COMPETITION ELIGIBILITY
The Art Institutes and Americans for the Arts Poster Design Competition ("Competition") is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada (excluding residents of Quebec) who are full- or part- time high school seniors (grade 12) scheduled to graduate in 2009 with a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average or the equivalent thereof (based on either a 4.0 scale or 5.0 scale) as of date of entry and prize award. You must fulfill all individual program admission requirements of The Art Institutes school at which you enter the Competition. You may enter the Competition at only one Art Institutes location.

DEADLINE
All complete entries must be received by February 6,2009. Each local winner will be notified by their preferred Art Institutes location by March 27, 2009. Selection and notification of the national winners will be made by May 15, 2009.

HOW TO ENTER
Fill out, sign, and scan the Competition Entry & Release form on the back of this page, available for download at artinstitutes.edu/poster, then email along with a designer's statement in Microsoft Word format,a current high school transcript, and one poster design to posterdesign@aii.edu. The email's subject line must contain your name and The Art Institutes location where you wish to enter the Competition.The size of your email must not exceed 10MB.Incomplete entry submissions will be disqualified.The Art Institutes are not responsible for any lost,incomplete, or stolen entries. Official rules for the competition can be downloaded at www.artinstitutes.edu/poster.