All the way back in 1900, a 44 year old L. Frank Baum released a book titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which has now become one of the most well known.. movies. Most of us now know the Judy Garland film of nearly the same name, The Wizard of Oz, which isn’t quite so much like the original book. I think that’s what makes this a good contest, because you need to know about the real book, not the movie, in order to win. Easy enough though, you can read the full book by clicking here.

So here’s your objective. Make a contemporary version of a modern day classic. Don’t make a cover to the movie, make it a cover to the book. But make sure it feels fresh and new. I’d suggest looking at the work of Neil Kellerhouse, who is leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else when it comes to contemporary design. Make it fresh, make it new, and make it amazing.

This time around you’ve got a pretty sweet prize. This time around we’re giving away an Apple TV (which is American, not sure if it matters), so you really need to throw some blood, sweat and tears into this one. Sound like a plan? Here are the rules.

RULES

• Please save your images as JPGs no larger than 800px wide at 72 DPI/RGB mode, there’s no height restrictions (within reason). Feel free to play with the dimensions and have fun with what you make. Making a front and back cover with certainly help your chances, but is not required.

• Label your files “Firstname-Lastname-Wizard-of-Oz.jpg”

• Send all entries to [email protected] with the subject “Re-Covered Books: Wizard of Oz“. Cut and paste what I wrote there, it’s super easy and it helps me keep track of your entry.

• All entries are due Saturday, February 11, 2012 by Midnight, PST.

If there are any other questions feel free to leave them in the comments. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with and be sure to tell your friends/classmates/pets to participate. Good luck and have fun!

Paqui Timoneda

Francisco Hernandez

Paul Bartlett

Austin Eidson

Cameron Stevens

Daimian Lix

Armando Roque

Debbie Liggins

Joe Lillington

Amelia Adysaputra

Sebastián Gavary

Mark Grothman

Nim Ben-Reuven

Chris Viel

André Cândido

Lucia Brandoli

Hillary Jayne

Karina Haczek

Anna Grimal

Jaclyn Threadgill

Linn Andersson

Amy Pacholuk

Lina Sponberg

Jana Misheva

April Scarduzio

Alicia Farmer

Ben Wood

David Gutiérrez

Luca Tommaso Cordoni

Chloe Jones

Enged Sombotsch

Craig White

Sean Ross

Jacob Ewing

Carmen Deñó

Carlos Peixoto

Alexis Noel

Simon Michele

Ben Wallis & Mike McVicar

Chase Kunz

Joshua Fronk