Taiwan Bookmark: call for designs

Want to share your passion for Taiwan in creative ways?  Design a Taiwan-themed bookmark to share your perspective and to educate the general public about Taiwan!

FAPA YPG will be printing custom-designed bookmarks to hand out in public events to increase awareness about Taiwan and the challenges that she faces.   We are looking for your Taiwan-inspired designs! 

Motivation
Have you ever felt that you have so much to tell your friends, co-worker, or the general public about Taiwan but just don’t know where to start, especially when your audience doesn’t know much about Taiwan? Picture this:  
A group of Taiwan supporters are holding up signs on a busy street corner to raise public awareness about issues concerning Taiwan and FAPA’s work.  Many pedestrians walk by, and most of them shy away from the text-laden pamphlets we have brought.  We have much to share but there are only a few seconds to catch each person’s attention.  What do we do?!

Through multiple outreach events and experimenting with fliers, pamphlets, and even fan ideas, we realized that a simple Taiwan bookmark is a great tool in getting the conversation started.  A well-designed bookmark is more likely to be kept by the recipient compared to a flier, and the message on it educates the recipient about Taiwan.  It is both functional and fun, which makes it a great venue to showcase Taiwan and broadcast our message nationwide.

To take this idea to the next level, we need your creativity!

Contest Details:

Eligibility
  • The design contest is open to everyone.
  • To participate in the vote, contestants are encouraged to become a YPG member by joining YPG’s mailing list.


Entry Specifications
  • The bookmark content should educate the public on FAPA’s mission.
  • “ypg.fapa.org” should be included on one side in small print.
  • The bookmark will have two sides, both will be printed in full-color.
  • Entries should be in the form of electronic files.  We will not receive entries in hardcopy.  You may want to scan your artwork and send us the electronic image.
  • image size: 638 x 1838 pixels
  • To ensure important features does not get cut off, place all your text inside the safe zone, 40 pixels from the edge as shown below (see file attached)
  • Refer to vendor’s site for additional details.
  • File types: TIF, JPG, or PNG
  • Total size of both files (front and back) should not exceed 100 MB.


Submitting your design
  • Submit as many original design as you want!  There is no limit on number of entries per participant.
  • E-mail your design to bookmark@ypg.fapa.org
  • Deadline: 10/31/2010


Voting & Results
  • All designs will be posted online at once on 11/1/2010
  • YPG members will vote between 11/1/2010 and 11/7/2010
  • Three winning entries will be chosen, these will be the top three entries in terms of votes
  • Winning entries will be announced on 11/10/2010.

Prizes
  • All contestants will receive a book titled "Rethinking One China", authored by John J. Tkacik Jr.
  • 1st place: 10,000 copies printed, 1 year free subscription of Taiwan Communique, FAPA jacket
  • 2nd place: 7,000 copies printed, 1 year free subscription of Taiwan Communique, FAPA polo shirt
  • 3rd place: 3,000 copies printed, 1 year free subscription of Taiwan Communique, FAPA bag