RIT’s Media Arts and Technology program is proud to once again sponsor the Young Professionals in Publishing Competition. High school students from across North America are eligible to participate. The grand prize is complimentary printing of 3,000 copies of the students’ 16-page magazine. There is no entry fee. The deadline for submissions is March 30, 2012.

The contest is intended to encourage high school teachers to use the latest self-publishing technologies to encourage student learning by creating a high-quality printed publication. Some ideas for potential publications include student groups creating a cookbook to sell for a high school fundraiser, a writing class publishing its creative writing assignments, or an art class publishing student portfolios. The options are only bound by the creativity of the students and their teachers/advisors.

RIT faculty will judge the entries and determine five finalists on the basis of originality of concept, quality of images and graphics, aesthetics, and the quality of the writing. All finalists will be awarded 25 full-color copies of the publication. The grand prize winner will then be selected from the finalists, and 3,000 color copies of the winning publication will be delivered to the school.

To learn more about the competition, visit http://contest.cias.rit.edu/