The Jazz Buyer

The Jazz Buyer

Short Fiction

This project is the front cover of an e-book of short stories. The finished product should recreate the look of the classic jazz album covers released on the Blue Note label in the 1950s and 60s, with bold colors, clean type, and a simple design that will look good on any e-book reader, no matter how small. Searching the names of such jazz artists as Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter will produce many examples of the look we are seeking. Please, no musical cliches: floating notation, cubist instruments, etc. Think hip, clean, and colorful.

Publishing

The target audience is adult readers of humorous and thought-provoking short fiction. Not all the stories are about music, but the title story suggests the above-mentioned design.

Minimum size: 600 x 800 pixels. Front cover only; no spine or back cover is needed. Any image used must be from Thinkstock.com, with its watermark, or from any other stock-image site, so long as the image is purchased. We will need proof of purchase for any image that is not from Thinkstock.com. Please keep the image number. We will send the winning designer a small yellow award-banner jpg that should be incorporated unobtrusively into the design.