Saloman Snowbards has announced their Snowboards Artwork Contest for any individual or group, professional or student and over age 18. Designs will be accepted until 31 March before noon (Paris time). The most interesting designs wsill be presented to the Salomon’s Jury and proposed to the snowbaord team as potential in-line products. Each of the top three selected designs will receive 1500 Euro as a reward. More prizes, details about the contest, and information about their new “Free Submission” area on their new site are available now.

Be a part of history… Graphis strives to serve as a platform for outstanding work in Advertising. This year, they take their celebration of remarkable work to the next level, with the introduction of Graphis Awards. This prestigious recognition will be reserved for those artists who produce particularly outstanding work. Submit your work for the Annual competitions, and be eligible for the new Gold or Platinum level Graphis Award.Graphis Call For Entry Is Now Open For Graphis Advertising Annual 2008. The Deadline is March 26, 2007. Visit the site for details.

CellTalz.com invites all the blog theme designers to participate and show up their exclusive talents. Here’s a chance to explore your hidden creativity and get rewarded for your inherent skills. They want a “cool, unique graphical theme” for www.celltalkz.com. The winner will get a cash prize of $500 Via Paypal, Cheque. Apart from this they will be offering many other prizes for all who come up with best ideas. At present they have a total of $500 as prize money for the winner only, but it may go up once the contest progresses.

The selection of the best work would be adjudged on the following parameters – Coding Standards, Uniqueness, Creativity, Relevance and, Visuals. Deadline for entry is 26 March. Visit the site for details.

Entry forms are now available for the 2007 American Inhouse Design Awards, the premier showcase for in house design excellence. The competition encompasses inhouse designers and teams within corporations, media companies, non-profits, educational and government institutions. The purpose: to provide much deserved recognition for inhouse designers to colleagues, clients and upper management.

Awards categories focus on the activities and strengths of inhouse design departments, from brochures and collateral, logos and identity programs, direct mail and announcements, and corporate and annual reports to package and p-o-p design projects, sales promotions, news letters, publications and conference and event materials. Each entry is judged against itself, based on its creativity, effectiveness, performance and success, as well as sensitivity to the challenges and constraints that inhouse designers face. Visit the site for details. Deadline extended to 16 March.

In the global marketplace, the business card continues to be one of the most popular and internationally accepted forms of communication and self-promotion, and designers are perpetually pushing the limits with their designs. With unique materials, illustration, and complex diecuts, they are able to create pieces that recipients want to keep for their sheer beauty and ingenuity. Rockport Publishers would like to celebrate YOUR winning graphic design in The Best of Business Card Design 8.

Send your most innovative business cards for consideration. Selected pieces will be featured in The Best of Business Card Design 8, a full-color, 240 page, 9 x 11-inch hardcover book brimming with great design. Slated for publication in the spring of 2008, this volume will present creative, top-notch business card designs created for clients large and small. Visit the site for details. Deadline has been extended to 16 March.

Enter Jewelry Television’s 5th Annual Jewelry Design Contest. Winners will have their design manufactured into jewelry. Plus the winners will receive an All-expense-paid trip to visit Jewelry Televisionâ„¢ where they can spend $1,500 (total) on a shopping spree.

Visit the site to read the rules.