Attached Link: National Space Society

Hey everyone the National Space Society has extended the deadline for this years Space Art Contest. You have now until the 11th of January to enter. I would love to see someone here win these great prizes.

For the Grand Prize winner:

• Publication as the cover of the National Space Society 2009 Space Settlement Calendar
• $200 cash
• From DAZ software: a copy of Carrara 6 ($250 value), Hexagon 2.1 ($150 value), and Bryce 6.1 ($100 value)
• Starry Night Pro Plus 6.0 — the world's most realistic astronomy software ($250 value)
• Project Dogwaffle Professional 3.5 — Award winning paintbox software ($99 value)
• Signed copy of 50 Years in Space (2006) by David Hardy and Sir Patrick Moore
• Signed copy of Space Art: How to Draw and Paint Planets, Moons, and Landscapes of Alien Worlds (2007) by Michael Carroll
• The two-volume book Astronautics (Part 1: Dawn of the Space Age; Part 2: To the Moon and Towards the Future) or your choice of any one-volume space book from Apogee Books
• Complimentary admission to the 2008 International Space Development Conference in Washington, DC
• 1 year complimentary membership in the International Association of Astronomical Artists
• 1 year complimentary membership in the National Space Society, including a subscription to Ad Astra magazine
• 5 complimentary copies of the calendar

For each of the four First Prizes winners:

• Publication in the National Space Society 2009 Space Settlement Calendar
• $100 cash each
• From DAZ software: a copy of Carrara 6 ($250 value)
• Your choice of any one-volume space book from Apogee Books
• 1 year complimentary membership in the International Association of Astronomical Artists
• 1 year complimentary membership in the National Space Society, including a subscription to Ad Astra magazine
• 2 complimentary copies of the calendar
• One random First Prize Winner will receive a copy of the Starry Night Complete Space & Astronomy Pack desktop planetarium software ($50 value)

For the remaining 7 winning entries:

• Publication in the National Space Society 2009 Space Settlement Calendar
• From DAZ software: a copy of Bryce 6.1 ($100 value)
• A copy of the Project Constellation Pocket Space Guide from Apogee Books
• 1 year complimentary membership in the National Space Society, including a subscription to Ad Astra magazine
• A complimentary copy of the calendar

So put your thinking caps on and get your art work some national and world exposure.

Have a great New Year and hope to see your work in the 2009 NSS Calendar!

Best regards,

David Robinson (aka) Bambam131