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Contact Information:

Vermillion Literary Project
USD, Dakota Hall 212
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
phone: 605-677-5229
fax: 605-677-5298
projlit@usd.edu

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Last Modified: 01/31/08

24-Hour Comic Contest
February 29, 2008
6:00 p.m. (arrive before 5:45 p.m.)
Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts
Graphics Lab Room 175
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota

The Vermillion Literary Project and the U’s Art Department are sponsoring their inaugural 24-Hour Comics Contest. First place will receive automatic publication in the 2008 VLP literary magazine and $50. Additional prizes for the top three places will be provided by Rainbow Sportscards (of Sioux Falls and Sioux City) and the Art Department. Everyone is welcome to participate, including members of the University of South Dakota community and the general public. Contestants may enter the contest individually, or groups of contestants may enter as a team. The contest will begin in the Graphics Lab (Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts, on the north side of the University of South Dakota campus in Vermillion), room 175, at 6 p.m. on Friday, February 29 and conclude 24 hours hence on Saturday, March 1 at 6 p.m. Contestants should arrive no later than 5:45 p.m. Friday. A campus map is available at http://www.usd.edu/aboutU/campus.cfm.

A theme, image, or idea will be announced at the beginning of the contest and must figure prominently in the finished comic. Within the 24-hour contest period, contestants are free to come and go at will but must be present at the contest end with a completed 6 to 8-page black & white or greyscale mini-comic, reproducible within an 8” by 5” page. Computers with Adobe CS software, scanners, and printers will be available for contest use in the Graphics Lab, though contestants are free to create comics by any method, in any location.

A panel of judges consisting of USD English and Art faculty as well as the VLP Magazine's Editor-in-Chief will select the winners.  Winners will be announced on the VLP website at http://www.usd.edu/orgs/projlit.

To register for the VLP 24-Hour Comics Contest, fill out the form available at http://www.usd.edu/orgs/projlit/comics/comicregistrationform.pdf* and mail the form with a check to: The Vermillion Literary Project, Dakota Hall 212, University of South Dakota, 414 E. Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069-2390.  Registrations must be postmarked by February 23, 2008 for early registration rates; late registration available the day of the contest.  Contestants can also register in person in the USD English Department, Dakota Hall 212.  Registration fees cannot be refunded.Comic writers or illustrators looking for collaborators for the contest should send inquiries to dkofoed@usd.edu.  For other questions, call 605-677-5229 or e-mail us at projlit@usd.edu.

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*If you have difficulty opening the registration form, you may need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, available at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.