Best Cover Contest 2008 - Call for Entries

July 1, 2008

CALL FOR ENTRIES:  The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) is pleased to announce its third annual "Best Cover Contest," celebrating excellence in magazine cover design and creativity.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:  JULY 31, 2008
The winning magazine covers will be announced at the 2008 American Magazine Conference, which takes place in San Francisco, California, October 5-7.  The conference, a premier industry event attended by executive-level magazine publishers and editors, as well as advertisers and the press, is hosted by Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) and ASME.

RULES & ELIGIBILITY

• The competition is open to magazines edited, published and distributed in the United States.  Only members of ASME and MPA are eligible.
  
• Cover dates of entries must range between August 1, 2007 and July 31, 2008.
  
• Submissions: Magazines may enter as many categories as they wish, but only one cover per category.  The same cover cannot be submitted in more than one category, with the exception of “Cover of the Year” (a magazine can submit the same cover for “Cover of the Year” and one additional category).  If a cover could be eligible in more than one category, the editor must decide which category to enter.
  
• ENTRY FEE: $95 flat fee per magazine (a magazine can enter any number of categories for $95 total)
  
• DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: JULY 31, 2008

HOW TO SUBMIT:

• Download and fill out this ENTRY & PAYMENT FORM for each category entered. Each magazine entrant should only fill out the PAYMENT section once ($95 flat entry fee for each magazine). Fax the completed form to ASME headquarters: (212) 906-0128.
  
• Upon receipt of your form, you will be given instructions via e-mail for uploading cover images to ASME’s FTP site.  (Covers must be formatted as a high-resolution JPEG.  Preferred files would be 300 dpi.)

QUESTIONS:
Contact Nina Fortuna at (212) 872-3737 or nfortuna@magazine.org.

DISCLAIMER:
All entries are property of American Society of Magazine Editors and Magazine Publishers of America, which reserve the right to use the material for presentation and promotion purposes.  The entrant grants permission to ASME and MPA to show or duplicate entries and information provided.  ASME and MPA shall not be held liable for the loss of any entry.  An entry that does not contain all the information requested will be disqualified.