Design a cover for my best seller

  • Status: Closed
  • Prize: $150
  • Entries Received: 342
  • Winner: freestylepcm

Contest Brief

PLEASE, NO MORE ENTRIES! Closing contest as of 6AM, Sunday, 11 October. There have been so many truly beautiful and eye-catching covers that we turned the decision over to a Focus Group of twenty-seven (27) people.

We had fourteen entries in the first cycle, and four of those actually tied for first place, so we submitted just those four for a final vote. Even now, two are even. The members of the focus group have until noon today to make their preference known.

Again, thank you all for your superb work. I wish I could use half of the covers submitted, but it comes down to one of the 320+ you've created.

PLEASE NOTE REVISED BACK COVER TEXT IN FILE ATTACHMENT BELOW, Thursday, 8 October.
ALSO, you must be able to provide proof that any artwork you use is either open source and royalty free, or that you have paid the fees for its unlimited commercial use.

Requirements:
• Front and rear covers and spine for 5 inch x 8 inch paperback book.
• 293 pages (0.75 or 3/4" inches thick).
• Cover design may also be used for a hardcover book, an e-book and a CD box label.
• The book’s title is registered with Bowker, and an ISBN has been issued to Greenbush Press. A barcode is available for the back cover.

IMPORTANT:
This novel begins with the appearance of a phenomenal star to the east of Palestine on the night that the Christ child was born in a stable. It covers about FOUR MONTHS ONLY, during which the Wise Men (Magi) journey to Jerusalem and find the child living in a house in Bethlehem. It does not deal with events thirty-some years later, and therefore the cross (as much as I love its significance) plays no part in this particular story. I'm afraid that neither the Madonna with her slain son nor the cross really have a place on this cover. And while Jesus was born in a stable, since the Wise Men arrived about 4 months to a year after his birth, the Bible tells us they found him in a house, not a stable.
LEGAL:
Please make certain that you have the rights to any graphics you use, and can provide proof before I award your entry.

Background:
The Christian Bible speaks of wise men, or magi, who follow a phenomenal star from “the East” to Palestine. “Saving Jesus: The Untold Story of the Wise Men,” takes the position that the wise men were inspired by God to defy the will of the world’s two great opposing empires—Rome and Parthia. They risked their lives by traveling a thousand miles around the Fertile Crescent. They crossed mountains, rivers and deserts, and suffered attacks by bandits and the intrigues of their enemies. They went to worship the new born king, but wound up providing the resources the Messiah’s family would require to escape the wrath of King Herod.

Food for thought:
It is popularly held that there were three wise men, that they traveled alone, that they road camels, and that they arrived in Palestine the night the Christ child was born. But it's far more likely that there were more than three wise men, that they were part of a larger party, and that they arrived at least four months after the child's birth. The wise men brought gifts to the baby Jesus, including GOLD. I'd like to see something creative done with the title font, "Saving Jesus."

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  • DesignerSohan
    DesignerSohan
    • 3 years ago

    kindly check #390

    • 3 years ago
  • flyhy
    flyhy
    • 3 years ago

    Hello Sir, Please check my entries ( Updated versions ) #364 , #374 , #375 , #376 .

    • 3 years ago
  • TornadoGCC
    TornadoGCC
    • 3 years ago

    Please check my design #325

    • 3 years ago
  • neharasheed876
    neharasheed876
    • 3 years ago

    your feedback matters! kindly check new entries submitted :)

    • 3 years ago
  • neharasheed876
    neharasheed876
    • 3 years ago

    check 298

    • 3 years ago
  • neharasheed876
    neharasheed876
    • 3 years ago

    check and leave feedback on 297

    • 3 years ago
  • Moutushi2020
    Moutushi2020
    • 3 years ago

    # 293, Please check my design

    • 3 years ago
  • MRGRAPH003
    MRGRAPH003
    • 3 years ago

    Recommendation to CH: Be aware, and sure that all entries using stock images/clipart did mention it, by doing this "Licensed Content
    Declare any stock content used to avoid penalty.

