will be the biggest reward.
The contest is open to all. You don't have to be a professional graphic designer to enter, much though we anticipate you'd be competing against some. There is no fee to enter the contest. Participants can submit up to three entries. The contest deadline is May 31, 2009.
One final note, especially to friends here on LiveJournal who I hope will decide to enter the contest: we'll be judging the entries "blind" -- that is, with the contestants' names removed from the submissions before we see them. As such, if you decide to post your entry on your LiveJournal or elsewhere on the net, I hope you'll put it behind a cut-tag so I can avoid seeing it with your name attached. Thank you!
If so, please consider entering the Hugo Award Logo Design Contest. While the Hugo Award has its coveted rocket, it hasn't had an official logo that publishers and others can use to identify Hugo-winning works. The contest aims to change that.
I won't be entering the contest myself because I have the profound honor of serving as one of the judges. And, wow, look at the company I'm in: Chip Kidd, Irene Gallo, and Neil Gaiman.
Yes, indeed -- Chip, Irene, and Neil are the other three judges. I've had the pleasure of knowing both Irene and Neil for several years now. That eases the gosh-wow factor in some respects, and increases it in others. I've owned several examples of and admired Chip's work for years, though I wasn't familiar with his name until recently. If you're like me on that, I refer you to the book cover gallery that accompanies this Time magazine article from last fall, and also to Chip's Wikipedia entry.
fredcritter, it's times like these that I'm really grateful for everything you told me about Vaughn Bodé and how he treated pedestals -- how he kept stepping down from the ones people kept putting him on, or how he'd reach out a hand and haul you on up there with him. That served me extraordinarily well when I was first getting to know Walt Willis, and it continues to prove useful as remarkable opportunities like this one come my way. Still, the mind croggles.
Please read the submission guidelines and the contest rules before diving into the design process. And, yes, there are prizes! The winning designer will receive:
-- a $500 cash prize (donated by SCIFI);
-- a trophy with the winning design engraved on it;
-- an attending membership to an upcoming Worldcon;
-- signed copies of Neil's Hugo-winning works; and
-- the right to use the basic logo and identify him/herself as the logo designer.
While fandom operates on a gift economy, we recognize we're asking designers to do a good bit of work in order to enter the contest and thank WSFS and the prize donors for making these prizes possible. As always, the egoboo will be the biggest reward.
The contest is open to all. You don't have to be a professional graphic designer to enter, much though we anticipate you'd be competing against some. There is no fee to enter the contest. Participants can submit up to three entries. The contest deadline is May 31, 2009.
One final note, especially to friends here on LiveJournal who I hope will decide to enter the contest: we'll be judging the entries "blind" -- that is, with the contestants' names removed from the submissions before we see them. As such, if you decide to post your entry on your LiveJournal or elsewhere on the net, I hope you'll put it behind a cut-tag so I can avoid seeing it with your name attached. Thank you!