HOW Promotion Design, 3/5

Promotion Design

Show us how you Get Creative With Your Promotions and you could see your work in the pages of HOW
Enter your favorite projects in HOW’s Promotion Design Awards for the chance to see your work—and your name—in the pages of HOW. There’s a category for every design occasion, from wedding invitations to pro-bono projects to client promotions.

Browse previous winners

PRIZES
BEST OF SHOW scores a FREE TRIP to the 2011 HOW DESIGN CONFERENCE (round-trip airfare, hotel and

conference registration) and an award to be presented at the conference.

All Winners will see their work in HOW’s OCTOBER 2010 SELF-PROMOTION DESIGN ANNUAL, get a $100 discount to the 2011 HOW Design Conference and receive a nifty certificate.

HOW TO ENTER

1. Send 2 well-protected unmounted samples. No slides or digital images please.
2. Register and pay for your entry online. You will receive printable entry confirmation pages that must be sent with your samples. If you choose to enter offline, type or print the Entry Form completely. This information will be reproduced in the magazine exactly as submitted if you are selected as a winner.
3. Credit all persons involved in the creation of the piece. HOW isn’t responsible for incorrect, illegible or incomplete credit information.
4. Describe the objective and results of your entry in 100 words or less and include the description with the Entry Form. (Optional but strongly suggested.)
5. Securely attach a copy of the Entry Form to the back of each sample of your entry. Include 2 copies of the Payment Form with your payment.

WHAT’S ELIGIBLE?
We accept actual samples of annual reports, brochures, catalogs, direct mail, book and magazine covers and interior pages, invitations, announcements, greeting cards, letterhead, logos, packaging, posters, print advertising, calendars, wearables, 3D objects and other print projects. We also accept color print-outs of workspaces, signage and other environmental graphic design. We do not accept videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs, websites or other interactive work, or digital images or slides of print work. All digital work is eligible in our Interactive Design Awards. Designs may be entered in more than one category. Submit a separate entry and fee for each category. Work must have been created between Jan. 1, 2009, and March 22, 2010.

CATEGORIES
CLIENT PROMOTIONS
created for paying customers (brochures, annual reports, ads, corporate identities, etc.)
DESIGNER SELF- PROMOTIONS
created to promote your design business
PERSONAL PROMOTIONS
created to celebrate life events (invitations, birth announcements, etc.)
PRO-BONO PROMOTIONS
created for free or at a discounted rate
ILLUSTRATOR PROMOTIONS
created for illustrators (not just work that includes illustration)
PHOTOGRAPHER PROMOTIONS
created for photographers (not just work that includes photography)
STUDENT PROMOTIONS
created while you were in school (whether you’ve graduated or not)
MISCELLANEOUS PROMOTIONS
created for purpose other than those above

THE DEADLINE
All entries must be postmarked no later than March 5, 2010.
Entries postmarked after March 5 require a late fee of $35 per entry.
Entries postmarked after March 22, 2010, will not be accepted.

ENTRY FEES
Single Entry — $65(stationery systems are counted as single entries)
Campaign — $90 (three or more pieces from a single campaign)
Student Single Entry — $35
Student Campaign —$55 (three or more pieces from a single campaign)

PAYMENT INFORMATION
Make checks payable (in U.S. funds) to HOW Promotion Design Awards.
Payment must accompany entries. Entries received without payment will be disqualified. Entry fees are nonrefundable.
Mail to: HOW Promotion Design Awards
4700 East Galbraith Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236 USA

OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF
Winning entrants grant HOW the right to reproduce images of their work in the 2010 Self-Promotion Design Annual and to display the projects at HOW events. Some winning entries may also appear on HOW’s website
and in other digital and printed materials.

HOW assumes all entries are original and are the works and property of the entrant, with all rights granted therein.

HOW is not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant and will not become
involved in copyright disputes.

If you wish to be notified of the receipt of your entry, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard.
HOW will notify winners by mail by October 2010, after judging is complete. No entries will be returned.

PRIVACY PROMISE Occasionally we make portions of our customer list available to other companies so they may contact you about products and services that may be of interest to you. If you prefer we withhold your name, simply send a note with your name, address and the competition name to:
List Manager, F+W Media, Inc.
4700 East Galbraith Road,
Cincinnati, OH 45236.

If you have additional questions, e-mail us at self-promo-competition@fwpubs.com or call (513) 531-2690 ext. 11402.

REGISTER your entries online

Art Documentation articles, 4/1

Editors are inviting articles for both the Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
issues of ART DOCUMENTATION, the semiannual peer-reviewed journal of the
Art Libraries Society of North America. The articles should fall within
the scope of art and architecture librarianship, visual resources
curatorship, digital image management, technology related to the visual
arts, art publishing, artists’ books, and related fields.

For the Fall 2010 issue, papers should be close to completion; the first
draft deadline is April 1, 2010. Many articles have already been
accepted for this issue, but there is still space for a few more. For
the Spring 2011 issue, please send your abstracts now for articles
concerning research or projects that you are still developing. The first
draft deadline for this issue is September 1, 2010.

Have you recently given a presentation at a conference or prepared a
poster session that would be appropriate to expand as a journal article?
Please send an abstract if the subject falls within the scope of ART
DOCUMENTATION.

