Imagine Yourself in Wonderland
Have you noticed any smiles glowing or floating in the air? Or perhaps you’ve noticed that your playing cards have suddenly begun to walk around.

Hopefully you haven’t seen these strange circumstances, but if you are familiar with these descriptions, odds are that you may be an Alice in Wonderland fan.

The Picture Yourself in Wonderland Contest is giving you the opportunity to depict yourself as one of the characters in Tim Burton’s movie version of Alice in Wonderland.
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The Contest Details
Your submissions to this contest can be comprised of any one of the following:

* A photo of you dressed up as any Alice in Wonderland character
* A photo of yourself that has been digitally enhanced to include Alice in Wonderland character ….accessories
* An original digital image created by you of an Alice in Wonderland character.

Entries will be judged on technical skill, creative application of the contest theme, and overall originality.

Awards
According to the contest sponsors the following prizes will be awarded:

* First Place
- $1,000
- Alice In Wonderland Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
- 8,000 deviantART Points
- One year Premium Membership to deviantART

* Second Place
- $750
- Alice In Wonderland Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
- 6,000 deviantART Points
- One year Premium Membership to deviantART

* Third Place
- $500
- Alice In Wonderland Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
- 4,000 deviantART Points
- One year Premium Membership to deviantART
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Other Contest Details
The complete official rules and guidelines for this contest can be found on the contest site.  You must be a member of deviantArt to enter this contest. Sign up for a free membership at the website.

The deadline for entries is June 4, 2010.

Send In Your Memories
Do you have especially fond memories of a particular vacation or travel trip? Did you document the event in a video or photograph? Or perhaps you wrote down your impressions and thoughts about the visit.

If you can say “yes” to any or all of these questions you are a prime candidate for Verge Magazine’s Two-Minute Travel Tales Multimedia Contest.
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What the Contest Is About
Verge wants your video, photograph, or written memories about your trip, but they want it brief and to the point. Verge states:

“Verge is now accepting entries for our new Two-Minute Travel Tales multimedia contest.  Using video, photography or words, tell us a story from your travels.

“Entries must be SHORT!  Written entries under 500 words; photos entries may be accompanied by up to 200 words; video entries should be less than two minutes.”

Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible for this contest you must meet specific contest parameters. For a full listing of the contest guidelines and how to submit your entries follow this link. Some of the requirements for this contest, as stated by the contest sponsors are:

* All submissions must be in one of the following media: video, photography or writing.
* Submitted material must not be previously published.
* The contest is open to all subscribers of Verge Magazine (not just the newsletter). If you are not currently a subscriber, you can do this at the Verge website. The subscription fee is $10 for one year of digital or print issues.
* There is no entry fee for this contest.
* Each submission must be entered with a separate entry form.

Judging and Awards
The judging for each contest category will be officiated by a panel of judges selected by Verge Magazine. The decisions of the judges are final. Contest winners will be notified via telephone or mail sometime on or before November 1, 2010.

One Grand Prize of $1000 will be awarded. Each category winner will receive $200. Entries and the names of the submitters may be published in Verge Magazine or used in promotional efforts in future issues. All entrants retain the rights to their pieces.

Important Links and Other Contest Information
By clicking on the following links you can access important documents and information about this contest:

The Official Entry Form
Complete Rules and Guidelines for Entering Your Submissions
Naming Your Files for Submission (Important!)
Frequently Asked Questions
The Official Contest Website

All entries must be received on or before June 1, 2010, 6PM.

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Do You Know Who Syd Mead Is?
The name Syd Mead may not be familiar to you but his art and design work influences the look of films, planes, video games, automobiles, water craft, and architecture.

Mead’s futuristic concepts have been featured in movies such as Blade Runner, Tron, Mission Impossible 3, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

The NVArt5 Competition, sponsored by CGSociety and NVidia, celebrate the future of transport vehicles through the legendary style of industrial designer Syd Mead.

