Book Cover Contest - Get your picture printed on a book cover!
History
Almost six years ago, my father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas, and the prognosis is poor, with fewer than 5% of those diagnosed still alive five years after diagnosis. Complete remission is still rare.
By the end of 2010 in the United States, it is estimated about 43,140 individuals will be diagnosed with this condition, and 36,800 will die from the disease.
When my father got his diagnosis, my mother started writing a book. My mother, being a writer, always clears her mind by writing her thoughts down. She named her book "Undantagstillstånd", which is a Swedish book, which translates into "State of Emergency". This is a biographical story of a female in her 40's who is living with a husband whom is suffering from the awful and ugly disease that is cancer.
The Story Summarized
This book is about how a family is affected by a family member whom gets a terminal illness. It describes the waves of hope and despair, medical reports, the results of alternative medicine and about getting both understanding and misunderstanding from the outside world. An adult couple's relationship is also strongly influenced by the one party's illness, which is accurately described in this book.
The book is written in Swedish by Annette Hagberg, and it will be released on Papertalk Publishing House next year, and sold both online and in Swedish stores.
The only thing missing now is a book cover...The Contest
The contest is about submitting a picture, either a photograph or drawing, that somehow can be related to the book. It can convey all the different feelings that can relate to this particular situation - be it despair, personal decay, deterioration, anxiety, pain, sadness, dolour, or anything else you can think of, as long as it can be related to the book's topic.
Guidelines
If you wish to enter this contest, please follow these guidelines:
- Your picture has to be at least (preferably larger) 3449 x 2552 pixels (292 x 216 mm or 11,497 x 8,507 inches) at 300dpi
- Your picture has to relate to the topic of the book, if you don't know what the topic is, go back to the beginning of this article
- Your picture is to be submitted to me, sic-purity, in a note here on deviantART
- You may use any of your deviations, old or new, as long as they meet the aforementioned dimension requirements
- Submission deadline is December 20th, 2010
Prizes
The winning submission will get his or hers picture printed on the book cover, and therefore giving us full permission for this purpose. The winner will also receive a copy of the book, if desired (please remember that it will be printed in Swedish), after it has been printed. I will also announce all of the contest participants and their contributions, both in my journal and in a future news article.
By entering, you are giving us full permission to use your image for printing this book, if you were to win the contest. The winner will be picked by me and my family, and will be contacted a couple of days after the deadline.
I am seeing forward to getting submissions all over my inbox, good luck and have fun!