Security Awareness and Emergency Management Poster Competition

Congratulations to the 2007-2008 poster contest winners.  To view the 12 posters used in the SMU AWARE calendar and campaign, CLICK HERE.

Do you want to download the posters as a screen saver?  Click here for details.

ITS has joined forces with Risk Management to produce the 2009 Security and Safety calendar. We are holding a poster competition during the fall semester to help create the images for this calendar.  The goal of the project is to educate the campus community on current security threats and best practices and change the way people approach data security and emergency management.

The security posters must be original designs and focus on any of the following topics:

Click on the theme to view the various messages or security tips that will appear in the calendar along with the poster.  You do not need to include the verbiage listed under each topic, but the message of your poster should be consistent with the messages as outlined.

All entries will be reviewed by a subcommittee and the top 12 posters will be selected. The top 12 poster designs will appear in the 2009 Security Awareness Calendar and posters will be displayed on campus in various locations throughout the year. The artists of the final 12 posters will receive a printed copy of their posters.  First place winner will receive a $200 Visa gift card.  Second place winner will receive a $100 Visa gift card.

Poster Guidelines

Technical Guidelines
• Designs must be 22” wide by 17” tall **All artwork must include a 1/4" bleed.
• If you are submitting a raster image, artwork should be 300 dpi.  Vector images are fine as well.
• File must be submitted on a CD as an Adobe illustrator file or a high resolution PDF. 
**Content should be appropriate for the campus community. 

Art Guidelines

• Must be original design. Use of any image must be original and/or owned by you. If you use stock photography and your design is accepted for publication, we will obtain necessary permissions at that time. Your inability to prove originality/ownership of material will result in disqualification of entry.
• You may submit as many designs as you’d like for the competition

DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES IS November 3, 2008

Click here to download the entry form.

Logos(if you want to use them): Security awareness logo    Risk Management Logo 

Submitting your design

All entries must be submitted on a CD accompanied by the signed entry form. You may submit multiple entries on one CD. Entries should be submitted to the ITS Help Desk located on the 4th floor of the Laura Lee Blanton Student Services Building. The Help Desk is opened Monday through Thursday from 7:30 AM until 6:30 PM and Friday from 7:e0 AM until 5:30 PM. You do not need to provide a printed copy of your poster.

If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Mulry at rmulry@smu.edu or 214-768-1164.

View the 2007 winning entries