Out of Home Competition

EVENT DATE: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
TIME: 5:30 – 8:30pm
LOCATION: The Hartford Courant, Thomas Greene Room, 285 Broad Street, Hartford
COST: $10 in advance / $15 members at door / $20 non-members and at door / $5 students (with proper ID)
RSVP by: Thursday, February 23, 2012
RSVP: 860.295.8929 | e-m: admin@adclubct.org
Register Online.

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Call for Entries Info:

Enter your design for a billboard that promotes this year’s theme and you could win one of 3 cash prizes! The First Place winner receives $150 cash and will have their design displayed on digital billboards throughout the state. Deadline for entries: 2-23-12.

The 2012 Theme: Search Local, Save Local, Buy Local … support your local businesses and the local economy.

The Contest: Enter your design for a billboard and you could win one of three cash prizes.
 Entry is FREE TO MEMBERS … and a minimal cost for all non-members. You can submit as many entries as you like.

The Rules: All entries must be 7” high x 24” wide (Scale ½” = 1’) mounted on 9” x 26” black mat board. Each entry MUST have a separate entry form (photocopies ok) secured to the back. Nothing identifying your studio/agency should appear on the front.

All entries must be created solely for this competition and become the property of the Advertising Club of Connecticut.
All stock photography must be high resolution, be paid for by the contestant and be available for use on digital billboards.

Don’t:
• Promote a single business, specific event, brand and so forth
• Copy or submit existing work

Do:
• Think big picture
• Be creative and most of all, have fun!

SPECS FOR DIGITAL BILLBOARD PRODUCTION: Please download and use the digital billboard specification information in the two (2) forms provided here – OOH BB specs.pdf and OOH BB TEMPLATE.jpg.

Entry Form: Please download the Entry Form here.

Entry Fee Payment:

All Ad Club Members … Entry is FREE. Enter as many times as you wish!
All Students … Entry is FREE (need proper student ID)
Non-Members … One (1) Entry – $5.00
Two – Five Entries – $10.00 total
Six – Ten Entries – $15.00 total
Eleven+ Entries – $20.00 total

Entry Fees may be paid by contacting admin@adclubct.org for more information. Or you may pay at the door when checking in to the event.

Questions?

admin@adclubct.org | 860-295-8929
Angela Aiello at angelinaaiello@gmail.com | 860-305-5585

To register for the event:

You may register online, by contacting admin@adclubct.org, or you may call the Ad Club offices at 860-295-8929

Drop Off Locations:

Hartford Area: Out of Home America
Or bring your artwork with you to the event on Wed, February 29

Or you may mail or overnite artwork to address below (please make sure to mark outside of package with “OOH Competition”):
Out of Home America
330 Roberts St
East Hartford, CT 06108

“Don’t Drive Distracted”

was the theme for the Advertising Club of Connecticut’s 2011 Out-Of-Home Competition

Connecticut creatives submitted their original artwork for 14’ x 48’ billboards to promote this theme. Winning entries received cash prizes and the first place design is displayed on digital billboards across the state.

Congratulations to the winners at Avid for submitting the winning design “Quit Monkeyin’ Around”