Were proud to announce the first annual texas authors book cover awards, conducted to honor the years best in book cover design. He finished serene fall season two weeks before the submission deadline for a northwestel contest where the winner would be featured on all of the nwts phone books. For more than 30 years, artwork created by northern artists has been a staple for the covers of northwestel phone directories. Calling all graphic designers, texas authors and publishers. Iqaluit mans art on the cover of the new nunavut phone. Lise fortins acrylic painting, titled dog beach, will grace the cover of northwestels 20182019 phone book following an unveiling at the explorer hotel thursday evening.
Choose only the design you love, 100% money back guarantee. A lot of artistic careers have started with winning the phone book contest. Please send urls that go directly to your ebook cover images, no facebook pages or designer portfolio pages where we have to. Since 2009 ive been painting with acrylic paint working on wildlife and commissioned portraits. Dayle kubluitoks digital artwork four corners, was officially unveiled this evening as the cover image of northwestels 201920 phone directory. This timehonored competition aims to identify the 50 bestdesigned books and book covers of 2019.
Works to be considered must be twodimensional original, handrendered artwork such as acrylic, oil, watercolour, silkscreen, etc. David gunncbc at the urging of her friends, at the last minute, she entered the. In this case, the directory cover refers to outdoor hiking and climbing that the region is known for, considering its richness in national parks, rivers and mountains, langevin said in a statement thursday. Oct 15, 2016 discover a new book and vote for its cover. Now ive set up a submission page, and invite your entries heres what i hope well get from this. The voting has concluded and the winner will be announced soon. Dayle kubluitok won the northwestel directory cover art competition for the 20192020 nunavut phone book. You could have your artwork on the cover of next years telephone book. It exposes something which could happen to any one of us, at any time even during a road trip, when you are travelling north to maynard. For more than 30 years northwestel has put northern artists on their phone book directories.
For this contest all you have to do is submit a oneminute video that features a physical copy of a book from the japanese from zero. The best ways to clean and disinfect your phone during the coronavirus outbreak. I was featured on the aptn national news, yellowknife moose fm, cbc radio north and my yellowknife now. Its a small gesture but it can be really meaningful for the artist and the artistic community and were happy to do it. Gillis said she has been painting since she was a young girl, and is excited to see the phone book when. Have a look at a range of ebook cover designssometimes you can. Darrell chocolates art to grace nwt phone book cover my. A fort smith based artist has become the first twotime winner of the northwestel directory art competition. A painting of ravens created from melted wax is the chosen work for the 202014 northwestel phone book cover. Lise fortins acrylic painting, titled dog beach, will grace the cover of northwestel s 20182019 phone book following an unveiling at the explorer hotel thursday evening. Start a book cover design contest today and get book cover designs from 816,959 competing designers around the world.
The seattle rv show is the biggest rv event of the year and is hosted at the centurylink events center from february 6 through february 9, 2020. It was chosen from 55 eligible works submitted from all across the north. The 2014 directory cover for the northwest territories will feature an encaustic painting titled ravens after the storm by chris dewolf of fort smith, nwt. Northwestel is holding their annual contest for nwt artists. A true story, the bridge of the golden wood cover contest 2017.
New phone book cover features artwork by working father of 5 cbc. Next century pub got their new book cover by running a design contest. And yet, there i was, in a secret facebook group, looking over contest entries and discussing what made each a contender or gulp a failure. Connecting in the new world book cover contest book. Chris dewolfs ravens after the storm, an encaustic painting done with beeswax last may as part of a workshop, won the annual northwestel directory art competition. And yet, im glad i had the opportunity, because i learned a lot about what makes a book cover great. The jurorselections from the 50 books 50 covers competition exemplify the best current work in book and book cover design. Check out covers contests player information and picks to tail great betting streaks. Dayle kubluitoks digital artwork, four corners, inspired. Francis lees digital painting of mount thor in pangnirtung, nunavut is the winner of the northwestel nunavut cover competition. What i learned as a book cover contest judge celebrating. Its very exciting to have your work on the cover of the northwestel phone book, which can be found in every home and business, said dewolf. Monthly ebook cover design awards the book designer.
Its very exciting to have your work on the cover of the northwestel phone book, which can be found in every home and. Its a picture of yellowknifes old town in the fall. Northwestel we are pleased to share the winning cover. In early 2019 i won the northwestel regional phone book cover art contest and my story got headlines in the north.
