| 29 October 2009 |
Positive Posters is an international poster design competition. It is asking for entries for its current contest theme: Change.
The event is open to all graphic design students, illustrators, and professionals.
The contest is held two times a year. The winning poster is printed and displayed throughout the streets of Melbourne, Australia.
The runners up submissions will be displayed in an exhibit featuring the top 30 entries.
Positive Posters gives the following instructions on what to submit to its contest regarding the theme Change.
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All entries must be received by Positive Posters by 5pm Thursday 29th of October AEST. (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Entries will be required to be uploaded via: www.positive-posters.com
To be eligible for consideration, all entrants must complete all stages of the online entry process:
- Design a poster responding to the brief.
- Upload a digital 72 dpi version of an A3 poster in JPEG format. Max file size 2MB. (Create your file at A1 portrait, 300dpi resolution and scale it down for submission as this will be the final printed size)
- Submit a max 100 word rational describing your poster and how your solution meets the brief.
- File name needs to be your surname separated by a underscore then your first name initial. Eg. If your name is Robert Smith your file name will be smith_r.jpeg
- If an entry is a collaborative effort or anything of that nature, a clear description of authorship must be supplied with the submission.
All participants in this contest must read the terms and conditions of the competition to be eligible. These can be found by clicking here.
Judging
Five judges will review all submissions to the contest and select the top 30 entries. From these, one winner will be chosen.
The winner will be contacted by email. The entries are judged upon how well the artist has interpreted the theme, the visual impact of the image, and how well the theme is communicated through the poster art.
Prizes, Deadlines, and Entry Fees
There is no entry fee for this contest. The first place winner will receive Adobe CS4 plus a Wacom graphics tablet.
The deadline for entries is 5pm Thursday 29th of October AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time).
