Corel Launches Ninth Corel World Design Contest.OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1998--Corel(R) Corporation (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COS) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :COSFF), developer of the award-winning CorelDRAW(TM) and Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) families of products, has officially launched its 1998 Corel(R) World Design Contest. Now in its ninth year, the contest is a forum for Corel artists worldwide to compete for prizes and publicity. "We are continually impressed by the caliber of design that appears in each Corel World Design Contest," said Dr. Michael Cowpland Michael Cowpland (born April 23, 1943) is a Canadian entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder and one-time president, chairman and CEO of Corel, a Canadian software company. Cowpland was born in Bexhill, Sussex, England and obtained a BSc. , president and chief executive officer of Corel Corporation (company) Corel Corporation - A software publisher best known for the CorelDraw application. Founded in June 1985 by Dr. Michael Cowpland, Corel Corporation was originally a systems integration company. . "The Contest showcases some of the best digital artwork in the computer industry. We are extremely excited about the addition of the Academic Addendum to this year's contest and are anxiously anticipating some high-quality submissions." The Corel World Design Contest is intended to recognize and encourage the international community of Corel users and enthusiasts and to award exceptional talent. The contest started April 1, 1998 and will run until January 31, 1999. Five winners from each of the eight categories listed below are awarded a trip to Ottawa, Canada to participate in the ninth Corel World Design Contest gala and awards ceremony, to be held in the spring of 1999. The ninth Corel World Design Contest features eight categories including; People, Plants & Animals; Landscapes & Landmarks; Abstracts; Technical Drawings; Page Layout :For the Wikipedia policy about articles layout, see Wikipedia:Guide to layout. Page layout is the part of graphic design that deals in the arrangement and style treatment of elements (content) on a page. & Promotional Works; Corporate & Product Identification; Specialty (design a tangible product) and Business Solutions. Entrants may submit entries designed with any version of CorelDRAW(TM), Corel PHOTO-PAINT Corel PHOTO-PAINT is a raster graphics editor created by Corel. The current version is Corel PHOTO-PAINT X3 (13). It is not sold by itself, but instead included with CorelDRAW (CorelDRAW Graphics Suite). Its main uses are image manipulation and creation of web graphics. (TM), CorelDREAM 3D, CorelXARA(TM), Corel(R) WordPerfect(R), Corel(R) Office Professional, Corel VENTURA A Windows desktop publishing program from Corel. It is a full-featured program suited for producing books and other long documents and includes several graphics functions from CorelDRAW. Corel VENTURA was formerly Ventura Publisher, developed by a company that was later acquired by Xerox. (TM) or any of Corel's Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. products. Academic Addendum For the first time ever, the contest will be accepting submissions in three categories designed specifically for students between the ages of 6 and 17. The Academic Addendum features the following three categories: Family & Friends; Environment and Sports, and runs from August 1, 1998 to January 31, 1999. How to Enter For more details, to obtain a contest entry form or to make a submission via the World Wide Web, visit the contest site at www.corel.com/contests. To receive a faxed copy of the contest rules and an entry form, applicants can call 613-728-0826 extension 81609. Copies can also be obtained from Corel's fax-on-demand service at 613-728-8200 extension 3080 by requesting document number 1125. For specific questions, the World Design Contest can be reached by e- mail at wdc@corel.ca. Corel would like to give special thanks to all the sponsors of the ninth Corel World Design Contest including: Air Canada, Americ Disc Inc., Bitstream Inc., Brymark Graphic Sales Inc., Corel User Magazine, Hewlett-Packard Company, Iomega Corporation, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Technologies Inc., OMRAY Inc./Corel Magazine, Osborne/McGraw Hill, Quantum Corporation, Solstice solstice (sŏl`stĭs) [Lat.,=sun stands still], in astronomy, either of the two points on the ecliptic that lie midway between the equinoxes (separated from them by an angular distance of 90°). Technologies Ltd., Steelcase, Tektronix Inc., TigerDirect, Valiquette, Visioneer, WACOM Technology Corporation, and X-Rite Incorporated, for their donations. Corel Corporation Incorporated in 1985, Corel Corporation is recognized internationally as an award-winning developer and marketer of productivity applications, graphics and Internet software for the corporate and retail markets. Corel's products, which run on most operating platforms, are consistently rated among the strongest in the industry. The company's product line, including CorelDRAW(TM), Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite, Corel VENTURA(TM), Corel Print House(TM) Magic and Corel(R) WebMaster Suite, ships in over 17 languages through a network of more than 160 distributors in 70 countries worldwide. Corel's common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. 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