It’s time to get your entries ready for the next Creative Quarterly judging. And as always there’s a flat $10 per entry. Entering a series? Each piece is $10.

All art directors, graphic designers, illustrators, photographers and fine artists in all media are eligible to enter. They’ll judge both professional and student work. Students must be either undergraduate, graduate students or recent graduates. Entrants must be in the US or Canada. They’ll begin the international show with their next issue.

Expect the same categories: Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography, Fine Art but they’ll have separate sections for professional and student work. If you enter online, you can pay online. Want to mail your payment? Download the Call For Entries 15 PDF and send your payment along with a disc with your entries.

Deadline is 30 January 2009. Visit the site to learn more.

The TITAN Illustration in Design Competition launches its 1st call for entries aimed at design companies in all sectors of business, freelance designers, illustrators as well as local or private organisations. TITAN is an award and a quality label with exhibitions in Portugal and abroad, as well as international conferences. In this first edition TITAN highlights and rewards a selection of the best work resulting from the collaboration between clients, designers and illustrators.

The TITAN welcomes illustrators and designers from all sectors of industry to exhibit their most recent and innovative creations. The products selected by the jury are awarded the “TITAN” label and proceed to form part of a number of exhibitions in Portugal and abroad. The awards of TITAN are defined by an independent jury of professionals and experts to the most outstanding illustrations.

Call for entries is through January 23rd, 2009. Illustration authors in published work within the past five years can enter the competition. Prizes in Euros. Visit the site to learn more.

In 2009 the International Garden Photographer of the Year folks want to place the emphasis not only on the great cash prizes they have on offer but ways in which you can use your competition entry to improve your photography. In addition to the cash and equipment prizes - as last year the top prize was £5000 - they are offering the chance to have a personal critique of your entry.

Everybody who enters the competition will be eligible for a FREE ENTRY (value £13 for adults) to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, UK, on a specified date in May or June 2009 (exact date to be announced soon). On this day IGPOTY judges will be on hand at the exhibition site to answer your questions and to give you feedback on your entries - you will need to bring prints or your photos on your camera. Please note this offer will only be valid on the date they specify.

They understand that not everyone will be able to take up this offer. Therefore the IGPOTY team will provide personal feedback by email to up to 200 entrants who are unable to attend the day at Kew Gardens. The 200 entrants will be chosen by the IGPOTY team.

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Enter the exciting digital exhibition for creativity in illustration - the 1st annual Tate Publishing National Illustration Competition. Selected by distinguished designers, art directors and illustrators, the winning entries will be published in the 2009 Tate Illustration Catalog. Also, a total of $1,750 in cash prizes will be awarded.

Tate Publishing is offering a call for entries for aspiring illustrators and graphic designers. You can send in a single illustration (RGB) or unpublished book entry (PDF or separate JPG files at RGB). No entries will be returned, and entries are $10 and $15 USD respectively. Any illustration first printed or produced between 1 January 2008 and 31 January 2009 is eligible.

Deadline is 31 January 2009. Visit the site to learn more.

In the context of the international design conference “Hit by Inspiration,” which will take place on 7th March 2009 in Munich, the design studio TOCA ME and the stock photo agency Getty Images launched an international design contest under the same topic as the conference. Until 31st January 2009 artworks created of images or videos from Getty Images as their basis can be submitted on the website designcontest.toca-me.com. Participation is free and open to everyone – no matter if you are a designer or just interested in design.

In the run-up to the conference an international jury will determine the winning entries of both the categories image and video – both will be awarded with a brand new Apple Mac Book. The jury consists, amongst others, of Joshua Davis, one of the leading web designers in the world and Strukt, a collective of young designers from Vienna specialized on the creation of unique visual styles.

Deadline for this competition is 31 January 2009. Visit the site to learn more.

Don’t miss the 16 January 2009 entry deadline for Professionals and the 30 January 2009 deadline for Students. It’s your chance to win a Gold Cube in the 88th Annual Awards. Enter your advertising, design, interactive, photography, illustration and even unpublished work in Playground. There are also breakout categories, ADC Hybrid and ADC Design Sphere, and a sponsored award from Corbis! So go ahead, enter now!