    This entry is entirely my own.

    This entry contains elements I did not create." and be sure that every single one has this" Entry contains stock imagery " If you don't see it. well that entry is in violation of freelancer rules, and guest what also copy rights, it doesn't matter if the entry contestant are not from U.S.A

    • 3 years ago
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    1. naveen14198600
      naveen14198600
      • 3 years ago

      Yes you are right brother.

      • 3 years ago
    2. satishchand75
      satishchand75
      • 3 years ago

      Dear Mostly winner entry are used copyright images Please check this link. Image link https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/african-american-man-vr-glasses-watching-1412314268 and winner contest link https://www.freelancer.in/contest/Gift-Voucher-Design-1828323?w=f&ngsw-bypass= NOW WHAT YOU SAY DEAR ?

      • 3 years ago
  • satishchand75
    satishchand75
    • 3 years ago

    Hi Sir, Please check updated #277 Thanks

    • 3 years ago
  • flyhy
    flyhy
    • 3 years ago

    Sir, Please check my entry #247

    • 3 years ago
  • flyhy
    flyhy
    • 3 years ago

    Sir,

    • 3 years ago
  • masudrana25860
    masudrana25860
    • 3 years ago

    working ..Please Don't close early ..thnaks

    • 3 years ago
  • LaChrome
    LaChrome
    • 3 years ago

    Please check out entry #101 . Thank you!

    • 3 years ago
  • TornadoGCC
    TornadoGCC
    • 3 years ago

    Sir, Please check my new entry #100

    • 3 years ago
  • satishchand75
    satishchand75
    • 3 years ago

    Hi Sir, Please check updated artwork with CD Cover #85 Thanks

    • 3 years ago
  • TornadoGCC
    TornadoGCC
    • 3 years ago

    Sir, Please check my new entry #84 i hope you like that....

    • 3 years ago
  • satishchand75
    satishchand75
    • 3 years ago

    Hi Sir, Please check updated artwork #79 Thanks

    • 3 years ago
  • satishchand75
    satishchand75
    • 3 years ago

    Hi Sir, Please check updated artwork #74 Thanks

    • 3 years ago
  • TornadoGCC
    TornadoGCC
    • 3 years ago

    Please check #70

    • 3 years ago
  • TornadoGCC
    TornadoGCC
    • 3 years ago

    Sir, Please check my new entry #69 i hope you like that....

    • 3 years ago
  • mkrathod51
    mkrathod51
    • 3 years ago

    Plz check #65 its a two image in one entry

    • 3 years ago
  • flyhy
    flyhy
    • 3 years ago

    Sir, PLease check my entry #62

    • 3 years ago
  • flyhy
    flyhy
    • 3 years ago

    Sir, PLease check my entry #61

    • 3 years ago
  • TornadoGCC
    TornadoGCC
    • 3 years ago

    Sir, Please check my new entry #59 i hope you like that....

    • 3 years ago
  • TornadoGCC
    TornadoGCC
    • 3 years ago

    Sir, Please check #56 hope you like it...

    • 3 years ago
  • adsingh13
    adsingh13
    • 3 years ago

    Working on it.

    • 3 years ago
  • satishchand75
    satishchand75
    • 3 years ago

    Hi Sir, Please check #52 Thanks

    • 3 years ago
  • neharasheed876
    neharasheed876
    • 3 years ago

    #guaranteed #guaranteed

    • 3 years ago
  • espaciom
    espaciom
    • 3 years ago

    #guaranteed prize please!

    • 3 years ago
  • Pixelinc20
    Pixelinc20
    • 3 years ago

    Great.. This book is gonna be thought-invoking. Liking the brief already. I'm gonna submit my design soon..

    • 3 years ago
  • belalahmed021020
    belalahmed021020
    • 3 years ago

    working

    • 3 years ago

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