Students: Get in the 2015 SPD-U Spotlight! Enter Your Designs by June 8

Students: Get in the 2015 SPD-U Spotlight! Enter Your Designs by June 8
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. 
Look for details about our 2016 Student Design Competition early this fall and the 2016 SPD-U Spotlight in the spring of 2016. 

WE'VE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE! 
New Deadline: Monday, June 8, 2015, 5PM EST

The 2014-2015 academic year is soon coming to a close and you'll be finishing up a bunch of awesome projects on top of the great work you've already done ... don't let them all just gather dust once the grades are in: share them with us! We want to see what you've been up to!

If you've created any type of editorial design work in the past year, enter it in our 2015 SPD-U Spotlight Juried Online Gallery Show. Whether it's a magazine project from your design class, a newsletter design you did for your fraternity, work you did on your school's newspaper or yearbook, or even the entry you created for our 2015 Student Design Competition ... if it's any type of editorial design, we'd love to see it! Forget rules, forget formulas -- just show us the best stuff you have.

If your work is chosen by our jury of top-notch editorial design professionals, we'll showcase it in an exclusive online gallery here on the SPD website with links to your portfolio website. It's a great way to get your name and work in front of magazine art directors with the power to hire fresh, young talent like yourself. All the rules and details after the jump...



2015 SPD-U SPOTLIGHT

Juried Online Gallery Show for Students

 
NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE: JUNE 8! THIS YEAR'S SPOTLIGHT IS NOW CLOSED.

Send us up to 3 pieces of your finest editorial design work by Monday, June 1, Monday, June 8, 5pm EST. And if you're an SPD Student Member -- or you join now -- you can submit up to 5 entries! All for FREE!

Anything created from June 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015 while you were a student enrolled at an accredited school is eligible.

What counts as a "piece"? Each piece can consist of either a single page, spread or multi-page story (up to 6 pages total) ... or the equivalent in tablet/digital design - see the FAQs below for more details.

And best of all, entries are FREE!

All entries will be seen by our amazing panel of judges. We will then display selected work in a special online gallery here on the SPD website and will share it through SPD social media.


HOW TO SUBMIT


1. Download the official Call for Entries here.

2. Choose up to 3 pieces of your editorial design work (or 5 pieces if you're an SPD Student Member) to submit. Remember, anything created from June 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015 is eligible. Each piece can consist of either a single page, spread or multi-page story (up to 6 pages total). All pages in an entry must be part of the same story or will be counted as multiple entries.

3. Fill out the entry form in the Call for Entries and get your instructor to sign it. All entries MUST be approved by a professor, instructor or some other school official.

4. Submit your work as 72-dpi RGB JPG files (the width should measure at least 800 pixels or more, the height doesn't matter; but all files should be less than 5MB each). Attach a scan of your completed entry form and email it all to SPDUspotlight@gmail.com.

5. DEADLINE: Monday, June 1, 2015 by 5pm EST.  New Extended Deadline: Monday, June 8, 2015, 5pm EST This year's competition is now closed.

Please note: Entry is FREE and ANY STUDENT can enter, you do not have to be an SPD Student Member. But you must have been attending an accredited school when your submission was created, and all submissions must be approved by a professor or school official. We are accepting entries ONLY via email (no mailed entries), and all entries must be accompanied by your completed entry form and received via email at SPDUspotlight@gmail.com by the deadline above. Late entries will not be accepted. Winners will be notified by email by July 15, 2015.


THE JUDGES
These incredibly-talented pros will be looking at all your wonderful work. Don't miss your chance to get in front of their eyes!
   
• James Maikowski, Art Director, Food & Wine
• José Reyes, Creative Director, Metaleap Creative (includes Paste, the Washingtonian and more)
Renee Rupcich, Design Director, Nylon and Nylon Guys (previously Conde Nast Media Group, Rolling Stone, Surface)
• Ivylise Simones, Creative Director, Mother Jones (previously New York Observer, Village Voice, Showtime)
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