I was stuck for inspiration and I googled "award winning typography." I saw some cool designs but what really was inspiring was some typography posters at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vccgraphics/sets/72157594204888427/

I flet stuck until I came up with a design, then it seemed easy to recreate with the pen tool and type on a path. I tried t okeep the whole page balanced, and just to keep the text from looking too boring, I had some in white and some in black. The gray background allowed both colors to be readable.