The deadline is actually the 15th...on the website, click on 2013 convention and then Print Competition for all the nitty-gritty details.  It's a zip file that you download then extract.

I have this print case (tho it's showing out of stock you can try searching for it elsewhere):
http://www.adorama.com/FIP5016202.html

Don't stress too much if you can't get a case.  We will accept your prints if they're in a box (the boxes that your prints ship in from the lab are ideal).

That's right Patrick. It's great to have you entering competition. The deadline is actually the 15th like Cassandra said. I, too, can offer my input for your images if you wish. I would be more than happy to help. Though I would suggest getting a salon case (E.P. Levine has them also) to help protect your prints it is not nessasary. Like Cassandra said, the box the prints came in will do if you don't have time to get one.