DEADLINE: none noted.

Project Polar is about pushing the boundaries of your imagination, creativity and thought processes towards polar opposites. They want you to take them to places you haven’t yet explored. And, if you have, then they want you to show them what you’ve found.

The 3rd quarter of 2007 will see a full-color book of your findings being published and distributed worldwide. Open to artists, illustrators, graphic designers, photographers, writers, poets, and “polar bears with exceptional skills.” Visit the site to receive information about receiving a brief. NOTE: I know nothing about this group, never heard of them before. Look the materials over before you spend any time on this project.

The City of Lone Tree (Colorado), The Lone Tree Arts Commission and the Lone Tree Photography Club are calling for entries to the 5th Lone Tree Photographic Art Show. The show is open to all photographers. The categories will be Color, Monochrome, Special Effects Color and Special Effects Monochrome. Deadline 1 March. Submission of images is 14 April and the opening reception is 15 April. Entries will hang until 5 May. Cash prizes will be awarded for Best of Show and for 1st, 2nd, 3rd places and Honorable Mention in each Category. Visit the city Website to download the entry form.

The Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition was set up to find the best wildlife pictures taken by photographers worldwide, and to inspire visionary and expressive interpretations of nature. The judges are looking for aesthetic appeal and originality, with a preference for photographs taken in wild and free conditions. The judges will also want to see images that faithfully represent nature. Closing date for entries received by post: Friday 23 March 2007. Closing date for entries received online: Friday 30 March 2007.

The competition is open to anyone, amateur or professional, of any age and of any nationality. All the winning and commended photographs will go on display at the Natural History Museum, London, from October 2007 until spring 2008. The exhibition will tour the UK, as well as many countries overseas. All the winning and commended images will be published in a commemorative hardback book, Portfolio 17, and the winners in a souvenir supplement free with the November issue of BBC Wildlife Magazine. The title of Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2007 will be given to the photographer judged to have taken the single most striking and memorable of all the entries in the 12 categories and three special awards. The winning photographer will receive a cheque for £10,000, presented at an awards ceremony at the Natural History Museum, London, in October 2007. Visit the site for details.

Here’s a pithy little contest: Design a shoe, or, more like illustrate a shoe. The winning shoe will be produced and sold in West 49 stores across Canada. Winner will also receive 10 pairs of Globe Shoes and a Globe Prize Pack. Template supplied. Contest ends 26 February 2007. The Contest is open to all legal residents of Canada who are thirteen (13) years of age or older as of the first day of the Contest Period, excluding all residents of the province of Quebec. Visit the site for details.

The Atlanta HipHop Film Festival (AHFF), presented by Creative Circle Entertainment, is now accepting submissions to compete in one of the fastest growing, highly anticipated, and most innovative film festivals of its kind. AHFF, which will take place August 24-26, 2007, celebrates HipHop and its impact on film and music videos by providing a platform for independent filmmakers and music directors to showcase their projects. “The submission process is definitely one of our favorite parts of producing the AHFF. Accepting and reviewing films from across the world gives us the opportunity to screen interesting, informative and entertaining projects. Each year, the film quality and content surpasses the previous year and are more creative, so we encourage and challenge all filmmakers to step outside the box by capturing their vision for all to see,” states Shameka Gumbs, the Founder.

In 2005, the festival’s inaugural year, 45 films were screened which included international submissions from South Africa, Canada, and Italy. Several entries from 2005 went on to receive distribution deals through Warner Brothers, HBO and Maverick Platinum Entertainment Group. Read the rest of this entry »

Hey folks - I added a calendar to the site today, and I hope that it will help you to decipher or find deadlines for many of the “calls for entries” that I add to this site daily. Note that only the deadlines are noted - designers always work at the last minute anyway, so why worry about when the contest begins, right?

I probably won’t add the deadlines for contests posted before this date, because 1) there are too many, and; 2) I have better things to do. I’ll leave the links to the right (competitions 2007) active so you can use those links and the search engine to find anything you want to find. I hope the calendar is a welcome addition.