CapMac Web Badge and Banner Contest

About CapMac
The contest entry deadline has passed and winners were announced at our January 8 meeting. Check out all of the great entries here.

We want to spread the word about Capitol Macintosh, and bringing new visitors to our web site is a great way to introduce people to Austin's Macintosh User Group and our friendly, helpful community.

Our group is composed of many talented people whose eye for design and graphic skills are among the best to be found. We decided to mine these valuable resources with a contest to design CapMac web badges and banners which ran from October 9 through January 1, 2003. Winners were announced at the January CapMac General Meeting on January 8.


Prizes
Apple iSight camera

1st place - first choice from the prize pool
2nd place - second choice from the prize pool
3rd place - third choice from the prize pool
Acrobat 6 Standard Edition

Prize
Pool
- One new copy of Adobe GoLive 6.0 for Mac
(retail value 399.00) - generously donated by Adobe

- One new copy of Adobe Acrobat Standard Edition
(retail value 299.00) - generously donated by Adobe

- One new Apple iSight FireWire Video Conferencing Camera
(retail value 149.00) - generously purchased by CapMac

Adobe GoLive 6

Official Rules for the
2003 CapMac Web Badge and Banner Contest
1 - You must be an active member of Capitol Macintosh to participate.

2 - Each entry must be comprised of three standard sizes (web badge, web banner, and weblog microbadge) for one of the following themes:

a. "CapMac Member" - for display by any CapMac member on their web site
b. "Hosted by CapMac" - for display on web sites hosted on the CapMac server
c. "CapMac Supporter" - for display by any organization or business with a business membership
c. "CapMac" - general display on any web site

3 - Sizes of the badges/banners should fit these industry web ad standards:
a. web badge - 88 pixels wide x 31 pixels high
b. web banner - 468 pixels wide x 60 pixels high
c. weblog microbadge - 80 pixels wide x 15 pixels high

4 - Contestants may enter as many times as they wish, but can only win one prize.

5 - Badges and banners should be in .gif or .jpg format, optimized for minimal size while preserving appearance. CapMac reserves the right to request the original artwork in noncompressed format. Flash (.swf) format files are also acceptable.

6 - All entries will be judged by a panel of 3 experts from the graphic and advertising industry. Entries must be emailed to badgecontest@capmac.org - they will then be posted without the authors' identity on a CapMac web page for viewing by the judges. The judges will score all entries and provide a ranked listing of the top three finalists as first, second, and third places. Decision of the judges is final.

Judges:

- John Engler - Online Advertising Sales Manager, Austin American-Statesman
- Marco Nicolayevsky - Chief Technology Officer - Artisan Network
- Keith Petrus - Graphic Designer/Artist - Icon Creative Advertising and Design

7 - Contestants certify by their entry that all work is original and does not infringe upon the copyright of another individual or company. Contestants are authorized to use images and text from our web site for this contest. The CapMac "Cap-A-Dillo" logo in photoshop (.psd) format can be downloaded here. The CapMac "Jag-A-Dillo" logo in photoshop (.psd) format can be downloaded here.

8 - Once entered, the copyright of all materials (art, slogans, etc.) belongs to Capitol Macintosh. You agree that you will not distribute, send or share the work with any other entity.

9 - CapMac reserves the right to reject any submission deemed inappropriate, potentially copyright infringing, or offensive.

10 - Entries will be scored on how well they achieve these goals:

- eye catching, make you want to click and learn more!
- raises CapMac's "brand awareness"
- visual appeal

11 - Entries must be submitted to the email address badgecontest@capmac.org by midnight, January 1, 2004. You will receive a confirmation of your entry from CapMac.

12 - These rules are subject to modification as needed for clarity.

Good luck and thanks for participating!
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