To celebrate the kick-off of ADC Young Guns 8, the club will host Make Your Mark: The ADC Young Guns 8 Call-for-Entries Launch Party, where the walls of the ADC Gallery will be covered with blank paper and available for attendees to draw on and express their creativity about what they think the ADC Young Guns award is, is not and should be. 

The launch party event takes place on March 24, 2010, 7:00 pm-10:00 pm, at the ADC Gallery, 106 West 29th Street, New York.  Admission is free to ADC members, $20 for non-members, beer and food will be available.  For details and tickets, please visit http://www.adcglobal.org/adc/events/calendar.
 
The launch party also includes the announcement of winners in a special t-shirt design contest sponsored by ADC and Shutterstock Images (http://www.shutterstock.com).  Entrants will use up to 10 images to design a t-shirt that will help drive designers and other creative professionals in need to high-quality, easy-to-use, affordable photos and vectors to Shutterstock.  To enter the t-shirt design contest, please visit http://www.adcyoungguns.org/shutterstock. 

A jury of Shutterstock editors and creative directors will pick the winner, who will receive a complimentary one-year subscription to Shutterstock (a $2,500+ value), have the design printed on a limited-edition t-shirt, and receive a complete set of ADC Young Guns Annuals.  The top 20 designs as determined by the jury will be on display at the party, and attendees will be able to vote on a People’s Choice winner, who will receive a complimentary three-month subscription to Shutterstock (a $700+ value) and full set of ADC Young Guns Annuals.