Calling All Artists

On Sound Opinions everyone’s a critic. And now everyone can be an album art designer.

Sound Opinions is in the process of producing our first album compilation, "Live from Sound Opinions: Volume One." It will be a collection of live songs performed by some of our favorite Sound Opinions guests. The album will be available as a future pledge drive CD premium, and we'd like to enlist your help in the creation of the cover. We invite you to to send us your idea for a Sound Opinions album cover. The winning design will be featured on the front of the album.

Your design MUST adhere the following criteria:

• Your design should be for a CD front cover only.
• You must use original artwork and designs.
• If you feature a photograph you must be the copyright holder.
• The design can be full color.
• The size of the cover design has to fit within the provided template. The size is 12cm x 12cm (4.8 in x 4.8in). You can download template here:
http://www.soundopinions.org/cdtemplate.pdf
• The overall design must have a resolution of 300dpi. It should also
be in CMYK color mode and submitted as a PDF file. When submitting
your sample for review you can submit a lower resolution preview
version.
• The finished samples and/or questions should be emailed to
albumart@soundopinions.org.

The winner’s credited work will appear on the front cover of the album, "Live from Sound Opinions: Volume One". Thousands of copies will be distributed to public radio listeners and stations around the country. This is a great opportunity for professional and aspiring designers to enhance their portfolio and support public radio, or for regular folks to showcase their creative side. "Live from Sound Opinions: Volume One" will be used to help raise money for public radio stations around the country. Think of it as pledging with your talent in addition to your pocketbook.

The winner will retain the ownership of their original artwork. Sound Opinions reserves the right to feature the work on "Live from Sound Opinions: Volume One" in perpetuity and within any promotional material used to promote the album. The album title, "Live from Sound Opinions: Volume One," may or may not be incorporated into the design.

The deadline to email your entry is Monday, February 25th