For additional information and a description of the review process, ART
DOCUMENTATION contributor guidelines may be found at
http://www.arlisna.org/artdoc/contrib_guidelines.html.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Guild of Book Workers Call for Papers, 3/22

Call for Papers: Guild of Book Workers Journal 2010 issue*

The *Guild of Book Workers Journa*l is now accepting papers, articles,
essays and proposals for photo galleries for our 2010 issue. We welcome
submissions addressing any of the fields represented by the Guild’s
membership, including but not limited to:

- Bookbinding (Descriptions of techniques and how-to articles; discussions
of particular structures, both old and new)
- Conservation (treatment techniques, what does or does not work, noteworthy
programs, history)
- Artists' Books (innovative structures, examinations of an artist’s body of
work)
- Book art techniques (calligraphy, marbling, paper-making, printing)
- History (little-known events, figures, or movements; new findings about a
period or particular development in the history of the book and book arts)
- Profiles (interviews with book artists, practitioners, conservators,
collectors)
- Print “exhibitions” presenting selections from a collection, an
exhibition, or an individual’s body of work (if accompanied by a profile of
that individual).

In its new format, all submissions to the Journal will be peer-reviewed.
Authors of accepted pieces will be expected to format their manuscript and
image files according to our style guidelines, available upon request or
online at http://www.guildofbookworkers.org/resources/journal/journal.php.

Send queries and electronic submissions (.rtf, .doc or .pdf formats with
low-resolution image files) to
journal@guildofbookworkers.org

<journal@guildofbookworkers.allmail.net>.

*Deadline for submissions: Monday, March 22, 2010*

ARTBOUND, 3/12

ARTBOUND: First Annual Juried Student Book Arts Competition at the University of Florida Libraries

Call for Entries:

Students (graduate or undergraduate) making books in book arts and/or fine arts programs across the United States are invited to participate in ARTBOUND by submitting work to a juried artists' book exhibition and permanent collection at The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries!

Entrants are to submit handmade, artists' books printed in edition. Books printed with letterpress, intaglio, inkjet, and/or screenprint techniques will be considered. We will also consider one-of-a-kind handmade books created in other mediums. We are looking for high quality, original work.

Books selected by the jurors will be purchased for the qualifying award amount, exhibited during the ARTBOUND exhibition, and permanently added to the University of Florida Smathers Libraries' Special Collections in Book Arts.

Students whose work is selected will be required to provide proof of enrollment. All entries must be original work completed by a book arts student (graduate or undergraduate) enrolled between Fall 2008 and Spring 2010.

Postmark deadline for submissions: March 12, 2010

For further details and to download an entry form go to:
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/
Scroll down the page to find the ARTBOUND icon and link to the entry form.

Illustrated Accordian, 3/26

“The Illustrated Accordion” Call for Entries

The Kalamazoo Book Arts Center (KBAC) announces a call to artists for the non-juried exhibition “The Illustrated Accordion,” which will be held in the KBAC Gallery, April 2–30, 2010. Open to all emerging and established artists, this 2^nd annual exhibition focuses on books created in the accordion form. All media, variations, and interpretations of this style of book will be accepted and included in the exhibition. There is no charge to participate.

Artists are limited to one entry for the exhibit. Books must be received by Friday, March 26 at 5:00 p.m. Books should be hand delivered or mailed in a padded envelope to the KBAC.

Kalamazoo Book Arts Center

326 W. Kalamazoo Avenue, Suite 103A

Kalamazoo, MI 49007

Include another self-addressed envelope of equal size, affixed with adequate postage, for return of work after the exhibit. Books without envelopes and sufficient postage may not be returned.

All books must be ready for display on a sculpture stand, or hung from the wall (please include hardware and hanging instructions, if necessary.) Although care will be taken in the handling and display of the work, the KBAC is not responsible for loss, damage, or theft of the books during transit and exhibition. The KBAC reserves the right to reproduce images of submitted work for publicity purposes. A 20% commission will be charged for all sales made through the KBAC Gallery.

The opening for the exhibition will be April 2, from 6:00–9:00 p.m., in conjunction with Art Hop, and our 5^th Annual Edible Book Festival. Works will be returned by mail, or available for pick up, after April 30.

San Diego Book Arts Show, 3/7

San Diego Book Arts is hosting its third National Juried Exhibition May 29-July 18, 2010. Submission deadline is March 7, 2010 and is open to anyone residing in the United States. The opening reception in Saturday, May 29, 2010 from 2 - 4 PM at UC San Diego Geisel Library, Special Collections. The juror is Kitty Maryatt, Assistant Professor of Art at Scripps College and Director of the Scripps College Press. She is also principal owner of Two Hands Press. For an entry form go to www.sandiegobookarts.org/JuriedShowEntry.aspx.

Grolier Club, 3/5

The 2009 Grolier Club Library Fellowship

New York, December 10, 2009.

The Grolier Club Library is pleased to announce its seventh annual
fellowship offering in the history of the book. Awards of up to $2,500 are
available for research in the Library's areas of strength, with emphasis on
the book arts, antiquarian bookselling, and the private collecting of books
and prints. Fellowship awards may be used to pay for travel, housing, and
other expenses. A minimum research stay of two weeks is required, and
fellows are expected to present a seminar or lecture at the Grolier Club,
and submit a written report.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Members of the Grolier Club are not eligible, nor are students enrolled in
undergraduate degree programs, but all other interested persons are
encouraged to apply. There is no application form. Applicants should submit
a curriculum vitae and a proposal, not to exceed 750 words, stating
necessary length of residence, historical materials to be used, relevance of
the Grolier Club Library collections to the project, a proposed budget, and
two letters of recommendation. More information on the Library and its
holdings can be found at www.grolierclub.org.

The deadline for applications and letters of support is March 5, 2010, and
announcement of awards will be made in early May, 2010. Research terms can
take place any time between June 1, 2010 and May 30, 2011, but please note
that the Club is closed for the month of August.

Applications should be sent to The Fellowship Committee, The Grolier Club,
47 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022, or via e-mail to
ejh@grolierclub.org.