By the way, there's yet another prize, but you'll have to read on to learn about it.

Participating in Hype-a-palooza
So how can you participate in Hype-a-palooza? It's very simple. Just send us your very own advertising design for the Tapwave Zodiac. We're sponsoring three categories of ads: video, print and graphics, and slogan.

Preparing your video (and winning a free copy of Ulead's VideoStudio 8)
Videos should be no more than 30 seconds in length, 640 x 480 or greater in resolution, and submitted in AVI format.

In addition to all of our other great prizes, Ulead has gratiously donated ten copies of their VideoStudio 8, shown in Figure I, and available from http://www.ulead.com/vs/runme.htm. These ten copies will go the top ten entries in the video category.

FIGURE I


Win one of ten copies of Ulead's VideoStudio 8. Roll over picture for a larger image.

And yes, we know you need a video program to do the video entry. We've taken care of that for you, as well. You can head on over to Ulead's site, download the demo of VideoStudio, see http://www.ulead.com/vs/trial.htm, and use it to compile your entry.

Of course, you're not required to use VideoStudio to do you video production; you can use any tool. It's just that the Ulead folks were cool enough to give us ten copies of their product to give away to you. And you. And you. And you and you and you and you and... well, you get the idea.

Preparing your print and graphics ad entry
Print ads should be in TIFF format at a minimum of 150 dpi, and should be suitable for print. If you have a particular media in mind for your submission, such as magazine, billboard, web, etc., then make sure you tell us in your submission.

Do not send us the printed copy. Instead, send us a final TIFF image we can reproduce.

Slogans are cool, too.
If you're not a graphic's wiz or a video jock, you can still exercise that powerful creative muscle: your brain. Slogans are just that, a slogan. A series or collection of words used to convey a concept. Slogans should be submitted as a TXT, DOC, or RTF file only.

Submitting your entries (and a special category)
Regardless of category, all submissions must be in the form of a digital file.

Let your creative juices flow and express your thoughts about the Zodiac. Don't be afraid to be funny, humorous, deep, introspective, or philosophical. Whatever does it for you may win you a prize.

We've also decided to add a fourth category in honor of David, our Editor-in-Chief. David likes things that are strange and unusual because, well, he himself is strange and unusual. The David category is specifically for strange, wacky, sick, twisted, weird, and dark entries. Essentially, anything that falls outside the definition of mainstream normal would be eligible for David's Sick and Twisted prize.

Entries for the David category can be video, print, or slogan, but must meet the same criteria as entries for those categories. We also reserve the right to change a submission's category if we feel it would best be served in another. We also reserve the right not to publish any entries if they're too sick and twisted. Just fair warning.