The
Urantia Book Cover Contest
Uversa
Press, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Urantia
Book Fellowship, is embarking on a program to
create a new cover for its 2 column, indexed
version of The Urantia Book. The Uversa Press
Committee is going to use the same method for
choosing a cover as was used in choosing the
Fellowship's logo several years ago. Basically,
this is a contest for any and all artists who
wish to design the new cover for the Uversa
Press Urantia Book. All cover
design entries will be voted on by the General
Council and eventually culled down to 3
finalists. The final three designs will then be
voted on by the entire membership to determine
the winner.
The
timeline we are shooting for will give us a
finished product by the end of this summer, in
time to be used for our upcoming 4th printing.
All entries must
be submitted by May 15,
2011.
Ideally,
the cover should be free of iconic religious
images, so it can appeal to all peoples of all
races and all faiths.
Therefore, our main
emphasis is being focused on a color scheme and
graphic design that will grab a shopper's
attention at the bookshelf, where usually only
the spine of a book is facing outward. The idea
is to get folks to pick up the book and take a
look at it while browsing the shelf. It should
be strong yet peaceful; commanding yet loving;
bold yet simple.
Most of the
written information on our present edition of
the Urantia Book will remain on the next
printing, although the wording, font and layout
may differ somewhat.
Although
our funds are quite limited and this is really a
labor of love, we will be able to award
$1,000 for the top 3 finalists and an
additional $2,000 for the cover that is
chosen to be used on the next printing.
If you are
interested in submitting a design for the new
cover whether it is yours or someone else's,
please contact any of these members of the
Uversa Press Committee and we'll be happy to go
over the particulars and send you the guidelines
and ground rules.
John Hay,
at 303-916-7331 https://mail.google.com/mail/h/bxqifh0uuydz/?v=b&cs=wh&to=jdhay3@yahoo.com
Don Green
at 303-530-5216 https://mail.google.com/mail/h/bxqifh0uuydz/?v=b&cs=wh&to=dsgreen1@comcast.net
Paula
Thompson at 303-467-7858 https://mail.google.com/mail/h/bxqifh0uuydz/?v=b&cs=wh&to=fellowship@urantiabook.org
