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NMC 10th Anniversary Poster Competition

 In honor of the 10th anniversary of the NMC, Corel Corporation is sponsoring a special full-color poster design competition open to all students, faculty, and staff in NMC member institutions.

In addition to the exciting prizes to be awarded the winners, 600 copies of the first prize entry will be printed in large format (24 x 36 inches) and distributed to every NMC member institution and to each attendee of the 2003 NMC Summer Conference.

Download the submission packet.this is a pdf file

Award Categories and Prizes
Who May Enter
Entry Deadline
Judging and Criteria
Submission Guidelines
How to Submit Your Entry
Official Logo Files
Questions?

Award Categories and Prizes
All submissions will compete in the same category. Winners will be announced at the 2003 NMC Summer Conference, to be held June 11-14, 2003 at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

First Prize
  •  WACOM 6x8 Intuos 2 tablet
  •  Corel GRAPHICS Suite 11
  •  KnockOut 2.0
  •  Painter 8 (Newest Version!)
  •  Bryce 5
  •  25 copies of printed poster
  • Second Prize
  • Corel GRAPHICS Suite 11
  •  KnockOut 2.0
  •  Painter 8 (Newest Version!)
  • Third Prize
  •  Painter 8 (Newest Version!)
  • Who May Enter
    Entries are encouraged from any students, faculty, or staff at any NMC member institution. Multiple entries are permitted, and submissions may be made by individuals or teams.

    Entry Deadline
    All submissions are due by 5pm, May 16, 2003. Entries should be submitted electronically via email, FTP, or CD-ROM. Winners will be announced May 30, 200. Prizes will be awarded at the 2003 NMC Summer Conference, June 11-14, 2003.

    Judging and Criteria
    A panel of five judges selected by the NMC will select the winners. Three criteria will be used to judge the entries: 1) creativity & artistic merit (60%); 2) effective use of the medium and tools (25%); and 3) relevance to the NMC and its 10th anniversary (15%).

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    Submission Guidelines
    All entries must be submitted electronically via email, FTP, or CD-ROM as a CorelDraw file, and created using CorelDRAW and or other Corel creative tools.

    The finished poster will be 24 x 36 inches, with a footer of 5 inches for the title and sponsor logos, and a creative area of 24 x 31 inches. A jpeg file containing a mockup of the poster provides additional detail and an illustration of how the footer of the poster should look.)

    All artists will retain ownership of their intellectual property and copyrights. Because of the planned uses of the materials, however, all submissions must be accompanied by an entry form and a signed image submission agreement which provides Corel and the NMC a license to print, use, or display the submitted materials.

    A complete entry packet has been prepared that includes a mockup of the poster, as well as the entry form and image submission agreement.

    Download the submission packet.this is a pdf file

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    How to Submit Your Entry
    The preferred method of submission is to mail a CDROM and the accompanying entry forms to the NMC offices at this address:

    10th Anniversary Poster Contest
    NMC: The New Media Consortium
    2499 S Capital of Texas Hwy
    Building A, Suite 202
    Austin, TX 78746-7762

    Entries may also be submitted via email or FTP, but in these cases, the entry forms must also be mailed or faxed to the NMC offices for the entry to be considered. The fax number for the NMC is 512.445.4205.

    E-mail entries should be sent to poster@nmc.org

    For instructions on how to FTP your file(s), contact the NMC at poster@nmc.org

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    Official Logo Files
    The footer of the poster must contain the logos of the sponsors and the language specified in the poster mockup. Here are the official logos of the sponsors:

    Orange Square NMC Logo (cdr format)
    Orange Square NMC Logo (eps format)
    NMC "Blue Diamond" Logo (eps format)
    Corel Logo (cdr format)
    Wacom Logo (eps format)

    The NMC has two logo families. The newest of these, an orange or black square with the letters "nmc" within, is used to identify the New Media Consortium. Trademark status for this logo has been applied for.

    The official NMC colors are: PMS 1375 (orange); PMS 638 (blue), and PMS 431 (grey). The tag line should appear with the square wherever it appears, unless the words would be unreadable. Official fonts for the NMC are Arial Black for large text and Myraid Roman for small text.

    The second family of logos is the traditional stylized version of the letters "NMC" that has been associated with New Media Centers for many years. This "Blue Diamond" logo is a trademarked symbol meant to identify organizations who have been awarded the designation of New Media Center.

    Questions?
    If you have any questions about the 10th Anniversary Poster Contest, the submission process, or any other aspect of the context, please contact Larry Johnson at the NMC offices. Email johnson@nmc.org or call 512.445-4200.

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