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The next contest going on is a logo design contest at smashing magazine. What are the rules?

In order to participate, design

• a distinctive Smashing Magazine logo for our header.
  Max. height: 65px.
  Max. size: 20 Kb.
  Format: .gif or .png.
• a Favicon.
  Size: 16×16px or 32×32px.
  Format: .ico.

The logo has to be related to the topics we cover in Smashing Magazine. Take a look around and select themes you think are most appropriate.

You can use whatever color you’d like to use. Just to give you some idea about designs we might possibly prefer - you should probably take a closer look at some creative logos and remarkable favicons we’ve selected recently.

Send your designs via e-mail at office at smashingmagazine dot com with subject “Logo Contest”. Mention your name, your URL and the country you come from. If it’s possible send us also a brief description of your design and the theme you’ve selected. We’d like to know, which idea has been the driving force behind design. We’d like you to be creative. We’d like you to get really excited about it. At least as excited as we are.

And just what is up for grabs for winning such a contest?

The winner gets the SimpleTech SimpleDrive 250 GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive. It’s a stylish, quick external hard drive with 250 GB capacity and Hi-Speed USB 2.0. Besides, winner’s name will appear in the footer of every Smashing Magazine’s web-page - as long as we use it, of course.

Not such a bad deal if you ask me. The hard drive isn’t the most exciting thing in the world, but with all the readers smashing magazine has, thats an awful lot of free advertising, and definitely worth a shot.

If you find yourself stuck while trying your hand at the logo contest at smashing magazine, you don’t have to go far for some refreshing ideas. They just posted 58 creative logos to help get your mind exploring other avenues. Now, not all of these are really that great, and some of them are certainly not very creative, but there are some nice ones, and it’s a good place to start, to get your brain thinking outside of it’s comfort zone. Now hurry and finish that logo, as the deadline is March 31st!