Eligibility
Participants must be currently enrolled in an educational institution, or have graduated no earlier than 2005.

Entry
Entry fee is $15 per entry; participants can enter as many times as they wish. To Enter on online go to www.Inventables.com during the Contest period and complete the online Official Entry Form by entering your email address, full legal name, complete permanent mailing address with zip code, day/evening phone numbers, date of birth, design school attending/ attended, year of graduation, and credit card information (all fields required). Click on the "Submit" button, and you will be registered, and given a password to access in digital format only 25 materials in the Inventables web database. Inventables will determine what these materials will be, and all participants will have access to the same ones. By mail: send a cover letter containing the words Inventables Student Competition, your email address, full legal name, complete permanent mailing address with zip code, day/evening phone numbers, date of birth, design school attending/ attended, year of graduation, and mail your cover letter along with a check for $15 made payable to Inventables. You will be emailed a confirmation of enrollment, including a password to access 20 materials in the Inventables database. Inventables will determine what these materials will be, and all participants will have access to the same ones. Your design submission must be sent via email.

Entries must be original work, generated by the Participant, specifically for the Inventables 2006 competition. You may create your design using the medium of your choice, however all entries should be submitted in pdf format - screen resolution. The participants name must be included in the file name and visible on each page of the pdf. All email entries must be received by 11:59 pm EST, June 15th 2006. Submitted images may contain people or objects not designed by the participant, if they are necessary to support the submitted concept, however they may not display proprietary logos, or trademarks. No stock photography may be incorporated in submissions; all photography must be taken by the participant. Failure to comply with any of these rules will result in disqualification.

Winner Selection
A team of independent judges, at Inventables Innovators Roundtable, from corporations such as Motorola, SC Johnson, Sloan Valve, Creata Promotions, IDEO, and SRAM will review all entries and will select the winners based on the following criteria weighted equally: innovation, creativity and design sensibility. Odds of winning any prize depend on the number and caliber of valid entries received. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the independent judging organization, which are final and binding in all respects. Each of the top winners will be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, a Publicity Release (where legal) to be returned within 14 days of notification. Prize winners will be notified via email or telephone. In the event of a non-compliance with any requirements herein or if Prize Winner cannot be reached by email or telephone on or about July 15th 2006, an alternative winner will be chosen who will be notified by email or telephone on or about July 20th 2006. In the event the alternative Winner cannot be reached by email or telephone, the selection will be forfeited.

Prizes
First: Cover and full-page feature of Inventables quarterly magazine. Plus a $500 scholarship.
Second&Third: Half-page spread in Inventables quarterly magazine.