Cook and Draw!!

If you have a flare for cooking and a love of drawings this place is a dream come true!!!
Submit your favorite recipe illustrated with love and you could win big!
Current call for is for delicious fig doodles and dishes,

2011 Year of the Fig Recipe Contest

Sponsored by Simply Beautiful, Simply Delicious California Figs

$2,000 in cash prizes will go to six talented winners!

1ST PLACE PRIZES: $500 for best FRESH FIG recipe and $500 for best DRIED FIG recipe
2ND PLACE PRIZES: $300 for best FRESH FIG recipe and $300 for best DRIED FIG recipe
3RD PLACE PRIZES: $200 for best FRESH FIG recipe and $200 for best DRIED FIG recipe

Deadline: March 21st!!!


http://www.theydrawandcook.com/2011-year-of-the-fig-recipe-contest

as posted by illustration pages.

Thermos Love!

In case you hadn't heard, threadless is now putting their great designs on thermoses! Get in on the action and submit to their first ever thermos design competition, go for the guts the glory, the fame the fortune, and the free thermos!!!

Jan 31 thru Feb 20, 2011

Submissions close at 11:59:59 CST 

 One chosen designer will rock:

• $2,000 in cash from Threadless!
  
• $500 Threadless Gift Certificate (can be redeemed for $200 cash)
  
• iPad 64 GB with Wi-Fi!
  
• $200 in Thermos merchandise!
  
• Their design on a Threadless tee and a Thermos bottle!

http://www.threadless.com/loves/thermos?utm_medium=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=January-31-2011_013111+-+Monday&utm_source=013111+-+Monday

Its 3x3 time!

Ready to get your work out there to all the beautiful people! Take part in this years open call for art in the lastest instalment of 3X3 magazine! One of the best and well known publication of popular and cutting edge art getting your name mentioned here is sure to put you infront of art directors nationwide. Get those pencils going people deadline is March 25, 2011

https://www.3x3mag.com/ProShow_8.html

Comic Relief!

Fancy yourself a cartoonist? Then the National Cartoon Society is looking for you!! They are having their open call for all published work done at the end of last year, enter all your doodles for a chance to be recognized as the great artist you really are!!!
Cartoonists are invited to submit their work (or the work of anyone else) no later than February 6, 2011

http://www.reuben.org/news/?p=363

Back to the Future!

Just out from Threadless for the new year, were heading back to the future with an 80's inspired T-shirt contest. Pick from 5 colors and of course sharpie black and creatin a rockin skrunchie legwarmer fabulous design!!!

http://www.threadless.com/loves/sharpie?utm_medium=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=January-20-2011_012011+-+Thursday&utm_source=012011+-+Thursday

Jan 17 thru Feb 6, 2011

Submissions close at 11:59:59 CST

UP FOR GRABS:

• An Arcade Classics Multicade Stand Up game!
  
• $500 worth of Sharpie products!
  
• A set of 50 Sharpies personalized by YOU!
  
• $500 Threadless Gift Certificate (can be redeemed for $200 cash)
  
• $2,000 in cash from Threadless!

Egency!

Promoted by Print magazine, Egency comes to us seeking new and exciting design!
To kick off their 2011 launch they are having an open competition to get some great work in and award you some fun prizes!

• Prizes:
• Wacom Intuos 4 XL
• Wacom CintiQ12 WX
• Macbook
• or $1,000 cash
• Booq laptop bags

So its free to participate, send in some work!

Set-one deadline is January 31, 2011.

http://www.design-egency.com/take-the-challenge/

Egency is developing a marketplace connecting applied-artists, designers and printers with companies in need of high-quality marketing and brand assets. From brochures and postcards to industry-specific products, Egency will enable businesses to create high quality marketing materials in an easy and affordable manner.

Spectrum is calling!

THE TIME HAS COME FOR INFAMY AND FAME!!!!

If your a fan of the Spectrum book of fabulous art you can now send in your own work to be a part of the greatness!!!

Get crackin on those great pieces of art!!!

Deadline: January 28th!!!

http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/entry_info.php

Type your heart out!!!

An awesome type opportunity for aspiring typographers, design sponge and Veer have collaborated to give you a chance to expose your own personal type love. Create your own type either by hand or on computer and submit for total stardom!!!

Once you have your design (which can be digitally created or hand-drawn), submit it here and in two weeks we’ll announce the top ten entries. Then the top ten will be turned over to you guys! You’ll vote for your favorite and first prize will win $500 and $150 in Veer credits to keep their font love going!

Deadline//: 10pm EST November 9th, 2010

Read more at Design*Sponge http://www.designspongeonline.com/2010/10/design-your-own-alphabet-contest-500-prize.html#ixzz144CSOCRA

Infectious Incognito!!!

Love dressing up for Halloween? Don't let your phone feel left out of the fun, Design a skin that puts a fun twist on your phone or laptop so that it too can pretend to be something else!

Deadline Oct. 31st!!!!

First prize is $400! Second place gets a ipod Touch 4G!

http://www.infectious.com/contests/octincognito

Carol for Tron!!!

The great Carol Nguyen has contributed a fabulous design for Threadless loves Tron, vote now and show the love!!!

Christmas Card Bonanza!!!

