Hints For Entering L. Ron Hubbard's Illustrators Contest by Val Lakey Lindahn
Early in my career I entered many contests. Today, this is the only one that I endorse, because of the quality, integrity, and fairness of the contest.
Here are a few suggestions to help give your submission the best possible chance of making it into the finals.
1. You will receive a higher score if all 3 illustrations are consistent in style and technique. Just as an Art Director looks for this quality so that they will know what they're getting when they assign a project. Choose your best style, only submit your very best work.
2. Tell a story. Look at a copy of L. Ron Hubbard's Writers & Illustrators Annual Anthology or visit the WOTF website. You will see that the illustrations tell a story. They are engaging and make you want to read the writers story. They have backgrounds that give the reader a clue where the story takes place. The illustrations are not just pretty portraits.
3. Be persistent. If you are not selected as a finalist, enter again the next quarter.
Be sure and come back to this site next week when I will have more tips for you. And Good Luck!
Val
Here are a few suggestions to help give your submission the best possible chance of making it into the finals.
1. You will receive a higher score if all 3 illustrations are consistent in style and technique. Just as an Art Director looks for this quality so that they will know what they're getting when they assign a project. Choose your best style, only submit your very best work.
2. Tell a story. Look at a copy of L. Ron Hubbard's Writers & Illustrators Annual Anthology or visit the WOTF website. You will see that the illustrations tell a story. They are engaging and make you want to read the writers story. They have backgrounds that give the reader a clue where the story takes place. The illustrations are not just pretty portraits.
3. Be persistent. If you are not selected as a finalist, enter again the next quarter.
Be sure and come back to this site next week when I will have more tips for you. And Good Luck!
Val
posted by Joni Labaqui @ 3:44 PM
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1 Comments:
At June 14, 2007 at 3:28 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Hello, Val!
Thank you for posting these tips -- they are extremely useful! (especially #1 -- I personally interpreted the "variation of subject" requirement as variation in style and technique as well, and struggled to select three VERY different pieces to send for last quarter =).
I'm looking forward to more tips, both for the writer and the illustrator contests!
Thanks to Joni too, for keeping this blog regularly updated!
--II
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