Rejected to Accepted
If you are a graphic designer or part of a graphic design team, having your project bounced or turned down is never an easy situation to deal with. The design may have been good, but for whatever reasons it didn’t make the cut.
But now there is hope for your rejected projects - The Project Never Graphic Design Contest is calling for all graphic designers to submit any of their rejected work that was not published or used in a media campaign.
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According to the contest sponsors:
“Project Never is a free awards competition created by graphic designers for graphic designers. Thousands of effective designs die each day - often for good reason. At the same time, successful designers and agencies generate many worthy ideas for each project or campaign, only one of which gets chosen for wider audiences. Project Never honors the most creative design concept that never reached production.”
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Contest Details
- Submissions may be sent in from any country as long as the entry is presented in the English language.
- Describe what the project was created for and what it was intended to do in 50-200 words.
- All print and media is acceptable.
- Digital entries must be submitted in JPEG or PDF formats. File size limit is 5MB.
- Submitted entries must have been produced between the dates of January 1, 2009 and February 19, 2010.
- There are no entry fees.
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Judging
The entries that make it to the final stages of this contest will be judged according to the following standards:
- Presentation of submission
- Design quality
- How effective the project would have been if it had gone to press
- Creative concept
- Effectiveness of the project on the viewer
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Awards
The winner will be featured on projectnever.com with a link to the winner’s website along with a bio of the company or individual.
The judges’ commentary on the winning entry will be featured on projectnever.com. A Pantone Essentials Advance bundle will be awarded to the winner.
Other Information
The contest deadline is February 19, 2010. Winners will be announced on April 15, 2010. For complete details and guidelines, click here. To submit your entries, click here for the official form.
