WANTED: Artists, Illustrators, Photographers, and Writers!

Throughout our lives, we are frequently reminded “not to judge a book by its cover.” Nonetheless, we all do. That’s why this year Troubadour, the North Penn literary magazine, is looking to catch eyes with an outstanding cover design.

With this goal in mind, the club is holding a cover design contest calling all interested photographers and artists (fine and graphic) to submit completed cover designs to be reviewed and potentially selected for the front spread. The winner not only gets his or her design published front and center on the finished Troubadour book (which is displayed and sold at the spring art show) but also receives a fifty dollar visa gift card for his or her contribution. Beyond that, the winning artist and artwork will be included in any publicity proceedings following printing, which may potentially include coffeehouse nights or art spotlights in local businesses. And of course, the artist also earns bragging rights and the label “published artist” to put on college applications.

If you think you are front-cover worthy, send in your best designs! The theme of the magazine is “contrast,” therefore the artwork should correspond—think good and evil, hot and cold, darkness and light, etc—and may not include any text (images prohibited by the North Penn art department code are also off limits). Images should be a vertical 5.5” x 8.5,” or of larger, but proportional size.  The contest is open to all North Penn High School students, not just troubadour members and art students. Images can be brought to Mrs. Page in K043 or submitted in JPEG format by email to [email protected] by February 25. The Troubadour cover contest is notorious for yielding an underwhelming amount of entries, so don’t hesitate to enter!

In addition to the contest to find outstanding covers, Troubadour is opening up for literary and visual submissions from writers and artists to fill up all the pages in between. To submit work or learn more about the magazine, see Ms. O’Reilly (Literary Supervisor) or Mrs. Page (Art Supervisor).