Calls for entries:Upcoming design competition deadlines

All of the following competitions deadlines present great opportunities to showcase your design efforts, market your work on an international scale through the published books, and "toot!" your own horn to clients, peers and the media:

The Create Awards (Create Magazine)
Deadline: General - July 8, 2006 (with late fees)
Students - July 8, 2006
Entry fees charged

Letterheads Sets (David E. Carter)
Deadline: July 14, 2006
No entry fees

Business Graphics (Rockport Publishers)
Deadline Extended: July 14, 2006
No entry fees

HOW Interactive Design Awards (HOW Magazine)
Deadline: July 17, 2006
Entry fees charged

Summit Marketing Effectiveness Awards (Summit Awards)
Deadline: July 31, 2006
Entry fees charged

1,000 Restaurant, Bar, and Café Graphics (Rockport Publishers)
Deadline: August 1, 2006
No entry fees

Creativity 36 (David E. Carter)
Deadline: September 1, 2006
Entry fees charged

HOW International Design Awards (HOW Magazine)
Deadline: September 1, 2006
Entry fees charged

CMYK Call For Aspiring Creatives #36 (CMYK MAgazine)
Deadline: September 15, 2006
Entry fees charged

Step inside design 100 (Step inside design Magazine)
Deadline: October 2, 2006
Entry fees charged

LOGO 2007 (David E. Carter)
Deadline: October 31, 2006
Entry fees charged

You may want to read my article about participating in design industry competitions: A Winning Strategy. It has appeared on the Creative Latitude and No!Spec web sites.

Good luck!