Miami International Fashion Week™ will host the 2nd annual Student Graphic Artist Competition as organizers search for the top graphic artist students worldwide to join in our international poster competition.

Graphic artist students are requested to submit a poster design for the 12th annual Miami International Fashion Week™. The theme: International Fashion in Miami. Use your own creative juices to develop a poster celebrating Miami as the center of the fashion world.

The winning poster will be produced and sold at MIFW with the proceeds benefitting the Miami Fashion Week Foundation scholarship fund. The winning student will be introduced at the opening press conference on March 18, 2010 and and honored at the closing Miami Moda & Music Awards® on March 21, 2010 at Midtown in Miami’s trendy Wynwood Art District. The judge’s decision is final.

The winner will also receive the following:

1. The poster, name of the school and a headshot of the graphic artist will be included in the Hall of Fame on the official MIFW web site.

2. A cash prize presented by the Miami Fashion Week Foundation Scholarship Fund.

3. Poster will be exhibited at MIFW 2010.

For graphic artist students to be eligible for participation in the poster competition, the following requirements must be met:

1. Student must be currently enrolled in a graphic artist program anywhere in the world.

2. Email submissions in 72 dpi 18"X24", horizontal or vertical.

3. If you meet the requirements, students are requested to submit a sample poster and a biography in English by email to graphicartist@miamifashionweek.com.

4. NEW Deadline for submissions is February 15, 2010. Winner will be posted on the web site February 25, 2010.  The winner must submitted the final art work in 300 dpi print quality pdf.

About the Judge:  With more than 25 years in advertising and publishing, as an Addy Award-winning art director, creative director, graphic designer, editor and writer, Merri Grace McLeroy provides marketing consulting and creative services through her company MGM-Studio.com. She is also the Design Editor of Gulfstream Media Group, publishers of 10 South Florida lifestyle and design magazines, a part-time professor in the Fashion Department of The Miami International University of Art & Design, author of Fashion Magazine (2006) Pearson Education. She also provides marketing and design support to numerous charitable organizations and is a member of Fashion Group International, The Text and Academic Authors Association and Women in Communications. Merri Grace obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Fine Art and Art Education from the University of West Georgia and Masters Degree in Advertising and Visual Communications from the prestigious Portfolio Center in Atlanta, GA.  http://www.MGM-Studio.com

All costs of producing copies of the winning poster design will be paid by MIFW. All students submitting posters will be invited to attend the opening night shows and the trends, retail and business seminars during the event. All travel costs are the responsibility of the winner. All inquires should be emailed to info@miamifashionweek.com.

Thank you and Good Luck!

Beth Sobol, President