Design a Book Cover

Status: Closed
Prize: $100
Entries Received: 128
Winner: whiteknight

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Contest Brief

Use the templates, provided in PNG and PDF, to design a book cover.

The dimensions of the cover MUST be identical to the specifications noted in the templates.

Dimensions for
Front and Back: 152.4 mm X 228.6 mm
Spine: 24.13 mm

Trim size is up to the dotted black lines.
The spine folds are the blue dotted lines.
The image for the cover must bleed as indicated by the orange borders to ensure correct printing.

Title: Ivy League Roadmap 1
Subtitle: 14+2 Key Steps to Top US College Admission
Author: Alex Min
Volume: 1 of 2

The author aims to publish a series of 12 books, with this being his first book.
Great cover design can result in additional projects in the near future.
Volume 2 of the said book is already halfway into 1st draft.

Images used in the cover must be royalty-free images, preferably Public Domain images to ensure no legal entanglements regarding permitted usage.
*** Provide source of image to prove royalty-free status of images.

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Public Clarification Board

artimpression
- 6 years ago
#extended
- 6 years ago
Annapurna2993
- 6 years ago
please check #116 and #57
- 6 years ago
budidana
- 6 years ago
#152
- 6 years ago
ershad0505
- 6 years ago
Please check #136 , #144.
- 6 years ago
alifffrasel
- 6 years ago
Please check #114
- 6 years ago
divyajoshi6079
- 6 years ago
check # 141
- 6 years ago
AngAto
- 6 years ago
Please rate Entry #140 Thank You very much
- 6 years ago
Contest Holder
- 6 years ago
Thank you for your entries. I look forward to seeing more.
- 6 years ago
1. giridharahn2002
  - 6 years ago
  I have submitted two new book covers with the said correction. I changed the bg to blue and changed the font. Please check it out! Thank You!!!
  - 6 years ago
almacatiag
- 6 years ago
Entry #137 , Please check.
- 6 years ago
ershad0505
- 6 years ago
Entry #136
- 6 years ago
alifffrasel
- 6 years ago
Please check #130
- 6 years ago
afranurstudent
- 6 years ago
Check #119
- 6 years ago
alifffrasel
- 6 years ago
Please check #121 #122
- 6 years ago
Annapurna2993
- 6 years ago
please check #116 and #57
- 6 years ago
redAphrodisiac
- 6 years ago
Please take a look at #115 . Thank you
- 6 years ago
alifffrasel
- 6 years ago
Please check #114 . I think you like it. Have any change just call me.
- 6 years ago
alifffrasel
- 6 years ago
Please check #103 #104 #105 #107 #108 #109 #110 #111 #112
- 6 years ago
BonaFideGPX
- 6 years ago
Please check #112
- 6 years ago
BonaFideGPX
- 6 years ago
Please check #106
- 6 years ago
BonaFideGPX
- 6 years ago
Please check #102
- 6 years ago
BonaFideGPX
- 6 years ago
Work in progress. I am making a special design for you! Thank you
- 6 years ago
almacatiag
- 6 years ago
Please see #74
- 6 years ago
budidana
- 6 years ago
please check #98
- 6 years ago
alifffrasel
- 6 years ago
Please check #91 #92 #93 #94 #95 #96 . I think you like this
- 6 years ago
alifffrasel
- 6 years ago
Please check #86 #87 #90
- 6 years ago
mdmostafamilon10
- 6 years ago
please check my entry #67
- 6 years ago
afranurstudent
- 6 years ago
Check entry #65 #66
- 6 years ago
UzairKashif27
- 6 years ago
Please check and rate entry no 58 and working on more
- 6 years ago
Annapurna2993
- 6 years ago
PLEASE CHECK #43
- 6 years ago
GurpreetKaur17
- 6 years ago
Working on it
- 6 years ago
afranurstudent
- 6 years ago
Check entry #16
- 6 years ago
atifjahangir2012
- 6 years ago
Thanks for your feedback. I'm creating a better cover according to your new information.
- 6 years ago
Contest Holder
- 6 years ago
Additional info / Feedback:
- The author is an education consultant
- Modern simple designs are preferred over cluttered designs

Feedback: Please do 1 of the following 3 on future entries. If you want to do more than 1 of the 3, submit them as multiple entries.

- Option 1
I like the "Circled Number" motif. I would like to see the number inserted into an Ivy leaf.

- Option 2
I would like to see some cover designs with graphics. If graphics, simple self-produced graphics that are thematically representative of the book's title would win points.

-Option 3.
I would like to see some images. If images, royalty-free or public domain images that are thematically representative of the book's title would win points. If providing images, provide "source". If the image(s) are owned by you, please be aware that I expect the rights to your image(s) to be transferred to me for the purpose of the book's cover in the current and future editions.
- 6 years ago
afranurstudent
- 6 years ago
working
- 6 years ago
atifjahangir2012
- 6 years ago
working on it.
- 6 years ago