1st Place, Cover
2024-25, Division 3, Yearbook Visual and Verbal
By Connor McBride
The Hornet
Saline MS
Y-28. Cover
Submit a PDF or image file of the cover design as it was printed, including the front cover, spine and back cover. Do not submit a pre-designed company cover. FOR THE ENTRY TITLE, use your theme. You may include a brief description of your theme in the Additional Information field. Extensive work by a professional graphic artist should be described in the “Non Student Work Copyright” field. LIMIT ONE ENTRY PER SCHOOL. Submit cover as one file, if possible creating a single horizontal page out of the cover, spine and back cover. Otherwise the judges may not see all of your cover together and will not get the full impact of your design.
JUDGING CRITERIA
- Cover introduces unifying concept visually/verbally
- Design is fresh and contemporary
- Cover creates favorable impression through use of type/color/materials
- Name of theme appears in the largest type size
- Book name and year also appear on cover and spine
- Spine also includes school name, city, state and yearbook volume number