iSquint.net and Stage Directions Magazine Present Second Annual Student Lighting Design Competition

The iSquint.net and Stage Directions Student Lighting Design Competition (SLDC), sponsored by Nemetschek Vectorworks, City Theatrical, and Field Template, will begin accepting entries on November28. The winner of this second annual competition will receive a prize package including a professional license of Vectorworks 2012 with Renderworks software, a personal license of Lightwright 5 and a single license of Field Template SoftSymbols V3. The winner will also be featured on iSquint.net and Nemetschek Vectorworks' news site, Planet Vectorworks.

"I am excited to be working with Vectorworks, City Theatrical, and Field Templates and new sponsor Stage Directions magazine to bring back the Student Lighting Design Competition," said Justin Lang, editor of iSquint.net. "The SLDC is a great chance for a college level student to get into the design software that the professionals use and possibly win a great prize package."

Design entries must be created by a student using Lightwright and Vectorworks software with Renderworks. Full-time students with active and valid college or university IDs can download a free student version of Vectorworks 2012 with Renderworks at student.vectorworks.net. (Students living outside the U.S will be redirected to a local distributor in their country to obtain a student version.) Lightwright also offers a demo version that can be used for producing paperwork for the competition. The demo can be downloaded at online at the first URL provided.

Entries will be judged by a panel of industry experts including: lighting designer, writer and editor Justin Lang from iSquint; software engineer and lighting design industry expert Kevin Linzey from Nemetschek Vectorworks; author and lighting designer Steve Shelley of Field Template, developer of Soft Symbols; lighting designer, author and Vectorworks expert Gregg Hillmar; and lighting designer and developer of Lightwright, John McKernon.

Entries are due March 16, 2012, and the winner will be announced at the USITT Conference on March 29.