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Last updated 9/12/06 by:
Andrea Modarres, Kristen Haven, and Kelly Myers
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Student's Guide Cover Art Annual Contest

What is it? A contest to design the cover art for the next edition of A Student’s Guide to First-Year Writing, the required textbook for all 1st year composition courses at the UofA.

First Prize= $150 and publication
Second Prize= Certificate and public recognition
Third Prize= Certificate and public recognition

Entries must include the following:

  • Artwork suitable for book covers (9" by 6" format), not posters (i.e., must look good folded)
  • 6 spot graphics for section headings (winner will be asked to produce 12 more)
  • Completed entry form, submitted with artwork by February 16th, 2007
  • Book title (A Student’s Guide to First-Year Writing, 28th edition) Year (2006-2007)
  • University of Arizona Editors’ names (Andrea Modarres, Kristen Haven, and Kelly Myers)
  • Space for ISBN bar code and Hayden-McNeil Publishing logo
  • Entrants should consider the following: a southwestern, UA, regional, or local theme/culture; UA students and faculty as primary audience, composition professionals (at other colleges and universities) and parents as secondary audience.

When are the covers due? Covers are due no later than 4 p.m. Feb. 16, 2007. Winners will be notified in late March 2007.

Where should I turn my materials in? Turn all of these materials in to the main English Department office, Modern Languages 445. Sign the essay log book, listing the instructor as GUIDE.

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For a complete set of rules and a submission form, please contact
wpguide@email.arizona.edu