UniKeep Announces Ninth Annual Art Design Contest

Online, February 21, 2012 (Newswire.com) - UniKeep, a division of the award-winning leader in eco-friendly packaging and organization products, Univenture Inc., is pleased to announce its UniKeep™ Annual Art Design Contest for 2012. Contest entrants have the opportunity to win cash, Intuos®4 Pen Tablets from contest prize sponsor Wacom® , and yearly subscriptions to sponsoring magazines, Scrapbooking & Beyond and Paper Creations. The Ninth UniKeep Annual Art Design Contest began January 1 and ends December 31, 2012.

"We're delighted to continue to provide a unique, creative venue for designers, artists, digital scrapbookers and crafters to participate and submit their outstanding designs. We're excited Wacom is a prize sponsor this year and that Scrapbooking & Beyond and Paper Creations will continue as sponsors. Returning judges Jane Guthrie and Tamara Hanes will join the UniKeep Annual Art Design Contest for 2012. Ginger Olivieri, a featured designer in UniKeep's Design Corner, will also be a judge for 2012," commented Univenture CEO Ross Youngs.

Creating harmony between people and technology. Wacom's vision to bring people and technology closer together through natural interface technologies has made it the world's leading manufacturer of pen tablets, interactive pen displays and digital interface solutions.

Scrapbooking & Beyond is the first complete "how-to" scrapbook magazine and geared for both the archival and creative scrapbooker. Paper Creations magazine offers creative projects and ideas that encompass the versatile world of paper. Both magazines are published by All American Crafts with a dedicated editorial staff of artists and writers.

Judges for the UniKeep Annual Art Design Contest will be Jane Guthrie, Editor of Scrapbooking & Beyond and Paper Creations magazines, Tamara Hanes, Marketing Specialist for a variety of All American Crafts. Ginger Olivieri, a graphic designer and graduate of New York's School of Visual Arts will also be returning as a judge for 2012. Entries may be submitted in one of five categories to win monthly cash prizes and yearly magazine subscriptions to Scrapbooking & Beyond and Paper Creations.

Contest categories are:
Arts & entertainment
Business & professional
Education
Sports
Hobbies & recreation

The UniKeep Annual Art Design Contest was started to provide graphic designers a chance to win cash for original, copyright-free designs authorized for public use. Links to entries will be posted in the UniKeep 2012 Gallery to access for personal use. The monthly award will be $100 to each category winner. At the end of the contest, $500 and an Intuos4 Small Wacom Pen Tablet will be awarded to each overall "Best of Category" and $1,500 and an Intuos4 Medium Wacom Pen Tablet will be awarded as the Grand Prize to the overall "Best of Show". Value of the Wacom Intuos4 Pen Tablets is $1,265. No purchase is necessary. For complete rules and information visit http://artdesigncontest.com/

About Univenture
Univenture has been designing and manufacturing award-winning, fully recyclable media packaging for leading companies in the entertainment, software, and publishing industries since 1988. The company has expanded its scope into creating innovative organization and storage systems for documents, photos, scrapbooking, crafts, and hobbies. The commitment to customer service of the Univenture team has resulted in numerous awards and accolades for its innovation and quality products have resulted in continued sales growth.

Univenture is headquartered in Marysville, Ohio and has global manufacturing and distribution capabilities. For more information, please visit www.univenture.com or call the corporate headquarters 800-992-8262.

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UniKeep Press Contact:
Carol Warren
Antarra Communications
714-890-4500
[email protected]

Corporate Contact:
Johanna Espinosa
Director, Marketing
937-645-4617
[email protected]

©2012 Univenture, Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

The designer/contest entrant must own the copyright for all content. No copyright infringement. All work must be released for individual usage or purpose usage grants. And all entries must contain copyright-free art or art released for entrant's and public use. No unauthorized use of any copyrighted images, text, or other material will be accepted and if copyrighted material is posted without release from copyright owner it will be removed when requested by the copyright owner and not eligible for any award.