SCION is a modern-thinking brand on the forefront of youth culture and innovation, known for engaging its consumers in an interactive quest for creative ideas. One of SCION’s trademarks is its support of organizations that also seek to connect with children and young adults in expressive, artistic ways.

In its mission to advocate community outreach and foster creativity in the younger generation, SCION now joins forces with Cut&Paste in the FRESHLY SQUEEZED WEB DESIGN CHALLENGE (”Contest”). The website design competition will benefit J.U.i.C.E., a non-profit weekly after-school program that allows the underprivileged youth of Los Angeles to express themselves artistically through dance, music, visual arts, and MC skills workshops.

As J.U.i.C.E. focuses its resources on programming and operations, they need your help: SCION’s new online competition, the FRESHLY SQUEEZED WEB DESIGN CHALLENGE summons all web designers, illustrators, graffiti connoisseurs, coding geniuses, hip-hop enthusiasts, and creatives all around to help J.U.i.C.E. refine their online presence with a brand new homepage design. Web designs submitted for the competition should embody J.U.i.C.E.’s urban aesthetic and youthful spirit, while adding to the site’s functionality as a user-friendly vehicle for communication.

So, help city kids, put $5K in your pocket, and get your work seen. Submit your designs for a new and improved Web site for J.U.i.C.E., a nonprofit hip-hop arts program for LA’s urban youth, and you’ll be entered to win five grand, courtesy of SCION. All entries must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on April 10, 2009. Visit the site to learn more.

Design a cover to .psd Magazine and get published - a great addition to any graphic design or photography portfolio! The upcoming issue is about retouching, and you can enter as many times as you wish. Even second and third place winners will have their tutorials published in this issue.

This contest ends on 15 January 2009, and entries are judged on whatever criteria the judges decide to use. Overall, YOU judge the quality of your piece and how well you think it resembles a magazine cover. Visit the site to learn more about qualifications for this competition.

Welcome to the launch of the 1st Annual InflateYourFun International Design Competition, sponsored by Bestway Inflatables, a leading developer of inflatable products. With the aim of facilitating fun and recreation. Bestway produces a wide variety of products for people from all walks of life. Their extensive product offerings range from above ground swimming pools to inflatable airbeds ,from professional boats to summer toys and leisure products. If it’s fun and inflatable, Bestway makes it!

Your job, should you decide to try to win some money, is to develop product concepts for three target demographics. Product concepts can consist of any inflatable form with any play value acceptable to that market. Cash prizes of $1,000 USD for each 1st place entry and $400 USD for each 2nd place entry will be awarded for all three contest categories.

Registration will be open until 12:00pm 1 February 2009 (Pacific Time). Winners will be announced 28 February 2009. Visit the site to learn more.

This is Foldee’s third vector-art greeting card contest, and this time, they’re looking for the most romantic greeting card idea, related to games. And by games, they don’t just mean video-games, but ALL GAMES such from snooker to Cluedo and chess.

Come up with the wittiest/cheekiest/horniest card, and let the public decide who should get their hands on all this moolah. First prize is $1000 USD, second prize is $600 USD and third prize is $400 USD. They also have two $200 USD consolation prizes.

Only flat vector art is accepted for this contest. This means no gradients, rasters or fancy effects like filters and drop shadows. Foldee provides a template for the card. Foldee often adds suggestions and consultations to entries to make the best, and they might ask you to revise your designs before they accept them.

Deadline is 24 December 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

Over the last five years the iF communication design award competition has established itself internationally, becoming a barometer of the latest trends in communication design. Entrepreneurs, designers, agencies, architects and interior designers can demonstrate their creative prowess by registering by April 17, 2009.

The iF communication design award is not only a seal for outstanding design quality, it also accumulates points for Germany’s creative rankings of PAGE, W&V and Horizont. New: in November 2008 the iF ranking will be launched. Get ready for the results!

Online registrations for the iF communication design award are possible as from January 2009. iF will be pleased to inform you as soon as it is possible to register for the competition if you provide them with your contact information. Visit the site to learn more.

The Richard Goodman Strategic Planning Award recognizes distinction in the practice of strategy. Building on the broader purpose of the Association of Strategic Planning (ASP) to enable individuals and organizations to succeed through strategic thinking, planning and action, the purpose of the award is:

• To foster continuing excellence in strategic planning
• To stimulate innovation in the strategic planning process
• To honor organizations at the leading edge of strategic practice

Winners will be recognized for the Award in each of the following:

• Large for-profit or division of large-for profit corporation
• Small to mid-sized for-profit corporation
• Government, non-profit or academic organization

A committee of judges will be drawn from corporate and university-based specialists in strategy and management. These judges will review all entries and select finalists. Organizations that wish to be considered for the Award must complete an application and submit it to ASP no later than 31 December 2008. Visit the site to learn more.