The Contest
Submissions should reflect the style and flavor of futurist Syd Mead. To gain some insight and inspiration of his techniques go to this link to see examples of his work.
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Among other parameters, general guidelines for this contest state:

* All entrants must be registered with CGTalk or CGSociety and agree to abide by the Terms and Conditions as describe at this link. In order to be a registered member, go to the official website.

* Try to keep images under 2MB. Compressing them with something other than Photoshop will help, as will using a lower compression setting - there is no need for 100% quality when compressing JPEG files.

* Entries should remain unpublished outside of CGSociety prior to the close of the challenge.

* The final model, both digital and real, remains the exclusive property of the entrant.

* For a complete set of rules and contest guidelines, follow this link.

Prizes
The sponsors of this contest offer the following awards:

1st prize: Total value of US$17,000
$10,000 cash
2 x NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 4GB - 240 CUDA Processors
(or latest model) valued at $7000.00 (USD)

2nd Prize: Total value of US$9,000
$2000 cash
2 x NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 4GB - 240 CUDA Processors
(or latest model) valued at $7000.00 (USD)

3rd Prize: Total value of US$4,500
$1000 cash
1 x NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 4GB - 240 CUDA Processors
(or latest model) valued at $3500.00 (USD)

4rth Prize: Total value of US$3.500
1 x NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 4GB - 240 CUDA Processors
(or latest model) valued at $3500.00 (USD)

5th Prize: Total value of US$3.500
1 x NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 4GB - 240 CUDA Processors
(or latest model) valued at $3500.00 (USD).

Other Information
Entries will be accepted until June 30, 2010. The winners will be announced at the end of July 2010. There is no entry fee for this contest.

Ready, Set, Action!
If you are currently enrolled in a graphic design school or design college as a film student, Kodak’s Scholarship Program may help you offset some of your college expenses or provide materials to assist you in your film education.

How It Works
You must be nominated by either your school department or official school representative in order to enter this contest. The official entry form in PDF format can be downloaded by clicking on this link.

If you are enrolled as a film or cinematography student at a design center, university or graphic design college in any of the following locations, you are eligible to participate in this scholarship competition:

United States
Canada
Asia Pacific countries: Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore
European countries: Austria, Benelux, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Latin America countries: Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Surinam, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Contest Details
* Entries that are accepted must be works that were created by the nominee.
* The work must show a story or theme in some way.
* The submitted work must be in its entirety. Film clips or shorts do not qualify as acceptable entries.
* There is a limit of two nominees per institution for this scholarship contest.
* Nominees must be fulltime undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in the 2009-2010 academic year and will be enrolling for the 2010-2011 academic year in a degree program.
* Winners agree to the full use of their names, photos, and their location for possible publicity use by Kodak.

Send two copies of your registration along with two copies of your DVD to:

KODAK Scholarship
Michele DeLano
343 State Street
Rochester, NY 14650-0315
USA

Judging
Contest entries will be judged on the following:

* Academic Achievement
* Creativity
* Technical Ability
* Communications Ability

Visual Imagery will count 50%, creative and other technical skills 25%, and the other criteria 25%. All decisions are final.

Scholarship Prizes

* Gold:   $1,000 cash award and $5,000 KODAK Motion Picture Product Grant
* Silver: $4,000 KODAK Motion Picture Product Grant
* Bronze: $3,000 KODAK Motion Picture Product Grant
* Honorable Mentions: Two $2,000 KODAK Motion Picture Product Grants

Other Information
There is no entry fee for this contest. The deadline for entries is June 14, 2010. The winners will be announced sometime in August 2010. For questions concerning this contest go to the Kodak website to register. Go to the official contest website to see additional details about this scholarship program.

Calling All Aspiring Art and Graphic Designers
Langara College and Rethink Communications are offering one $18,000 two-year scholarship to Langara’s Communication and Ideation Design program. The CID curriculum at Langara College centers on expanding the creative aspects related to graphic design, art direction, and other visual-media related fields.

