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August 17, 2005
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Comments system still not fully fixed. Havn't had time to do the reinstall. See previous post for more details.
The awards were for an opinion page illustration I did (shown here, 6th from the top) and another which I havn't uploaded yet, for a features page: sort of an annual thing the paper does highlighting stupid crooks.
In October there's a big press convention in Springfield Illinois, where, among other things, two press associations present their awards, one of which being the Illinois Press Association. It is at that awards ceremony that I'll find out what my position was (1st, 2nd, 3rd, or Honorable Mention). It's a big social hobnob event, and winners get to stand up and be clapped at, with their work shown on a big screen. Sounds fun. I'm actually going to have to dress up. How.. scary.
I imagine that I get a certificate for anything below first. First maybe gets a plaque or something. No idea.
Apparently, though I havn't had official word on this, the two awards are from different categories: editorial cartoon and features illustration. Last year, the same guy won both categories. He's at a much larger paper than mine. Papers like mine don't usually have someone like me.
That's where it stand right now. I'm going to see if there's a way I can get the pages those illustrations were on available for viewing here. Unlike photos, Illustrations are judged at these competitions as they look on the whole page (photos are shown by themselves, without the rest of the page). So essentially the whole design of the page comes into play. I'd like to show them that way here.
Update: I won third place and honorable mention in the illustration category. Not bad.
Posted by Eric Chapman at 03:35 PM | Comments (0)