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GetAFreelancer.com has just opened a contest open to designers, novice or professional over the age of 18. Contestants must be registered members of GetAFreelancer.com.

Here are the details:

GUIDELINES

• The logo must be immediately identifiable to GetAFreelancer.
• The text “GetAFreelancer” must be included, either next to a logo as logotype, or integrated.
• It must be an original design of the participant in order for it to qualify. Concept must be original and not copied from anywhere else. You must be willing to certify that this is the case, and the finalists will be subject to public review before the winner is announced.
• The logo submitted should be vector graphics and not a bitmap image.
• It should be usable (print & otherwise) in both color and monochrome media, including limited colors.
• The submitted logo must not discriminate race, religion, culture, sex, morality, belief, etc. and must not be pornographic in nature.
• Besides being aesthetically pleasing, the logo must convey GetAFreelancer’s attributes (feel free to use your own interpretation).

SUBMISSION FORMAT

To qualify, each entry should be submitted through the online interface must include the following details and format:

• High resolution, print-ready scalable vector format (i.e. portable EPS, scalable vector graphics (SVG) or Adobe Illustrator (AI) format. This file should be zipped.
• JPG or PNG version with a maximum resolution of 640 x 480. Do not zip this file.
• A detailed logo design concept and/or description.
• Designer’s full name, country or nationality where based, website (if any) and email address.
• Designers must use the supplied templates for EPS and PSD to correctly align their designs.

Important Naming Convention

All file submissions should be with the naming convention:

• <getafreelancer username>-<unique submission #>.

For example, if your username is “quartermaster” then your submission should be something like this:

• quartermaster-01.zip
• quartermaster-01.jpg

DETAILS & PRIZES

Submissions are now being accepted through September 30th 2009 (midnight EDT). All contest submissions must be entered through our online submission form and must conform to our Contest Terms and Conditions in order to qualify for entry. Artists may enter multiple submissions. Late submissions will not be accepted, no exceptions.

• Grand Prize: US$10,000 & Master Logo Designer Insignia added to user’s profile.
• People’s Award:US$1,000 and Master Logo Designer Insignia
• Second Prize:US$1,000 and Specialist Logo Designer Insignia
• Third Prize:Adobe Illustrator CS4 and Specialist Logo Designer Insignia
• Fourth Prize:Apple Ipod Touch 16GB and Specialist Logo Designer Insignia
• 5th-10th Prize:US$25 Apple iTunes Voucher and Specialist Logo Designer Insignia

The top finalists will be chosen based on a variety of factors including originality, creativity, ingenuity, and the artists efforts to promote their design. Following this, the final top 10 will be announced on Friday the 9th of October. On Monday the 12th of October, the fifth to tenth places will be announced. On Wednesday the 14th, fourth and third place will be announced. On Friday the 16th the winner and runner up will be crowned!

LOGO HISTORY
Historically speaking, GetAFreelancer only had one logo design since it first went live on February 7, 2004. The iconic lilac and grey logo was reminiscent of the height of cold war design, with visual homage to the 1972 Munich Olympics.

For four years and a half, the now iconic GETaFREELANCER.com logo (with the ‘GET’ shown in an outlined form and the ‘T’ represented by an
outlined person) have been the mainstream symbol of the long enduring, relationship between project owners and service providers.

Constructed from 4 different fonts and leftover paint from the USS Midway, the GETaFREELANCER.com logo was at its time the pinnacle of global brand design. However, as we approach the important of our first million registered users, we feel it is an appropriate point to pause, reflect..

.. and bring GetAFreelancer.com out of the ice age!

JOIN GETAFREELANCER.COM NOW!!

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