See your image on the front cover of a Penguin Modern Classic with the Fujifilm Student Awards 2010

Penguin Books are looking for a new image to feature on the cover of At Swim-Two-Birds, by Flann O’Brien. Your brief is to take a photograph that captures the spirit of the novel which, in the words of Anthony Burgess, ‘assaults your brain with words, style, magic, madness, and unlimited invention’.

The image must be shot on Fujifilm Professional or Consumer film and must fit the new Modern Classics jacket layout (see template downloads).

THE BOOK

Flann O'Brien's first novel is a brilliant impressionistic jumble of ideas, mythology and nonsense. Operating on many levels it incorporates plots within plots, giving full rein to O'Brien's dancing intellect and Celtic wit. The undergraduate narrator lives with his uncle in Dublin, drinks too much with his friends and invents stories peopled with hilarious and unlikely characters. O'Brien's blend of farce, satire and fantasy results in a remarkable, astonishingly innovative book.

‘At Swim-Two-Birds' has remained in my mind ever since it first appeared as one of the best books of our century. A book in a thousand ... in the line of Ulysses and Tristram Shandy’  Graham Greene

‘At Swim-Two-Birds' is both a comedy and a fantasy of such staggering originality that it baffles description and very nearly beggars our sense of delight’  Chicago Tribune

To buy the book with a 20% discount please visit www.penguin.co.uk and quote ‘FUJIFILM’ where prompted.

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HOW TO ENTER

All images must be taken on Fujifilm Professional film. Images taken on digital cameras will not be accepted for judging. Entry is free of charge and submissions are unlimited.

The competition runs from 1 September 2009 - 28 February 2010. All submissions must be made through this Fujifilm Student Awards website and each Merit winner will be asked to submit a print for final judging.

We have provided the book template to guide you (See psd and pdf template downloads).
The book template is 198mm x 129mm. Please take this into consideration when taking your image.

Entrants can choose to submit their images with or without the book template. All images will be judged the same, regardless whether the book template has or has not been used.

PRIZES

The overall winner will have their photograph printed on the front cover of the next edition of At Swim-Two-Birds, published by Penguin, and will be awarded the title of Fujifilm Student Photographer of the Year 2010. They will also receive a library of 25 Penguin Classics titles, £250 worth of Fujifilm Professional film, and a fantastic printing prize package courtesy of our exhibition sponsors, Genesis Imaging.

Each short listed Merit winner will receive 10 rolls of Fujicolor professional colour negative film, a Penguin Classic of their choice and a copy of the book, Ways of Seeing.

The college or university that submits the most entries will win £250 worth of Fujifilm Professional film for their photography department and 100 Penguin Classics titles for their library.

JUDGES

The 2010 Fujifilm Student Awards will be judged by Jim Stoddart (Penguin Press Art Director), Adam Freudenheim (Penguin Classics Editor) and Jon Levy (Publisher of Foto8)

To find your local supplier of Fujifilm professional film, click here.

DOWNLOADS

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