Calamities of Nature Guest Strip Contest

November 24, 2008 - Monday

Do you have any social, political, or maybe philosophical commentary that you need to get off your chest? Do you have a great gag you want to do, but it will only work with a pink creature wearing a green and red hat? Well, this is your perfect opportunity. I'm excited to announce the first (annual?) Calamities of Nature Guest Strip Contest (also known at the CONGS Contest for people in the know).

I'll be picking the 3 best strips submitted to me from now until December 22nd. The 3 winners will have their comics featured as the December 28th, December 31st, and January 2nd updates on my site. These comics will get a place in the archive, along with a link to a website of the winner's choice. In addition, each winner will receive a signed copy of my volume 1 collection. If you don't win, it's still all good. All other submissions (of reasonable quality) will be featured individually in the blog on Tuesdays and Thursdays and have their comics saved in the gallery. For further details about the rules, see below. I've been really impressed with the guest strips I've received in the past, so I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with!

Additional Rules:

Files must be submitted electronically to calamitiesofnature@gmail.com. No snail mail please.

The web ready file must be 850 pixels wide and at the most 560 pixels high. They must be in jpeg format and no more than 250 kB. They must have "calamitiesofnature.com © 2008 Tony Piro" somewhere on the artwork, and you may include your own name and homepage url if you wish.

The content of the entry must be consistent with that of this website. When in doubt, keep it PG.

Please keep a high-resolution version of your artwork on hand (a width of around 4200 pixels should be sufficiently high-res). I might request it if I want to include your strip in a future print edition.

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