OTTAWA, Ontario—The 2011 CorelDRAW International Design Contest is now open to all CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT users across the globe. The second CorelDRAW International Design Contest, original designs may be submitted between now and June 30, 2011, for a chance to win prizes in one of six categories that include:
• Advertising/Marketing: Examples of flyers, brochures, logos and other designs related to advertising, marketing or point of purchase (POP)
• Signs/Awards/Personalization: Designs used for sign making, engraving, awards, dye sublimation and other related industries
• Vehicle Wraps: Designs created for car, truck, boat or other vehicle wraps
• Textile/Fashion Design: Fashion, embroidery and direct-to-garment printing designs
• General Illustration/Fine Art: Artistic or creative designs
• CorelDRAW Marketing Campaign: Design concepts to be featured in a CorelDRAW marketing campaign—entries can be of any style, and will be judged on creativity and overall theme
The prizes are valued at more than $75,000, and three winners in each category plus the top student entry from each category—totaling 24 potential winners—will receive a prize package including selected products from Roland, Wilcom, Euro-Systems, Digital Designware, Apple, Digital Art Solutions, Wacom, Canon, HP, Seagate and Corel. The grand prize winner will be awarded a Roland VersaCAMM SP-300i printer/cutter (valued at approximately $13,495 USD).
The winning designs will be announced on or about Aug. 31, 2011. Contest participants may download a free, fully-functional trial of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 or Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 and see official rules at www.corel.com/coreldrawcontest.