Type:	Competition
Category:	Design Contests > Graphic Design
Entry Fee:	Free
Location:	Online
Prizes:	Included in calendar

Entry Deadline

Sep 10 2008

Competition Details

Shift has been trying to offer artists many platforms to showcase their works online. The Shift calendar competition held from 2003 successively, pushes the boundaries between online and off line using a "calendar" as its medium. Entries are invited from all over the world and selected works will be distributed throughout the world in the format of a physical calendar.

This year, selected works will be exhibited and sold at PRINT'EM web site for a year with support by PRINT'EM, a graphic print center operated by Mitsubishi Paper MIlls Limited.

The deadline for this competition is on September 10th, 2008. Please send us your original work.

Intention of the competition:
The aim of the competition is to discover fresh creators and support them, Shift provides a platform to show works using a calendar as a medium.

Target:
Shift accepts work regardless of nationality and experience.
Work should not have been published anywhere and not been submitted to the other past competitions, including the past edition of Shift calendar competition.

Theme:
Choose your favourite theme and create the work freely.

Works to submit:
The format should be Photoshop or Illustrator data. (If you use Photoshop, the data should be 300 dpi). You are required to prepare three kinds of data.

The image, text, illustration and any other components within your work should be original.

About the selected works:
Twelve creators will be selected and their each art work will be used as visual in the Shift 2009 Calendar. These twelve works will be exhibited and sold at PRINT'EM web site.

Deadline:
9:00pm on September 10th, 2008 (Japan time).
Submission starts on June 15th, 2008.

Fees and Expenses:
We're afraid we are unable to offer any fees, expenses or royalties in connection with this competition.