Each year, P.O.V. brings 12-16 new films to public television viewers (PBS). The summer series and year-round specials push the boundaries of nonfiction television with work from emerging and established filmmakers that reflects the range and diversity of American voices — viewpoints that enrich, enlarge, challenge and refine our experience of the world.

If your non-fiction film has a strong perspective, a dedication to quality, contemporary relevance and a passion for your topic, then the P.O.V. series is the best place for a national television broadcast. If you believe the entire country should see your film, P.O.V. is for you. Additionally, Works produced by independents in association with a station or an organization are acceptable if editorial control was entirely in the hands of the film or video maker.

Deadline for your entries is 29 June. Visit the site to learn more.

If you’re a huge racing fan, this contest might crank your tractor. Create a winning Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (”CGRFS”) Team t-shirt/cap design incorporating a CGRFS driver, CGRFS Team and the corporate entities sponsoring the respective CGRFS Team and you could spend a weekend in the pits, literally, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The instructions are pretty tight, so your design and drawing skills may make you a winner because that’s what will stand out. Go to Drive 4 Design to read the instructions, download the templates, and to learn how hand over your design before 30 June at 11:59:59 pm.

At right: Sabrina Kyhn’s original cover art.

KFOG Live from the Archives 14 will be in stores this November. KFOG artists will donate tracks for the CD, which raises much needed funds for Bay Area Food Banks. Thanks to Fogheads, KFOG Live from the Archives volumes 1-13 have raised more than $3 million dollars to help fight hunger locally.

Now they need a cover design - that’s where you come in! Submit your original artwork - illustration, painting, photograph, computer-generated image - whatever you think will make a great KFOG Live from the Archives CD cover. Grand Prize winner will receive $1000.00, your name in the album credits, 10 copies of KFOG Live from the Archives 14, and a copy of Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 Design Premium software (US retail $1,799.00).

Yowzer, can’t get better than that! Deadline is 5pm Friday, 29 June, so hurry! Visit the site for details and to view past CD covers.

At right: Gus Capote’s winning 2006 entry.,/p>

Following up on last year’s huge success, CGarchitect.com is hosting the 4th annual Architectural 3D Awards to be awarded at this year’s VisMasters Design Visualization Conference on 10 August 2007 in San Diego. The Awards Competition is open to everyone in the Architectural Visualization industry to highlight the best imagery and animations done in 2006/2007.

This year’s awards will be divided into two categories: Still Imagery and Animation. From the submitted entries their group of expert judges will select the top five in each category. The winner of each category will be awarded the exclusive CGarchitect.com 3D AWARDS trophy during the VisMasters Design Visualization Conference.

But hurry - deadline is 30 June. Visit the site for details on how to submit work created within the past two years.

Coley Porter Bell is pleased to announce the launch of their SHINE 2007 award – a unique student initiative open to all 2nd year UK graphic design students graduating in 2008. Students are required to submit one piece of work from their portfolio that they feel best showcases their unique talent – photocopies are acceptable. Competition in past years has been tough for the covetable prize of £3000 plus a 3 month paid work placement at Coley Porter Bell.

Short-listed candidates are invited to Coley Porter Bell to present their portfolios from which 10 finalists will be selected to design next year’s competition poster. The winner is announced at a reception held at the agency in the autumn. Deadline for entries is 22nd June 2007. Visit the site for information about entries and where to send them.

Terror Film Festival is a bad-azz six night, blood-chilling, alien-probing international independent film festival that was founded for the purpose of offering filmmakers and screenwriters “more.” And so, the festival runs every October in Philadelphia and this year, in addition to all the surprise goodies, they’re offering almost $10,000 in cash and prizes, ranging from awards to sweet, lovable cash. They’ve also added the new genre category of “Dramaâ€? for features and short films. Total: 20 Claw Award categories, 14 Filmmaker awards, 6 Screenwriter awards, and 4 cash prizes.

• REGULAR Submission Deadline ($40) ends Midnight, 13 June
• LATE Submission Deadline ($50) ends Midnight, 13 August
• LAST CHANCE Submission Deadline ($100) ends Midnight, 31 August

Visit the site for details.

Animatu is an animation festival dedicated to digital. The festival holds an international Short competition, with some categories open just to Portuguese schools, Workshops, Talks, among other activities. All this in a cosy city. The great Pax Julia infrastructure and the proximity of the several places - lodging, workshops, etc -, are just some of the advantages for the guests.

The 2007 edition will be held on 17-21 October in Pax Julia - Municipal Theatre, in Beja, Portugal. Deadline for all competitions is 30 June. Visit the site for details.

The Big Bang Film Festival is a celebration of exciting and inventive films in the Action, Adventure, Suspense and Asian Action Cinema genres. They’re also looking for exciting sports and athletic events and activities documentaries. Extreme sports enthusiasts have contributed some of the most entertaining video of death defying speed, skill and daring. BBFF will showcase amazing films, some classics, some classics in the making. Every submission is featured as a rotating highlight on the front page of the BBFF website and on their 2007 Submissions page so that all filmmakers can link to their listing.

Deadline extended to 15 June. Visit the site for details.

Metanet, the company that created the original Flash game N, has announced a new contest to go along with the announcement of N+ for the DS, PSP and Xbox Live Arcade. The contest is known as “SUBLiME” or the Submit Unique and Brilliant Levels in to Metanet Event and it will run through June 18th at 10pm EST. You need to create the best level possible.

Interested parties can download specialized versions of Ned (the N level creation tool) that correspond to the DS, PSP or XBLA version of the game. The winners will receive an in-game credit as well as a free copy of N+ (which should ship sometime in November). See more details at the site.

Via: Gaming Target

This is just for fun, but it might make your day a bit brighter. Mimoco introduced the Blank vimobot, a do-it-yourself vinyl Art Toy for customization. Design itt with pens, paint, markers, and your imagination. If you enter your original vimobot character in this contest, your design may give birth to a real mombot Art Toy USB flash dirve.

Round one of the contest ends 30 June 2007. Visit the site, download the blank vimobot, and get to it (it’s just begging for something, isn’t it?).