Ready to unleash your holiday spirit?!?!??! Stranger-mag is teaming up with Shelterbox to create a group of holiday cards to benefit charity, originally being only done by a few artists they have decided to open it up to a global call for festiveness! And when its for charity you can never share enough!!! So create some wonderful goodness for a good cause!

This fantastic opportunity to contribute a design is open to everyone!

The competition closes at midnight on Wednesday 20 October and the winner will be announced on Friday 22 October, so get entering! Here's how:

Email your designs to: christmascards@stranger-collective.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Illustrations should focus around a seasonal theme of Christmas, contain no specific religious content and appeal to a wide audience. Designs should be 300dpi, 105 x 150mm JPGs in portrait aspect ratio

http://www.stranger-mag.com/news/ear-to-the-ground/shelterbox-christmas-card-illustration-competition.html

HOW poster design!

If you ever wondered what to do with your poster passion power, now u know! Submit your greatness to HOW magazine and win big!!! any and all designs accepted, let your poster passion run free!!!

The Prizes
10 winners will be featured on the HOW website, get $150 worth of HOW books and receive a 1 year subscription to HOW magazine. You will also receive a graphic to post on your website announcing your winning status.

Submitting Entries

All posters must be submitted online at howdesign.com. The image size of the file must not exceed 1280x1024 pixels. The image can be saved at a resolution that will enable us to zoom in to see details during judging, but the file size must not exceed 2MB.


The Deadline
Work must have been created between November 1, 2009 and October 31, 2010. Each single entry is $40. The fee for a poster campaign (3 or more posters that function as a system or series) is $60. All entries must be submitted online no later than October 15, 2010. Entries submitted after Oct. 15 require a late fee of $25 per entry. Entries will not be accepted after November 1, 2010.

Read more: HOW Design - Poster Design http://www.howdesign.com/posterdesignawards/#ixzz11VZMUoSH
For great design products, visit our online store! MyDesignShop.com

Threadles loves RED!!

Threadless is busy this month with their 2nd competition! Go RED with this challenge bringing life back to that popular red campaign that was so popular a while back, now its all about transformation! Visualize the idea of transformation and put it on a shirt!! Cant wait to see all the great work!

Deadline October 24th!!!

http://www.threadless.com/loves/productred

Threadless love Tron!!!

Hey who doesn't love Tron!!! nows your time to show your tron love by designing a shirt based on this great movie!!! delve deep and get creative its the Tron thing to do!


Deadline!!!
Sep 27 thru Oct 17, 2010
Submissions close at 11:59:59 CST

http://www.threadless.com/loves/tronlegacy?utm_medium=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=September-27-2010_092710+-+Monday&utm_source=092710+-+Monday

Type me!

Communications Arts first annual TYPE competition!!!
have a great piece of work based heavily in type or even a great rendition of a letter or type treatment, send it on over and you could win: A feature in one of Communication Arts annuals distributed worldwide and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.

Most entry fees are $35 for single pieces!

Deadline Sept. 10!!!!

http://www.commarts.com/competitions/typography

Comic Kick!

My latest submission to Threadless loves Comics, ooooooooh and I do love comics!!!
So please vote for mine and check out some great work by fellow comic lovers around the world!

http://www.threadless.com/submission/291584/Comic_Kick

Customize your threads!

Always loved unique fabric, even had an idea for your own? Jump in and put in an order with Spoon flower and have it ready to go by the holidays!

• No minimum order
• $18-$32 per yard
  $5 swatches
  
• Premium natural fabrics
• Eco-friendly textile printing
• International shipping
• Weekly fabric design
  contest

So jump on in and have some fun, who know you could start a whole fabric revolution!

http://www.spoonflower.com/welcome

Cover this!!

Ever wanted to be on the cover of a magazine??? well now you can, submit your piece for the American Artist magazine, heres how it works:

Three winners will be selected, each of whose artwork will be featured on the cover of American Artist, Watercolor, or Drawing magazine. The three winners will also receive scholarship awards valued at $1,395 applicable to registration fees and tuition for American Artist's Weekend With the Masters 2011 program, as well as a $1,000 cash prize. (Scholarship award has no cash value.)

Get busy people, time to be a super star!

ENTRY DEADLINE

August 31, 2010


http://www.americanartistcompetitions.com/index.shtml

Good Doodle!

Searching for a little solitude? Here is my submission for Good magazine's searching for solitude in the city doodle competition, hope to see everyone's submissions on the website!

http://www.good.is/post/project-create-a-doodle-about-finding-solitude-in-the-city-sneak-preview/

Mimobot!!!

The latest fabulous design contest from Infectious skin designs! Design the next great Mimobot character and win fame and fortune! or at least $1000!!!!

First Prize

$1000 AND winning design produced as a future run of MIMOBOT designer USB flash drives! $100 Infectious gift certificate

Runners up receive

2 Runners up get $500 each AND winning designs produced as a future run of MIMOBOT designer USB flash drives! $100 Infectious gift certificate. 3 Honorable Mentions get MIMOBOT and Infectious prize packs!

Honorable mentions receive

3 Honorable Mentions get MIMOBOT and Infectious prize packs!

So don't delay, hurry and submit your rockin designs by July 15th!!!!

http://www.infectious.com/contests/mimobot2