Pottawattamie County Conservation is looking for YOUR help! Submit your awesome t-shirt design into the 2024 Pottawattamie County Park T-Shirt Design Contest by April 30th, 2024. Winners will receive fun prizes and have their design featured on t-shirts available for purchase online and at Hitchcock Nature Center's Loess Hills Lodge.
T-Shirt Design Contest Prizes
Winners will each receive:
- A Pottawattamie County Conservation annual park membership ($25 value)
- A certificate for a one-night camping cabin or cottage stay ($50-100 value), good to use at either Arrowhead Park or Hitchcock Nature Center. Dates are based on availability.
- Recognition on Pottawattamie County Conservation’s social media, website, and e-newsletter
- One (1) t-shirt featuring your design in a size of your choice
Design Rules and Guidelines
- Design may not exceed 11” wide by 12” high.
- Design will appear on the front of a solid-color shirt.
- Designs may embody any Pottawattamie County Conservation park including Arrowhead Park, Botna Bend Park, Hitchcock Nature Center, Mt. Crescent Ski Area, Narrows River Park, or Olde Town Park.
- Design must be wholly original. By submitting a design, you are guaranteeing that you hold original rights to everything in it, that it may be printed on distributed t-shirts, and that it does not contain any copyrighted material.
- It’s recommended to render your design in a design program such as Adobe Illustrator, Canva, etc. Please include a high-resolution PDF or JPG file, and a vector-based EPS file if possible.
- A conceptual design may be submitted instead of a fully rendered design. All conceptual designs must be spelled out using descriptive language to articulate the design. Please also include a sketch of the design. Select designs may be chosen by Pottawattamie County Conservation for rendering by a graphic artist.
- Entries become the property of Pottawattamie County Conservation and winners have no right to proceeds from sales featuring their design.
- Pottawattamie County Conservation reserves the right to make adjustments to all entries, including the colors of the design.
Eligibility: This contest is open to the public and all ages. Child and student designs are welcome!
Submission Rules and Guidelines
- Entries must be emailed by April 30th, 2024 to pottconservation@pottcounty-ia.gov
- All entry emails should have the subject line “2024 T-shirt Design Contest + Designer(s) Name + Design Title.”
- Include your name, mailing address, and telephone number.
Designs will be judged on the following criteria:
- Concept and originality
- Captures the spirit of the outdoors
- Completeness of design and readiness for printing
- Feasibility of reproduction
- Adherence to design and submission rules and guidelines
Possible themes to incorporate: Hiking/trails, bison, elk, skiing, snowboarding, sledding, fishing, oak trees, the Loess Hills, camping, native species or wildlife, kayaking/canoeing.
How Winners Will Be Notified
Winners will be notified by email at the close of the voting period, via the information provided during entry. 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, the Pottawattamie County Conservation blog, e-newsletter, and on pottconservation.com.
At the sole discretion of Pottawattamie Conservation, disqualification, forfeiture and the selection of an alternate winner may result from any of the following:
- Winner's failure to respond to the notification within three (3) business days after its transmission.
- The return of email notification as undeliverable after three (3) attempts.
- Winner's failure to provide original design files.
Submission Agreement
By participating in the 2024 Pottawattamie County Park T-Shirt Design contest, you agree:
- To release the rights to your design to Pottawattamie County Conservation for t-shirts available for sale online and at the Loess Hills Lodge and other promotional items, including, but not limited to: the Pottawattamie County Conservation website, social media, and marketing materials.
- That Pottawattamie County Conservation reserves the right to make adjustments to the winning designs.
- That winners are responsible for all taxes associated with prizes.
- To abide by all contest rules, agreements, and guidelines.
Deadlines and Important Dates
- April 30th, 2024 - SUBMISSION DEADLINE
- May 7th, 2024 - Winners announced
- Mid-May 2024 - T-shirt released and available for sale online
- June 2024 - T-shirt available for sale at the Loess Hills Lodge
If you have any questions regarding contest rules, please email pottconservation@pottcounty-ia.gov
