The Board of Directors of TWS, recognizing that our beloved Society has limped along for years just on its reputation as a fun loving group of Plum fans, think the time has come to find that perfect image, a visual le mot juste, if you understand, to mark our Society distinctively. We intend to cast our nets widely, like Jeeves after shrimps at Bognor Regis, and have solicited a few widely recognized artists directly (if Damien Hirst wins we will probably have to wear dead gnus on our labels), and we now announce an open invitation to all TWS members (or any other artistes with a desire to favor us with their artistic talent).
The Board has a vague notion of perhaps some version of “TWS” as a monogram that is clear, easy to see as a printed drawing on a page or in the form of a lapel-sized pin, but would put no restraints on your creativity or artistic freedom. Color is welcome and no Wodehouse theme is off-limits. Of course, the selected logo, in addition to suggesting The Wodehouse Society, will want to be fairly easy to convert to print or other media.
The Board seeks your efforts on behalf of the Society as a donation, for which you (or the individual whose work is ultimately adopted) will no doubt be honored in perpetuity, not unlike David Low. But as an inducement to the more materialistic minded, the President has offered to donate three of his Wodehouse books as prizes for the top three entries: Sunset at Blandings, Uncle Dynamite, and Performing Flea, all UK first editions in at least good or better condition. You may propose more than one logo and your submissions should be sent to Ken Clevenger at joan-kenclevenger with the symbol for "at" and the e-mail service specified as hotmail which is a dot com address. Please make the subject line: TWS LOGO.
As there are no secrets among us, feel free to ask any questions and look in the next couple of upcoming Plum Lines for further information.