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Logo Contest information!

MSU PRAM Scholarship!

A cash award of $250 to be awarded to a deserving student.

Must be a full-time MSU student majoring or minoring in:
communication-oriented field: communication, graphic design, marketing

Scholarship committee reserves the right to determine acceptable majors/minors/concentrations.

Application Requirements:
Official College Transcript
3 letters of recommendation from individuals connected to the applicant’s school (i.e. professor, advisor) or communication-related work-experience (i.e. employer or internship supervisor)
500 word essay entitled “What I hope to offer the field of communication”

Application Deadline: November 15, 2007

Winners will be selected on the basis of academic excellence (25%), work experience (25%) and content of essay (50%).

Winners will be announced at the Jan. chapter meeting.

Winners may reapply the following year.

Once State PRAM scholarship is worked out and available, chapter winner will be sponsored in the state competition. Timing of application deadlines and awarding of prize may have to be altered to fall within State timelines.

Contact person: Amy Adkerson
Starkville/MSU PRAM Scholarship Chair
325-1840
[email protected]

Send applications to: PRAM Scholarship
Amy Adkerson
PO Box 5268
Miss. State, MS 39762

Creative Quarterly Call for Entries!

Creative Quarterly wants you to enter! Download their entry form: CLICK HERE

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Time to get your entries ready for our judges. All entries must be postmarked no later than October 26, 2007.

Eligibility
Undergraduate and graduate students majoring in graphic design, photography, illustration or fine art. The competition is open to students in the U.S. and Canada. Recent graduates are eligible up to one year out of school.

Entry Fees
One entry = $12, Two entries = $15, Three or more entries = $7 each. Series = $30 (3-5 images of a similar theme including books and magazines). Entries are from individual students. All work should be entered on disc along with a high-quality color printout. Color printouts will be used for judging.

We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and checks and money orders, US funds only. Checks must be made out to 3x3 Magazine.

Our Categories:
Graphic Design — editorial, ID, packaging, posters, book covers and advertising
Photography — both fine art and commercial
Illustration – print and animation
Fine Art — painting, printmaking, pottery, sculpture

our Judges:
As always we have assembled a note-worthy panel of judges.
paul kepple, PA – graphic design category
juliette borda, NY – illustration category
beth perkins, NY – photography category
lara tomlin, NY – fine arts category

Winners will be exhibited in the Winter issue of Creative Quarterly. Category winners will receive special awards and all winning entries will receive a free one-year subscription to Creative Quarterly.

CMYK Entries Due October 8th!

CMYK Magazine: They have about four call for entries each year. We have had MSU students represented before! Let's do it again! You may apply online or pick up forms outside of my office!

If you are a member of the MSU AIGA you will save 20% on entry fees for up to four competitions a year.

Illustration West: Call for Entries

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! The deadline for Illustraion West, which is sponsored by the LA society of illustrators is DUE: SEPTEMBER 17th! Read more details and download forms on their site. If you want to enter, talk with me or Rebecca and we will ship your entries off. For FREE! (you still have the pay the entry fee, however, though, remember, if you are a member of the AIGA you will save 20%!)

Upcoming Competitions

Everyone loves a winner, right?
Make sure that you take note of the following design competitions . I will be posting definite due dates when I find out, but in the meantime start thinking of pieces that you would want to enter!

If you are a member of the MSU AIGA you will save 20% on entry fees for up to four competitions a year.

Contests to watch out for:
CMYK Magazine: They have about four call for entries each year. We have had MSU students represented before! Let's do it again!
Deadline Monday, October 8, 2007
Enter Online HERE!

Creative Quarterly: They will be posting new deadline dates for their winter competition soon. I will post them on the blog when they become available. We have also had MSU work represented in CQ's pages.

How International Design Awards
Deadline: Postmarked by September 4th
Download PDF Entry Form: Download international.web1.pdf

HOW also has a Self Promo Annual. The deadline for this is usually in the spring.

ADDY Awards:
Usually entries are due right before we get back from Winter Break. Details to follow, but be thinking about what you want to enter.

DSVC Student Show:
Last year entries were due Feb 5th. Expect the same for this year!

MSU AIGA Student Invitational!
This year, our very own design show will be opening Februrary 4th so that means entries will be due Friday, January 11th. More details to come.

Ole Miss sometimes has a show in the spring and so does Arkansas State (usually in the spring). Rebecca Davis and I are in charge of gathering entries and keeping you all up to date on upcoming competitions. If you find contests that are not mentioned on the blog or in class, please let us know! We will be happy to ship your entries off for you! The graphic design department takes care of shipping (and don't forget the 20% off you receive if you are a member of the AIGA). We want to make it easy for your to enter your awesome work. You deserve to be recognized! Don't be afraid of contests! Enter them!

HOW Self Promo MSU Winners!

This year was AWESOME for the Mississippi State Graphic Design Department. Great work and great recognition for it!

We are pleased to announce that MSU will be represented THREE times in the
Fall How Design Self Promo Annual.

A big YAY to Wesley Stuckey, Meagan Cox and Catherine Yerger!

Meagan and Catherine were awarded Merit Awards and will be published in the upcoming issue and Welsey was awarded and Outstanding Award. His piece will be showcased on a page all of its own and will also include a short interview with Wesley.

See below for Wesley and Meagan's winning entries (so sad, I do not have an image of Catherine's great piece!)

Meagan Cox-click for bigger

Wesley Stuckey-click for bigger

MSU- REAL SHOW WINNERS!

www.realshow.org

Winners of the National Real Show Student Competition (Art Director's Club/Washington, DC) were announced recently and the MSU Graphic Design program is thrilled to have SIX students represented!

6 Merit Winners
Josh Holly
Keeta Stowe
Shauna Cliett
J T Hamman
Darren Keel
Mary Beth McDavid

2 Gold Awards
JT Hamman/Besso's Italian Restaurant ID
Mary Beth McDavid/Timelife CD packaging

1 Silver
Darren Keel/Besso's Italian Restaurant ID

below are Darren and JT's winning entries! Click on photos for a larger view. Congrats all!

Darren Keel-click for bigger

JT Hamman-click for bigger

MSU ADDY WINNER!

Kristen Ley's Rolling Stone Magazine Redesign and Gender's Gingers Packaging Design were awarded GOLDS at the 7th District 5 State Regional Deep South AAF ADDY Competition. Because of this, both projects qualified to forward to Nationals where her Gender's Ginger's Packaging Design was awarded a GOLD!

EXCELLENT!

MSSTATE Design Against Fur Winners

Congrats Beverly, Kanika and JT!

Beverly Hayman won a special judges recognition in the National Fur Free Alliance competition and Kanika Dean and JT Hamman won Honorable Mention!
I have posted Beverly, Kanika and JT's winning entries. Click HERE to see the other winners!

Bevery Hayman-click for bigger

JT Hamman-click for bigger

Kanika Dean-click for bigger