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The annual SPD Student Competition recognizes exceptional design by students and honors them with various awards and cash prizes (as described after the jump). Entries are created for the competition in one of 5 supplied categories and are judged by some of the most distinguished names in publication design (see this year's jury after the jump). The winners of the 2008 competition are as follows:


First Place and Winner of the Adobe Scholarship in honor of B.W. Honeycutt
PAUL JOHNSON
Senior, Montana State University. Instructor: Jeffrey Conger
(Paul's prizes include $2500, the Adobe Creative Suite software and an internship at National Geographic Adventure)

Second Place
ANTHONY CRUZ
Sophomore, American Academy of Art. Instructor: Carol Luc
(Anthony's prizes include $1000, the Adobe Creative Suite software and an internship at New York)

Third Place
LAUREN TURNIER
Senior, Fashion Institute of Technology. Instructor: Ronald Bacsa
(Lauren's prizes include $500, the Adobe Creative Suite software and an internship at Real Simple)

First Honorable Mention
JASON SFETKO
Senior, Rochester Institute of Technology. Instructor: Chris Lyons
(Jason's prize is an internship at Martha Stewart Living)

Second Honorable Mention
KRZYSZTOF PIATKOWSKI
Junior, School of Visual Art. Instructor: Mitch Shostak
(Krzysztof's prize is an internship at W)

Third Honorable Mention
Soo Yun Yun
Junior, School of Visual Art. Instructor: Mitch Shostak
(Soo's prize is an internship at Cosmogirl!)

Additionally, all the winners' work will be printed in the SPD PUB 43 Design Annual.

Established in 1995, the SPD Student Competition honors the life and work of Bruce W. Honeycutt, who died January 12, 1994 at the very young age of 40. During his career, he served as the Art Director of Details and Spy magazines, as well as on the staffs of Vanity Fair and GQ. His work has been recognized by SPD, AIGA, the Art Directors Club of New York, and by magazines such as Print, Advertising Age, and Adweek. He also taught publication design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Chaired by Ian Doherty (Deputy Art Director, Travel + Leisure Golf) and Robert Perino (Design Director, Fortune), this year's jury consisted of some of the best publication designers out there. To them, we extend a huge thanks:
Florian Bachleda (Creative Director, FB Design/Doubledown Media)
David Curcurito (Design Director, Esquire)
Luke Hayman (Partner, Pentagram)
Nathalie Kirsheh (Art Director, W)
David McKenna (Art Director, National Geographic Adventure)
Linda Pouder (Design Director, Studio Incubate)

Thanks also goes to Emily Smith, as well as the School of Visual Arts for their generous support of the competition.

We also extend our appreciation to Adobe. Throughout its partnership with SPD, Adobe is helping shape the next generation of creative professionals. Together we are building the foundation that will sustain and further artistic accomplishments within the editorial design community.