Design a Christmas Card for Acorn and win a Risc PC!

Cambridge, UK. 7 July, 1994

Acorn Computers is inviting all budding artists and would-be designers, young and old, to enter a competition to design its 1994 Christmas card. The winning entry will be professionally printed and used worldwide by member companies of the Acorn Computer Group this coming Christmas, and the winner will receive the hottest product in the Acorn line-up - a Risc PC!

The theme for the competition is: "A World of Opportunities". All entries must be original work and should be produced using an Acorn computer. Designs should be submitted both in !Draw file format and as an A4 hard copy.

Please send entries to:

Entries should arrive no later than 10th October 1994.

Group and individual designs are welcome, and there is no age limit. The winner will be presented with a Risc PC at Acorn World '94, which takes place at Wembley on October 28th - 30th 1994.

Please see below for the full competition rules.

Founded in 1978, with 1993 revenues of £54.3m, Acorn Computers is the premier supplier of IT solutions to UK education and has been the leading provider of 32-bit RISC based personal computers since 1987. Acorn works closely with a strong community of industry partners, users and software developers to provide innovative technology solutions for the education, consumer, publishing and international markets.

The Acorn Computer Group is a holding company for Acorn Computers Limited, Acorn Australia, Acorn New Zealand, Acorn GmbH and Online Media. Acorn Computer Group owns 43% of ARM Ltd. Online Media, a division of the Acorn Computer Group, was launched in 1994 with the mission to design world class, interactive multimedia products.

Terms and conditions

1. All entries must be received by second post 10th October 1994.
2. The prize will be an Acorn Risc PC 600 2M HD210.
3. The winning entry will be chosen on 24th October 1994 at Acorn House, Vision Park, Histon, Cambridge, CB4 4AE.
4. The prize winner will be announced at Acorn World 1994 (October 28th-30th 1994, Wembley).
5. Photographs and other promotional material may be requested of the prize winner.
6. All designs must be original.
7. Only one entry per person or per group.
8. Designs cannot be returned.
9. The following are not eligible to enter: employees and contractors of Acorn Computer Group plc, Advanced RISC Machines Limited and their subsidiaries, agents, dealers or anyone connected with the competition.
10. Entries must be submitted in !Draw file format and A4 hard copy.
11. Acorn Computer Group plc and its subsidiaries shall have the right to reproduce all designs for future use and applicants shall, if requested, sign an appropriate form of authorization.

© 1995 Acorn Computer Group plc.
Design: © 1995 Cave Rock Software Ltd.