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- RAH Needs A Logo!
- by Dave Bealer
-
- OK, your fearless editor has finally made a decision. Random Access
- Humor needs a logo. It would be a simple, although expensive, matter
- to hire a graphics designer to create one. It would be much more fun
- to have a logo design contest. This will allow the RAH readership to
- get involved, and maybe even win some prizes.
-
- Unfortunately some limitations are necessary. The following are the
- rules:
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- 1) RAH is an ASCII Text magazine, so the logo must be able to be
- drawn with the basic 128 ASCII characters. No IBM-PC "high
- ASCII" characters are allowed. This excludes all the fancy box
- drawing characters included in the MS-DOS character set. (Hey,
- nobody said this was going to be easy.)
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- 2) A compact logo is preferred, but a larger one will be accepted if
- it really impresses us. The logo must not exceed the following
- dimensions: 60 characters wide x 10 lines high
-
- 3) It would be preferable if the logo was funny, but we will settle
- for a logo that expresses RAH's commitment to help make the world
- a better place for all personkind and... (Oops, sorry! I lapsed
- into my acceptance speech for the "Miss America" Pageant.)
-
- 4) All entries become the property of Dave Bealer. If you don't
- like it, fine. Vinnie has a new set of brass knuckles he's just
- dying to try out.
-
- 5) Entries must be submitted electronically. You can e-mail your
- logos to one of the following addresses:
- FidoNet> Dave Bealer at 1:261/1129
- Internet> dbealer@clark.net
- The message title should indicate that it contains an entry
- for the RAH Logo Design Contest. If absolutely necessary, you
- can mail an MS-DOS formatted diskette containing your entry to:
- RAH Logo Design Contest, P.O. Box 595, Pasadena, MD. 21122 USA
- Each entry must include a completed copy of the RAH Logo Design
- Contest entry form provided with this issue of RAH. Entries
- cannot be returned or acknowledged.
-
- 6) The contest will be judged by the RAH Publisher, Dave Bealer.
- His decisions in this contest will be final. (Why not, he's
- paying for the prizes out of his own pocket. What a weirdo!
- Notice how he even uses the royal "We" in this article.)
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- 7) Entries will be accepted from October 1, 1993 until November 30,
- 1993. Entries must be received by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
- on 11/30/93 to be eligible.
-
- 8) Void where prohibited by law. (Why anyone would prohibit it is
- beyond me. Go figure people.)
-
- Prizes:
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- Grand Prize - Winner's Choice of $200 (US funds) or an external
- 14400 V.32bis FAX/Modem from a major U.S. vendor.
- Awarded to the designer of the logo chosen to
- represent Random Access Humor. (A winner from
- outside the U.S. or Canada may have to take the money
- because of enlightened U.S. technology export laws.)
-
- - The name of the winning designer will be listed in
- the masthead of RAH (at least until the publisher
- gets tired of seeing it there.)
-
- Honorable - At least five logos (and as many as the miserly
- Mention publisher decides to spring for) will earn their
- designer a free copy of the sure-to-be-award-winning
- electronic book, _RAH Material: The Best of Random
- Access Humor, Vol. 0_.
-
- Winners will be announced in the January 1994 issue of RAH. The new
- logo will make its debut in that issue, as well. {RAH}
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- RAH Logo Design Contest Entry Form
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- I, _________________________________, being of unsound mind, wish to
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- enter the Random Access Humor Logo Design Contest.
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- Address: ___________________________________________________________
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- City: ________________________________ State/Prov: _________________
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- Postal/Zip Code: ______________________ Country: ___________________
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- Electronic Address: ________________________________________________
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- In the extremely unlikely event that my logo is the winner, I would
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- prefer the (Check one only): Cash ____ Modem ____
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