Contest Rules and Guidelines

 

LDAA is accepting submissions for the 2021 T-Shirt Design Contest through November 12, 2021. The winning design will be printed on the official 2022 LDAA T-Shirt to be released at the Annual Cookout 2022.

T-Shirt Design Contest Prizes

  • Winner – Design will be featured on the official LDAA 2022 t-shirt, recognition on LDAA1941.org and social media, and designer receives a cash prize and complimentary T-shirt with their design.

Design Rules and Guidelines

  1. Design may not exceed 11” wide by 12” high.
  2. Design must include the letters “LDAA.”
  3. Design will appear on the front of a solid-color shirt.
  4. Design will be printed in up to multiple solid colors. Gradients and transparencies cannot be incorporated.
  5. Design must be wholly original. By submitting a design, you are guaranteeing that you hold original rights to everything in the design, that it may be printed on distributed T-shirts, and that it does not contain any copyright material.
  6. It’s recommended to render your design in a high resolution JPEG or PDF file.
  7. Entries can be submitted by an individual or as a collaborative effort. See more on collaborative efforts below.
  8. Eligibility: The contest is open to the community.
  9. Entries become the property of LDAA.
  10. LDAA reserves the right to make adjustments to all entries, including colors of the design and the shirt.
  11. Collaborative entries should use the name of your local group when possible. No entry using the name of a company will be accepted. Recognition on LDAA.org and social media may include each contributing member to of the group submitting a collaborative entry when feasible. Should a collaborative entry win, the submitting group will be awarded one (1) cash prize and one (1) T-shirt. The winning group is responsible for determining how any prize will be shared within the group.

Submission Rules and Guidelines

  1. Entries must be emailed by November 12, 2021 to info@ldaa1941.org
  2. All entry emails should have the subject line “2022 T-shirt Design Contest”
  3. Include your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address. Collaborative entries should include a list of participating members noting the main contact for the group submission.

 

How Winners Are Selected

  1. There will be two rounds of voting:
    • Round 1: The LDAA Events Committee and/or the RAMS will select no more than 3 finalists.
    • Round 2: the finalist will be presented to LDAA Board of Directors (BOD) and the overall winner determined by a majority vote of the Board.

How Winners Will Be Notified

  1. Winners will be notified by email at the close of the voting period, via the information provided during entry. At the sole discretion of LDAA, disqualification, forfeiture and the selection of an alternate winner may result from any of the following:
    • Winner’s failure to respond to notification within five (5) business days after its transmission.
    • The return of an email notification as undeliverable after three (3) attempts.
    • Winner’s failure to provide original design files.
  2. Upon contacting a winner and determining that they have met all eligibility requirements of the contest, such individual will be declared a “winner” of the contest via social media, LDAA blog, newsletter and on LDAA1941.org.

Submission Agreement

  1. To release the rights to your design to LDAA for the use of the 2022 LDAA T-shirt and other promotional items, including, but not limited to: the LDAA website, social media and marketing materials.
  2. That LDAA reserves the right to make adjustments to the winning designs.
  3. Those winners are responsible for all taxes associated with prizes.
  4. To abide by all contest rules, agreements and guidelines.

2021 Deadlines and Important Dates

  • June 15, 2021 – Contest begins
  • November 12, 2021 – SUBMISSION DEADLINE
  • November 19, 2021 – Events Committee votes and forwards finalist to BOD
  • December 2021 – BOD selects winner
  • December 2021 – Events Committee selects winner, notifies winner, and accepts
  • January 2022 – Winner announced via Newsletter and all social media outlets
  • February 2022 – Pre-paid orders taken for T-Shirt