Instructions for Designing the PRINT Cover

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS JUNE 30, 2009

Download the entry form for the 2009 competition.

How Entries Are To Be Submitted
All submissions must be mounted and in comprehensive, finished form. The designer should also submit the cover in digital format on a CD. Please tape the bottom half of the entry form to the back of the CD. No more than five (5) entries per school may be submitted. No entries will be returned.

Download cover specs (PDF).

Logo and Copy Lines
The typeface, size, and position (upper left-hand corner of the cover) of the PRINT logo and accompanying tag line, DESIGN CULTURE YOUTH, cannot be changed. The designer may, however, use any color he or she wishes for these elements.

Download PRINT logo (EPS)

Colors
PRINT covers are printed in 4-color.

Trim Size
9" X 10 7/8" Please add 1/8" bleed to top, bottom, and right-hand sides.

New Theme for the 2009 Competition
The winning entries will be published in the April 2010 issue of Print. Designers should pick a global problem and create a cover design that shows how design might solve that problem, such as sustainability, human rights, or the future of food.

The designer should also include a headline, a subhead, and three proposed cover lines for possible stories supporting their theme in their design. The covers will be judged on both the strength of the concept and the execution. Have fun!

Use of Copyrighted Materials
Avoid using copyrighted/trademarked materials/objects as elements on the cover, as well as any other materials that require special clearances. Remember that the cover will be printed and prior permission must be obtained in order to reproduce these materials. If models are used on the cover, a signed model release form should be included with the entry.

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Print's Student Cover Design Competition
Print
38 East 29th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY  10016