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Design the cover of my next book! December 31, 2007

A while ago I worked on The Homosexual Agenda 2007 US Pocket Edition. Well, as the new year is approaching it’s time to put out the 2008 edition. But this year it’s going to be better than ever, because I’m plunking down the money for an ISBN number so that I can get it up on Amazon, and maybe B&N too.

But, since we’re going all out this year, I thought I’d solicit a little community involvement. So, I’m putting out a call to all graphics designers and artistic types. Would you like to design the cover of the 2008 edition? I can’t offer any money, since I’m pretty much guaranteed to loose money publishing this, but you’ll be able to add it to your portfolio and point to a book on your bookshelf and say “I designed that!”

Requirements:

• The book is 4.25″ by 6.88″ and the spine is roughly 1/8″ thick. The design must have at least 1/8″ bleed around the margins to compensate for the inherent complications of printing.
• The design must be able to accommodate the cover text which will be essentially the same, just updating the year, and probably changing the name of the publisher. Your design should not include any text other than the title.
• You must be willing to sign over the copyright to the image if it’s selected.
• The design must not be overtly sexual. For example: kissing’s fine, crotch grabs aren’t.
• I’m open to totally flamboyant, over the top pink-out-the-wazoo designs or totally straight-laced ones like the 2007 cover, drawn covers are unlikely to win but I’ll consider just about anything. Currently I’m thinking abstract colors and shapes or interesting photography.
• You must have read and “gotten” the current one. You don’t need to have bought it. The preview options on Lulu are enough to “get” it.
• Submissions must be in TIFF format.
• Submissions must be received by January 12th 2008.
• Send your submissions to masukomi @ masukomi.org