Flash Animators, Broadcast Designers and Motion Graphics Artists - Gain worldwide recognition for your finest work by entering the most prestigious juried competition for Flash animation and motion graphics. If selected, your award-winning pieces will be shown at the 2007 Best in the SW: Flash Animation & Motion Graphics Festival in Albuquerque on 9 October 2007. Throughout 2008, your work will be displayed on the Best website, providing you with outstanding exposure to potential clients and colleagues.

Anyone is eligible to submit any Flash animation or motion graphic, no matter when it was created. Previous winning entries in the Best in SW Awards are not eligigle, nor are entries that have been submitted more than two times. The primary tool used to create your entry should be Adobe Flash, but After Effects users have a special category. Motion Graphics can be created using any software.

All entries must be received no later than 12:00 am (midnight MDT/GMT-6) on 31 August 2007. Visit the site to learn more.

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The purpose of Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) is to raise public awareness about artists and scientists who use science and technology to explore new forms of creative expression, and to increase communication and collaborations between these fields.

For Digital’07, ASCI is specifically looking at how structure and pattern in the universe, whether visible or invisible to the naked eye, have become the muse for many contemporary digital artists. They seek to explore how today’s scientific fields of systems science, chaos and string theory, fractals, nanoscience, genetics, molecular science, the wavelets or frequency of sound, or a myriad of other mathematical data-sets have influenced today’s artists, scientists, and technologists in creating 2-dimensional art of exquisite pattern.

The ASCI Exhibition of Digital Prints is to be held at the New York Hall of Science from 29 September 2007 – 21 January 2008. Deadline for this competition is 20 August 2007. Visit the site to learn more.

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OurStage is now accepting your video and film submissions for their June 2008 competition. Videos (15 minutes or less) are welcome in the following channels: Animation, Comedy, Cutting Edge, Action Sports, Music Videos, and Short films. Enter by 29 August. The grand-prize winning musician and filmmaker who get the most sms votes will each win $5,000 cash. Visit the site to learn more.

Food Network is searching for a new Iron Chef who will need a special uniform, and it’s up to you to design it. The Grand Prize Winner will win a trip for 2 to New York City, along with hotel rooms and tickets to the finale taping of The Next Iron Chef, including transportation to and from taping; a Brother QC1000 sewing/embroidery machine and $500 cash.

To enter the Contest you must be a lawful permanent resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia and be 21 years of age or older and hold a valid U.S. driver’s license. Deadline: 6:00p.m. (ET) on 10 August 2007. To learn more about what goes into the jacket, visit the site.

The Sarasota Architectural Foundation has sent out a Request For Qualifications (RFQ), initiating a competition for a design and financial plan to provide alternative use and preservation of Paul Rudolph’s historic buildings at Sarasota’s Riverview High School, built in 1958, which are currently scheduled for demolition.

The RFQ is seeking up to five qualified architect and developer teams with demonstrated experience in creative planning and implementation of projects that include the use of historic buildings. Their design and financial proposals must include plans for revitalizing the Rudolph courtyard buildings for alternative use, financing the work and the long-term preservation of the buildings, and compensating for the parking lot and playing fields currently scheduled to be built in that area.
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IQONS x NIKEiD is a design competition to challenge athletes and sport clothing connoisseurs to explore their creativity, and push fashion designers and fans to apply their talents to athletic fashion. To participate, IQONS members submit designs from the NIKEiD website (www.nikeid.com). Designs will be uploaded to an area on iqons.com where members and the general public can rate the submissions and comment on favorites.

Each month, the design rated highest by IQONS members will be given to its designer, courtesy of NIKE. Additionally, one randomly selected commenter will receive the design they’ve rated highest.

For full competition terms and conditions, visit http://www.iqons.com. Deadline is 31 August 2007.