Corel Celebrates 25th Birthday with the Quest for the Best Creativity Challenge

Corel ContestOttawa, ON—Corel’s Quest for the Best Creativity Challenge looks to showcase some of the best inspiring work made in Corel software, whether created by professionals or enthusiasts.

“With Corel’s Quest for the Best Creativity Challenge, we’re looking to discover and celebrate some of the extraordinary individuals who use Corel software in unique and inspiring ways,” said Nick Davies, senior vice president, Corporate Marketing, Corel. “As we celebrate our 25th birthday, it’s the perfect time to shine a spotlight on the talent and skills of our community as we thank them for their loyalty and longstanding support.”

Corel users are invited to participate in one of two ways: they can design their creation in one of Corel’s products and upload the entry to corelquestforthebest.com for a chance to win one of the prizes being awarded for the top 25 entries; or they can visit corelquestforthebest.com to pick a favorite submission. When visitors register and vote to enter the contest sweepstakes, they’ll also have a chance to win one of 10 HP mini netbooks drawn at random.Corel Quest for the Best

The deadline for participation is 11:59 pm EST on August 31, 2010. Among the prizes are: an HP Pavilion Elite 390t desktop computer; Wacom tablets; Nikon D700 DSLR camera and Nikkor lens; Nikon Coolpix cameras; Apple iPads; Flip UltraHD camcorders; HP mini netbooks; and Corel software packages that include CorelDraw Graphics Suite X5, Corel Painter 11, Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 and Corel VideoStudio Pro X3.

As a continued celebration of the company’s 25th birthday and to thank all of the customers who have supported it through the years, Corel will be launching a series of special promotions and activities through the remainder of 2010. Contest participants can also find free trial versions of the latest Corel creative products at corel.com/freetrials. Visit corel.com/25 for more promotions and follow Corel on Twitter: @corelsoftware.