From the site: “Yes, you read that correctly. It started with an online petition from a fan on the 2K forums, imploring us to make a BioShock limited edition. 19,692 signatures later, I opened up a poll on the Cult of Rapture asking BioShock devotees what they would like to see in the box.

“Now I ask you, what would you like ON the box?

“…So now, for the next two weeks, I’ll be collecting submissions for designs that could go on the front of the BioShock Limited Edition box.” Deadline 2 May. Visit the site for details.

In support of Are You Listening?, her solo album being released May 15th, Sanctuary Records artist Dolores O’Riordan is offering the public a chance to design web banners promoting the album preorder. O’Riordan, the iconic former lead singer of Ireland’s The Cranberries, has sold in excess of 40 million albums worldwide. Are You Listening? is the much anticipated album that marks Dolores’ first foray back into music in over four years.

“The Dolores O’Riordan Online Banner Challenge,” which began on 10 April 2007, takes place on Brickfish.com and runs until 26 April 2007. O’Riordan is looking for the public to upload their web banner designs that highlight the heart and soul of her upcoming album, Are You Listening? Open to the public, anyone can come to Brickfish.com to vote, review and view the entries (as a free registered member or a guest). Fans of the entries will influence Sanctuary’s choice on the winning banner. Anyone can preorder the CD now and get the album as a free MP3 download on May 7, over a week before it is available in stores in the US. The limited time offer includes two instant MP3 downloads, access to a ticket presale for the North American tour, and the option to buy a limited edition t-shirt.
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Omagh Memorial Working Group invites submissions from suitably experienced and skilled Design Teams, for the design, production and installation of a permanent memorial to the Omagh Bomb of 15 August 1998. It is essential that design teams have an appropriate mix of skills and experience including expertise in Landscape Architecture and visual art/three dimensional design.

Designs Teams will be expected to prepare proposals for the integrated treatment of the bomb site and the temporary memorial garden and the project will entail the development of a permanent memorial garden with a major public art element.

The total budget for this project is £240,000 with at least £100,000 of this budget being ring fenced for the public art element.

Full details of the competition conditions and the competition brief can be obtained from Mr Frank Sweeney, Head of Arts and Tourism, Omagh District Council, the Grange, Mountjoy Road, Omagh, County Tyrone, N. Ireland, BT79 7BL or they can be downloaded from the website of Omagh District Council, www.omagh.gov.uk. The closing date for Stage 1 submissions is 12.00 noon on Friday 25 May 2007.

The 23rd Annual PDN (Photo District News)/Nikon Self-Promotion Awards Call for Entries asks for actual self-promotion pieces. Categories include: Best Ongoing Campaign Established Talent, New Talent, Rep Firm/Stock Agency Promotions, Direct Mail, etc. All Winners in first, second and third will be featured in PDN’s October 2007 issue, on PDNonline and at te Awards Ceremony during PDN’s PhotoPlus Expo International on 18-20 October 2007. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a Nikon Digital SLR Camera and a portfolio on PhotoServe.com. First Place winners will receive a Nikon camera and a portfolio on PhotoServe.com.

Entry deadline: 24 May. Late? Pay $10 to extend your deadline to 7 June. Visit the site for details.

The Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) in association with the Design Industry Advisory Committee (DIAC) invites submissions in a design competition to celebrate “Design Matters” throughout 2007.

The purpose is to generate an image that celebrates architecture and design in Toronto, by engaging any, and all of, the design disciplines, including: architects, graphic designers, landscape architects, fashion designers, interior designers, industrial designers, artists, etc. While the submission is in the format of a poster, the design concept should be adaptable to a variety of media: T-shirts, bags, buttons, a website, anything. The TSA will work with the winning designer to adapt the design to different uses, as opportunities emerge.

Everybody is welcome to submit. The registration form must be received no later than Monday, 7 May 2007, at 5:00pm. For details on where to mail the entry and for more information, visit the site.

For the first time, Xerox will hold one worldwide contest rather than separate European and North and South American programmes, allowing entrants from around the world to compete for a global title. Xerox will begin accepting entries on 23 April, following AIIM/On Demand, a major conference and exhibition for the document imaging industry which opened on Monday of this week.

Xerox is looking for the printing industry’s most creative books, manuals, direct marketing and brochures for its sixth annual Printing Innovation with Xerox Imaging (PIXI) Awards. The multinational competition was created to recognise the most innovative and effective revenue-generating work customers are printing with Xerox digital presses. Entries will be accepted until midnight on 22 June, 2007. The entries must be produced using Xerox digital printing presses, and submission is free. Visit www.xerox.com/pixi for details and entry form.