
RAH Needs A Logo!
by Dave Bealer

OK, your fearless editor has finally made a decision.  Random Access
Humor needs a logo.  It would be a simple, although expensive, matter
to hire a graphics designer to create one.  It would be much more fun
to have a logo design contest.  This will allow the RAH readership to
get involved, and maybe even win some prizes.

Unfortunately some limitations are necessary.  The following are the
rules:

1)  RAH is an ASCII Text magazine, so the logo must be able to be
    drawn with the basic 128 ASCII characters.  No IBM-PC "high
    ASCII" characters are allowed.  This excludes all the fancy box
    drawing characters included in the MS-DOS character set.  (Hey, 
    nobody said this was going to be easy.)

2)  A compact logo is preferred, but a larger one will be accepted if
    it really impresses us.  The logo must not exceed the following 
    dimensions:   60 characters wide x 10 lines high 

3)  It would be preferable if the logo was funny, but we will settle
    for a logo that expresses RAH's commitment to help make the world
    a better place for all personkind and...  (Oops, sorry!  I lapsed
    into my acceptance speech for the "Miss America" Pageant.) 

4)  All entries become the property of Dave Bealer.  If you don't
    like it, fine.  Vinnie has a new set of brass knuckles he's just
    dying to try out.

5)  Entries must be submitted electronically.  You can e-mail your
    logos to one of the following addresses:
              FidoNet>   Dave Bealer at 1:261/1129
              Internet>  dbealer@clark.net
    The message title should indicate that it contains an entry
    for the RAH Logo Design Contest.  If absolutely necessary, you
    can mail an MS-DOS formatted diskette containing your entry to: 
    RAH Logo Design Contest, P.O. Box 595, Pasadena, MD. 21122 USA 
    Each entry must include a completed copy of the RAH Logo Design
    Contest entry form provided with this issue of RAH.  Entries
    cannot be returned or acknowledged.  

6)  The contest will be judged by the RAH Publisher, Dave Bealer.
    His decisions in this contest will be final.  (Why not, he's
    paying for the prizes out of his own pocket.  What a weirdo!
    Notice how he even uses the royal "We" in this article.)

7)  Entries will be accepted from October 1, 1993 until November 30,
    1993.  Entries must be received by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
    on 11/30/93 to be eligible.

8)  Void where prohibited by law.  (Why anyone would prohibit it is
    beyond me.  Go figure people.)

Prizes:

  Grand Prize - Winner's Choice of $200 (US funds) or an external
                14400 V.32bis FAX/Modem from a major U.S. vendor.  
                Awarded to the designer of the logo chosen to
		represent Random Access Humor.  (A winner from
		outside the U.S. or Canada may have to take the money	
		because of enlightened U.S. technology export laws.)

              - The name of the winning designer will be listed in
	        the masthead of RAH (at least until the publisher
		gets tired of seeing it there.)

  Honorable   - At least five logos (and as many as the miserly 
   Mention      publisher decides to spring for) will earn their 
                designer a free copy of the sure-to-be-award-winning
		electronic book, _RAH Material: The Best of Random
		Access Humor, Vol. 0_.

Winners will be announced in the January 1994 issue of RAH.  The new
logo will make its debut in that issue, as well.                {RAH}
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                 RAH Logo Design Contest Entry Form

I, _________________________________,  being of unsound mind, wish to

enter the Random Access Humor Logo Design Contest.

Address: ___________________________________________________________

City: ________________________________ State/Prov: _________________

Postal/Zip Code: ______________________ Country: ___________________

Electronic Address: ________________________________________________

In the extremely unlikely event that my logo is the winner, I would

prefer the (Check one only):   Cash ____   Modem ____
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