Design Contest! Fun!

STUDENTS and GRADUATES!
Read this fun information, and ENTER the contest!

Party City, America’s largest party specialty and Halloween retailer, just launched the “Dress to Thrill” costume design contest inviting consumers to submit designs for the chance to have their winning costume mass-produced and sold on Party City's Web site and in its more than 600 retail stores during the 2010 Halloween season.

This is a really exciting opportunity for up-and-coming designers. The designs can be scary, flirty, fairytale or whatever inspires the designer – the possibilities are endless as long as the costume designs are original.

The contest is open now and all entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. To enter, consumers take original photos depicting their costume designs and submit them online at PartyCity.com. All photos must be entered during the promotion period and must contain only one original design each. However, there is not a limit to the number of original Halloween costume photo entries one entrant can make.

All designs are open for public viewing and consumers are encouraged to vote for the winning costume at PartyCity.com based on the following equally weighted criteria:
1) Costume’s Halloween appeal
2) Suitability for manufacturing and broad consumer appeal
3) Costume’s overall appearance.

Consumers may visit the voting site one time per day and cast up to five votes per visit on a single photo entry or on five separate entries. Please visit PartyCity.com to view all contest rules and regulations and feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Many thanks,
Dustin LeBoeuf
the/zimmerman/agency
850.668.2222
Dustin LeBoeuf
dleboeuf@zimmerman.com