Enter the 2017 Spyderco Forum Calendar Contest today! We are again making a 12-month wall calendar using images created by you, our forum members (this will be our 6th year). A total of 13 images will be chosen - one image to represent every month and one grand prize winner whose image will adorn the coveted cover page.
Contest starts today, 27-Apr-2016 and ends at 1600MDT Monday, 11-Jul-2016. Winners will be selected by Spyderco and will be posted on the forum by Monday, 18-Jul-2016.
Calendars will be available for purchase this autumn through the Spyderco Factory Outlet Store.
The Prizes:
- • The grand prize winner will receive a Spyderco Native 5 40th Anniversary (C41CF40TH - MSRP $599.95) and have their photo featured on the cover of the calendar.
• Artists who have their images chosen to represent a specific calendar month (a total of 12) will each receive a Mantra (C202TIP - MSRP $279.95).
• Each member who enters the contest will receive a 2017 calendar when they become available. Please enter to win - don’t enter just to receive the calendar. We appreciate everyone’s interest and support and look forward to another fantastic calendar!
Submission Guidelines:
- • Please include a 2-5 sentence description of your entry - why you chose the product(s) featured, the history of the image, etc.; something to give us a better understanding of your submission.
• Please include the product name (if you know it) in your post.
• Entry must include a Spyderco product (at least one, but multiple are welcome). Any product Spyderco has ever made is fair game. Your chosen product can be pristine, used or radically modified.
• We encourage you to use your imagination and show us your creativity. Just remember, family-friendly!
• Themed images are welcome. Have a favorite season or holiday? Showcase it in your image.
• If your camera or image software can manipulate it – we’ll consider it. Be creative!
• Entries must be in a digital format and meet the formatting requirements below.
• Only ONE image submission per person. You are permitted to modify your submission after posting. If you decide to modify your entry, you must edit your original submission and re-submit the new image before the contest deadline. Having multiple photo submissions at the end date of the contest will invalidate all of your submissions.
• In order to be considered, post your image to this thread. It is not necessary or recommended that you post a 300dpi image to our Forums. Keeping up with web standards, a 72dpi image preview that does not exceed 960px in width for the forum will be just fine. You may use Photobucket or any similar photo sharing site to provide a link to your image so long as all other requirements are met within your post. If you use a photo sharing site, the image must remain publicly available online until 18-Jul-2016.
FORMATTING Requirements:
- • The Spyderco 2017 Calendar will be printed in an 8 ½” by 11” landscape format. Only landscape formatted images will be considered and significant cropping/resizing may occur to winning images. All portrait formatted images will be disqualified.
• Final Print Image Guidelines (ABSOLUTE MINIMUM – Images should be no smaller than this):
Width: 3450 px
Height: 2700 px
Resolution: 300
(This translates to 11.5” x 9” to account for a ¼ inch bleed)
• Image Preview (for posting on the forum)
Width: 960px
Resolution: 72
Content Restrictions:
- • The submission must not contain any copyrighted material (unless you own the copyright).
• Your submission must be entirely original and created by you.
• Images may not contain any kind of promotional material - this includes trademarks and logos for non-Spyderco businesses, even those for your own personal endeavors.
• Only family-friendly, tasteful submissions will be considered. Remember this calendar will be hanging in someone’s home or office.
Eligibility:
- • The 2017 Spyderco Calendar Contest is open to members of the Spyderco.com Forum who are at least 18 years of age. Proof of age may be required.
• Employees, relatives of employees of Spyderco, its partner companies, and manufacturers are not eligible to enter or win.
Obligatory Fine Print:
- • Submitted images become the exclusive property of Spyderco Inc. By posting your photo in this thread, user grants unencumbered, free usage and printing use solely to Spyderco Inc.
• This contest is subject to all laws and void where prohibited.
• Please keep in mind that there are various laws and regulations regarding knives throughout the world. If you are selected as a winner and you live in a region that prohibits us from sending the intended prize we have the right to substitute your prize as we see fit.