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Planner Design Contest Guidelines & Rules

Thank you for your interest in submitting artwork for the cover of the 2016-17 Academic Planner.

Please take a look at the sample planner on display in Book to Book to get an idea of how to arrange your art, taking into consideration the wire binding as well as the rounded corners.

The dimensions are approximately 8-1/4"h x 4-3/4"w which does not include the wire binding.

Planner cover art should include "Lowell" or "Lowell High School" and "2016-17" or "2016-2017" somewhere in the design. You may also include your name/tag in the design.

For hand drawn submissions, please include your name, reg #, and email address on a post-it note on the back of your artwork and drop it off in Book to Book.  Hand drawn designs should be in BOLD colors for best results.
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For computer generated artwork:
  • Image Quality - Resolution of continuous tone images should be at least 300 dpi at the size they are placed in the page layout program.  If the resolution of a file does not meet these standards, the quality of the printed image will be noticeably low.  Bitmap tiffs should be 1200 dpi at the size they are planned in the page layout program.
  • Image Submission - All images should be saved as (CMYK or grayscale) photoshop tiffs, eps, bitmap tiffs, and illustrator or freehand eps.  DO NOT SAVE IMAGES AS JPEG format files, PICT, GIF or WMF.
  • Layout tip- Do not use "style" menu for bolding a font, italic, or bold italic.  Use the proper version of the font.  Example: If you make a font bold by using the menu style tool bar and there is no bold version of that font, it will not print bold even though it looks bold on the screen.
  • Computer designed artwork can be emailed as an attachment to  lowellb2b@gmail.com make sure to include your name and reg #. 
Only one submission per student.
Only your original artwork!
The winning designer will receive five planners and a $20 B2B Gift Certificate.
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All artwork must be submitted to Book to Book no later than 3:45pm on Friday, April 8th. 

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