November 3 (09) 10:07 am
Art Directors Club 89th Annual Awards Call for Entries is now opened. Announcements of the winners will appear in national and international advertising and design publications, both in print and online versions. Winners will be announced at the Gala ceremony at ADC Gallery in New York in the spring of 2010. Winning work will go on a worldwide exhibition tour and be published in the Art Directors Annual 89, the longest-running archive of leading creative work in global advertising and design.
Deadline Design: January 22
Deadline Interactive: January 29
Deadline Advertising: February 5
Deadline Hybrid: February 26
Deadline Students: January 29

October 15 (09) 08:28 am
Wild Things’ Forts! – BOOOOOOOM! ran this exciting and totally fun call for entries. Winners are now annouced and get a Wild Things Edition XBOX plus a magnificent bus shelter-sized poster not available in stores!
Suggest you take a moment to view the entries – it is good for the soul to revisit one’s fav childhood role-playing game and to see the sheer amount of creativity and fun that was put into building these.
#1 – #2 – #3 – #4 – #5 – #6 – #7 – #8 – Winners

September 29 (09) 10:14 am
UT CANNES LIONS GRAND PRIX 2010 call for submissions. The theme is inspiration. Cannes Liones International Advertising Festival that developed as a venue to judge advertising ideas from around the world will select as the UT Cannes Lions Grand Prix 2010 T-shirt design one of the various values that can be said to be the Cannes brand. No age, gender, nationality, or other requirements apply. Anyone, anywhere in the world can apply.
Prize: US$10,000 (gold)
The top 20 works will be made into UNIQLO products. Of those, gold, silver, and bronze prizes will be awarded.
Extended deadline: October 18

September 24 (09) 07:38 am
Cut&Paste is proud to present the culmination of Digital Design Tournament 2009 —the first-ever Global Championship. With the broad geographical reach of an Olympic event and the nervy psychological gamesmanship of the X Games, the championship takes the tournament’s international approach to design as spectator sport and amps it up like never before.
Upcoming: October 16 in NYC

September 4 (09) 07:58 am
UT CANNES LIONS GRAND PRIX 2010 call for submissions. The theme is inspiration. Cannes Liones International Advertising Festival that developed as a venue to judge advertising ideas from around the world will select as the UT Cannes Lions Grand Prix 2010 T-shirt design one of the various values that can be said to be the Cannes brand. No age, gender, nationality, or other requirements apply. Anyone, anywhere in the world can apply.
Prize: US$10,000 (gold)
The top 20 works will be made into UNIQLO products. Of those, gold, silver, and bronze prizes will be awarded.
Deadline: September 30

August 28 (09) 08:20 am
Shift calls for entries for DOTMOV 2009 and SHIFT 2010 Calendar Competition.
Deadline: September 10

August 20 (09) 09:51 am
The Swatch Young Illustrators Award is a unique competition awarding creativity and innovation in personal contemporary illustration and graphics. Nominees will be invited to Berlin and get the opportunity to exhibit their work at Illustrative 2009 in Berlin. The winners await prizes worth 6.000 Euros as well as publications and illustration agency contracts and will also be featured in future international shows.
Deadline: September 30

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