In what is becoming a regular part of WorldCon preparations, Renovation (the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention), is announcing “an open competition for the design of the 2011 Hugo Award base. The Convention is soliciting artists and designers from around the world to come up with a base that is worthy of the Hugo Award and which reflects the convention’s theme of the New Frontiers and/or the region of Reno, Nevada and the North-Western United States.”
The winning designer will have the opportunity to introduce their base design at the Hugo Ceremony, and will receive a full five-day attending membership to Renovation, along with $250 towards the cost of attending the convention.
Entrants must submit initial drawings/renderings of their designs by 1 January 2011, and must be able to arrange for up to 30 bases to be manufactured if their design is successful (with a target price of no more than $150 per individual base). The winning design will be selected no later than 28 February 2011.
Full details of the competition are on this page. Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, will be held in Reno, Nevada, 17-21 August 2011.