Book Cover Design for Print

Status: Closed
Prize: $50
Entries Received: 14
Winner: misharichet

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Contest Brief

I'm writing a book that will be published soon. I need a high quality, professionally designed 2D book cover. This book will be sold on Amazon, etc.

The cover will be for a 6x9 paperback, using the createspace template provided. Cover will be delivered as a 300DPI multi-layer Photoshop PSD file.

I started a cover, but would like something more professional. It's okay to use the one I uploaded as a starting point.

Please see one of the samples for the cover blurb. The genre is supposed to be New Adult or Literary Fiction.

I'm more interested in concept than in quality of execution at this point. Feel free to do a mock-up. I own a license to the two comps I've uploaded, but can't post the actual photos on a public website.

I am looking forward to your entries. All the best!

Book title--
A Proper Young Lady

Author--
Lianne Simon

Publisher--
Faie Miss Press

Genre--
New Adult

ISBN--
9780985148218

Cover blurb--
A woman with the complete form of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome might never discover she has testes in her abdomen rather than ovaries and uterus.
Danièle knows, and she grieves that she can never have her own children. She has a partial form of AIS that left her with ambiguous genitals, a steady stream of doctors and psychologists, and crazed parents determined to see her happy as a girl.
Melanie’s life has sucked since her best friend moved away. Now, after five years without even a stupid text, Danièle’s back, a proper young lady, with a fiancé and all.
“Will you act as a surrogate mother for Ethan and me?”she asks.
“Well, yeah.” ‘Cause Melanie still loves the intersex kid who promised to always be her friend.
Almost too late, Danièle learns that the clinic can extract sperm from her gonadal biopsies, and she decides to become the donor herself. She’ll tell Ethan and Melanie. Someday.
Ethan adores the graceful young woman named Danièle. Melanie imagines a life with the father of her children.
Danièle? She’s happy with her intersex body—somewhere between princess and little boy. But in a black and white world, she must choose—once and for all—who she will be. And whom she will love.

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misharichet
- 11 years ago
Thanks for the contest!
- 11 years ago
Contest Holder
- 11 years ago
So many good ideas. Thank you all so much.
- 11 years ago
pilipushko
- 11 years ago
Pleace look #66.
- 11 years ago
thrasymachus09
- 11 years ago
please check #58
- 11 years ago
pilipushko
- 11 years ago
Could you tell me what do you think about #56 and #57 ?
- 11 years ago
misharichet
- 11 years ago
Hi,

Your project is very interesting, however the prize is a bit too low! I'd be glad to work on your cover for $100 US dollars...take a look at my portfolio so that you can see the quality of my work.
I'm free to start working right now.

Misha.
- 11 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 11 years ago
  I'd be happy to talk about the cover illustration I'd want and how long it might take you to create.
  - 11 years ago
thrasymachus09
- 11 years ago
#39 please check :)
- 11 years ago
Contest Holder
- 11 years ago
194 is fine for the purposes of this contest. :)
- 11 years ago
elyssamoeller
- 11 years ago
How many pages? I need to know to get the dimensions correct. Is 194 correct?
- 11 years ago
caelicorn
- 11 years ago
Hi there, would you be interested in paying more for an illustration, if I entered with a concept you liked and chose? I can think of a pretty cool idea, but you are rolling too low for my price range :-/
- 11 years ago
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1. Contest Holder
  - 11 years ago
  I'm in no hurry. liannesimon at yahoo dot com.
  - 11 years ago
2. Contest Holder
  - 11 years ago
  Drop me a line when you have the time. I too have an idea for an illustration.
  - 11 years ago
jhess31
- 11 years ago
please check #30
- 11 years ago
jhess31
- 11 years ago
please check entry #23 and give me feedback
- 11 years ago
jhess31
- 11 years ago
please check entry #16 and give me feedback
- 11 years ago
Contest Holder
- 11 years ago
I've added another photo that you can use. I don't have the license yet, but am willing to purchase it.
- 11 years ago
narendrapatil123
- 11 years ago
im working on it
- 11 years ago
carolinasantos93
- 11 years ago
Could you please leave feedback for #2 ?
- 11 years ago
thedubliner
- 11 years ago
Very comprehensive brief. Congrats on your book. It does sound intriguing. Can' wait to take a crack at your cover.
- 11 years ago