Chantel goodman is a young artistic talent and, in addition to the phone book cover, will have pieces on display around whitehorse on this years cover of northwestels 201920 phone directory is chantel goodmans striking painting, walking out of the library at night. Emelie peacock darrell chocolate spotted the vista he wanted to put onto a canvas while out taking photos around old town in the fall. Book cover design contests and book cover design competitions. Yellowknife artist to grace new nwt phone book northern. Robyn scotts artwork gracing the cover of nwts phone books was a. Darrell chocolate spotted the vista he wanted to put onto a canvas while out taking photos around old town in the fall.
Here is a short presentation of the best five book cover competitions of 2017. A young artist in iqaluit has won this years northwestel directory cover art competition. See more ideas about cover, books and great stories. The selection committee will choose the book covers based on the following criteria. So much so that, this year, northwestel has dedicated an entire visual art exhibit to some of the mostpopular phone directory covers the company has had over the years. I knew that the idea of an ebook cover design award was a good one when people started to submit their covers in the comments of the article, even though i said i was just thinking about it so i gave in to necessity. To enhance the value of cover of the month contest, we have a selection committee comprised of experienced people in designing and books to choose the bestdesigned covers for the voting rounds. Yellowknife artist graces nwt phone book cover nnsl media.
A yellowknife artists colourful rendition of a popular local haunt is officially one for the books. Dayle kubluitok, second from left, won the northwestel directory cover art contest this year with the digital art piece four corners. I would at the very least be tempted to open the book and read a chapter or two. Artist wins phone book contest for second time northern. Hiretheworld is an online marketplace allowing you to host creative contests, where thousands of freelancers compete to create design, naming and video results youll love, guaranteed. It was a big success and people just loved it, explains sylvia anderson, manager of community investment for northwestel, when speaking about the two similar exhibits held in. Robyn scotts artwork gracing the cover of nwts phone books was a comfort among cancellations this month. Entries are open to anyone for books published in 2019.
Inuk artist wins northwestel directory cover contest with smartphone. Vice president of business markets paul gillard says northwestel has been running the contest for 34 years. See the winning entries for the 50 watts polish book cover contest. Her painting, dog beach, will be featured on the cover of this years phone book, which is. Fiction small category cover contest only north to maynard is a tale of an urban spirit, a ghost in the machine story for these modern tech times. Iqaluit artists work adorns new nunavut phone book nunatsiaq news.
Darrell chocolates art to grace nwt phone book cover tlicho. Yellowknife woman turns hobby into award winning art cbc. African safari with ted and raymond cover contest 2017. He finished serene fall season two weeks before the submission deadline for a northwestel contest where the winner would be featured on all. Artists whose work has appeared on a northwestel directory cover in the last four years are not eligible to enter. An unveiling of the winning piece of art to grace the cover of the northwestel nwt 201920 phone directory and the artist behind the piece, darrell chocolate. Reblog this if you can so i can get as many entries as possible dont forget the deadline is april 27. Darrell chocolate has his art featured on the most recent cover of the northwestel directory. Book cover competitions are an excellent opportunity to gain more visibility to your book and add social proof. For reference, check out the many examples of book cover design in poland on 50 watts.
Iqaluit mans art on the cover of the new nunavut phone directory francis lees digital painting of mount thor in pangnirtung, nunavut is the winner of the northwestel nunavut cover competition. Gillis father entered her work in a contest sponsored by northwestel. Still, i had no business participating in a cover art contest much less being a judge. Iqaluit mans art on the cover of the new nunavut phone directory. Congratulations dayle kubluitok for winning this years northwestel. Singers art graces phone book cover nunatsiaq news. Bell canada phone book cover provokes scorn in nunavik. The subtitle hints that the story may be cliche but the cover art is clean, open and legible. Despite winning the northwestel cover contest, scott will also miss the. The winner badge is something you want to showcase on your author profile. Four corners digital artwork wins place on nunavut phone. Find inspiration from previous book cover contests on 99designs, and create your own contest today. The winning artist will receive two thousand dollars, and have their work added to the northwestel art collection. On thursday, northwestel announced she has won this years northwestel directory cover contest.
Entry guidelines and specifications can be found on facebook and on our website. Mermaid in chelsea creek, looks to me like an old book that my dad lost behind the bookshelf and i found 30 years later. With his busy life raising five children and working as a mill operator at the ekati diamond mine chocolate says he forgot about the submission until he got the call that. Start a book cover design contest in just 5 minutes and get hundreds of designs from thousands of designers. In nunavut, northwestel runs an annual contest where artists can. You could also dig through sites like terry posters. We are now accepting entries for books with a 2017 released between january 1, 2018 through december 31. Whether you need your book cover design for work or personal use, book cover contests are the best way to tap into designcrowds massive pool of talented designers and find a book cover that youll love.
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