This year, Flatstock is setting aside a special showcase at SXSW, made possible by Yaris, to display the art of talented student poster artists at the Convention Center. The Grand Prize winner has earned a free trip to Austin for two, including accommodations and festival wristbands. The winning poster, along with 14 runners-up, will be on display at Flatstock 12 at SXSW. Entries have been judged by a panel of American Poster Institute directors and current poster artists.

We are pleased to announce the Grand Prize winner of the first ever Student Flatstock Contest: Eric Drommerhausen from Minneapolis College of Art and Design. His poster is at the top of this post - congratulations Eric!

And our 14 runners-up:

Craig Updegrove - University of Alaska Anchorage
Lauri Combest - Texas State University
Laura Walczak - Rochester Institute of Technology
Luke Howard - Watkins College of Art and Design
Shane Long - Cornish College of the Arts
Clay Colwell - St. Edward’s University
Hannah Haugberg - Minneapolis College of Art & Design
Katie Decker - Texas Tech University
Lindsey Balbierz - Parsons School of Design
Mike Wood - Texas State University
Nicholas Heiny - Parsons School of Design
Clint Breslin - Texas State University
Justin Helton - University of Tennessee

Check out the Flatstock section of Yaris-SXSW.com to see all the great entries!

One of the coolest sections on the Yaris SXSW site (live now) is the yrItinerary feature, where Austin-bounders can pick and choose from a list of awesome SXSW shows, get each event mapped and print it out for easy reference.

Scope it out!

Stay tuned for SXSW Festival highlights from Yaris.