From Times Online
December 21, 2007
Crash by J.G. Ballard design competition

This Competition has little to do with Puerto Vallarta but I love the author and this book and this story caught my eye…..

Win the chance to design the book cover for a limited edition version of Crash by J.G. Ballard
Cover of the first edition (hardcover) of Crash by J.G. Ballard

Are you a budding designer who would love to see your work on the cover of a book? Or are you a fan of the author J.G. Ballard and would relish the chance to add your mark to one of his novels? Well now is your chance.

To celebrate the release of Ballard’s new autobiography, Miracles of Life: From Shanghai to Shepperton, published on February 4, 2008, Times Online has teamed up with publishers Harper Collins to give you the chance to redesign the cover of his 1973 novel Crash.

The competition will be judged by Ballard, who will chose the winning design from a shortlist of six selected by the Harper Collins design team. The winner will see their design used on a limited edition of Crash, due to be published in September 2008. The five runners-up will each receive a copy of the autobiography.

All designs must be 197mm x 129mm in size, and include the book title, the author’s name and the Harper Perennial logo. The rest is up to you.

There are three ways to enter.

Email your design to books@timesonline.co.uk

Upload it to Flickr

Post to J.G. Ballard design competition, Times Online, Times House, 1 Pennington Street, London, E98 1TT.

The competition is open to residents of the UK and Eire aged 16 and over only. Only one entry per person. We cannot return or acknowledge submissions.

Include your name, address, and a daytime telephone number. If e-mailing an attachment, please make sure it is in jpeg, gif, pdf, bitmap, or psd file format and include contact details in the body of the e-mail. Submissions must be received by 5pm on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Winners will be notified by May 28, 2008 and announced on May 30, 2008.

For full terms and conditions click here

Los Niños Son El Futuro

We are sorry to announce that the competition received fewer than the required number of entrants and we are therefore unable to select a winner for the competition. We wish to express our sincere thanks to all the merchants who generously donated prizes and all those workers who helped with this project.. All collected prizes shall be returned to those contributors. We truly appreciate your support and hope that you will continue to support our organization in the future.

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