The winner of this competition will also receive an internship at Rethink, a cutting edge communications-idea agency located in Canada.

The Rethink competition is open to anyone 19 years or older. You should be able to attend full-time classes starting September 2010 semester. This contest originates in Canada. If an international student wins this award, the scholarship is conditional upon the issue of a valid student visa. Participants in this contest must also have a valid high school diploma or equivalent background.

The Contest Details
This contest is announcing an open call for submissions of sketchbooks from all art and graphic designers.  According to the sponsors:

“The sketchbook can be any size in terms of width and height, but it must have a hard black cover. Also, the number of pages in the book might vary depending on where you get it, though it should not exceed 250.

“Remember not to worry about filling out the whole book, because a few brilliant ideas are always better than a huge pile of mediocre work…

“Your job is to put your most interesting ideas into that sketchbook to demonstrate what you can do. Your book should also tell us something about who you are.”

The official application form must accompany your sketchbook. This PDF document can be downloaded by clicking here. Mail your sketchbook for this contest to:

The Rethink Scholarship
700-470 Granville St.
Vancouver, BC
V6C 1V5
Canada

Judging and Submission Tips
The judges for this contest want to be “amazed” by your work. Entries will be judged upon:

* The clarity of the ideas and how they are executed …within your sketchbook.
* The relevance in association to the scholarship program ….you are applying to.
* How “fresh” and imaginative the thinking is.
* The craft and production value of your work.
* Quality over quantity of your sketches. You don’t have to show ever idea you’ve had.

The sponsors of this contest provide the following tips regarding the submission of sketchbooks:

* Give your book an idea (or ideas) beyond your bio. If we wanted that we’d just steal your diary.
* Your application to a communication arts program should, well, communicate, artistically.
* Don’t use the entire book if there’s no reason to. Remember that a few great ideas will always …beat an entire book filled with mediocre work.
* Pen and paper aren’t your only options. Sculptures, photos, interactive, it’s all fair game.
* It never hurts to show us your thinking, we like seeing how you got to what you’re presenting.

Other Details
Complete details for this contest can be found by going to the Rethink Scholarship interactive website and Rethink Inc. Questions about this competition should be directed to questions [at] rethinkscholarship.com.

The contest deadline is June 1, 2010. There is no entry fee for this competition.

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The Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA) is a graphic design competition and computer application competition that seeks the best and the brightest student talent in the fields of graphic design, illustration, photography, animation, digital film, computer art, and computer applications.

If you are currently enrolled as a full-time student you are eligible to enter this contest for a chance to win cash prizes and Adobe software products.
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Entry Categories
There are three major categories in this contest with several linked subcategories:

Interactive Media

* Browser-Based Design
* Non-Browser Based Design
* Application Development
* Mobile Design
* Installation Design

Video and Motion

* Animation
* Live Action
* Motion Graphics

Traditional Media

* Illustration
* Packaging
* Photography
* Print Communication

Full detailed descriptions for these classes can be found by clicking here.

Contest Guidelines

• The contest is open to individuals 18 years or older that are enrolled as full-time students. (See full contest rules for restrictions)
• Submitted entries may be reclassified from one category to another at the judges discretion.
• Entries must be the original work of the submitter.
• Deadline for entries is June 4, 2010.
• Submitted entries must be created with at least 50% or more with Adobe tools in Adobe software formats.

The complete rules and guidelines for this graphic design contest can be obtained by clicking here.
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Judging
Adobe states on its website:

“The entries, whether submitted by an individual or a group, shall be judged together in each category on a points system, based on originality, effectiveness in meeting the communication objective, and contestant(s) skills in applying Adobe products as specified in their entry forms.”

The Awards
A $3000 cash prize will be awarded to the winners in addition to various Adobe software program packages such as Adobe design suites, web design applications, and other Adobe products.

Other Information
The deadline for this contest is June 4, 2010. Complete details and entry instructions can be found by clicking here.