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Don’t let all these rules intimidate you: If your design wins we will work with you to solve any technical problems. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Send your question to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Dimension, Location, and Number of Designs

  • The dimension of your artwork cannot go beyond 12" x 12". Your artwork will go on the front of the T-Shirt. Art for the back is optional.

  • Each person can submit up to two different designs.

Language

  • The T-shirt should include the words “Shehaqua Family.” It’s fine to add additional words if you so choose.

Colors

  • Your artwork can have up to four different colors of ink. If you choose to have art for both the front and the back, then each ink color used for the back counts as one of the four colors that are available to you, even if it is a color already used on the front. (For example, if you use red, green and blue on the front, it counts as three colors, and if you use red again on the back, it counts as the fourth color).

  • Using all four ink colors is optional, and you can decide to use less ink colors for your design.

  • If you use more than one ink color, all colors have to be clearly separable. They can’t be mixed together to create a new color, and there can’t be any gradients. (Read more about this under “Format”)

  • Our T-shirts will be printed on a colored T-shirt. You can match your ink colors to a specific background color by looking at the available T-shirt colors here: http://onestopinc.com/s/catalog/s/GD208. (We reserve the right to change ink colors or T-shirt colors if we don’t believe that your choice will appeal to a large number of Shehaqua Family members.)

  • Please note that if you want parts of your design to be white, you will have to count white as one of your four ink colors.

Format

  • The art should be submitted in digital format—as a high quality jpg, tiff, EPS, or PDF file—at a minimum of 300 dots per inch (dpi). You can create your art on the computer, or you can create it on paper and then scan it in at the proper resolution (300 dpi). If you don't have a scanner, you can send us your artwork on paper, and we will do the scanning.

  • We need your artwork in two versions: One file that shows the art on top of your chosen T-shirt (background) color—this will be sent to the judges--and one without the background color that can be used for separating the colors which is necessary for silkscreen printing. We strongly encourage you to submit your file as a layered Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP (free Photoshop alternative), or svg file. If you don’t have access to any of these programs, or don’t know how to use them, we will help you separate the colors if your design wins.

  • If you create your design on paper, we recommend that you don’t use pencils but ink, pens, or markers instead to create clear contrast. Complicated line drawings are more difficult to print with silkscreen printing, while designs with larger, simpler elements will look better.

Deadline

  • Please send your electronic file to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by March 31. Your submission will be acknowledged by email. The close of competition is 11:59:59 pm EST on March 31.

  • If you are planning to mail artwork on paper, please send it to:

    Nathaniel Ching
    21 Aberdeen Terrace
    Middletown, NJ 07748

    The art has to arrive by March 31. Please keep a backup copy for your artwork. If you email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. stating that you have sent the artwork, you will be notified by email when your artwork arrives. However, your email does not count as a submission.

Legal

  • Your art has to be your own work. Using clip art or stock art as elements of your own work is permissible if it does not violate the license of that art. The license has to allow commercial use. (Some art in the Creative Commons allows for free use, but not for commercial use. Since our T-shirts will be for sale, only art with a license for commercial use is acceptable.) Please describe the origin of your stock art (submit a link if applicable) with your submission if you are using any. A submission may be disqualified at any time if it is discovered that you used any work that is not your own without notifying the contest coordinator, even if you are licensed to use it.

  • By submitting your artwork, you grant Shehaqua Family and its parent, Pocono Family Ministries, unlimited, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish, reproduce, modify, and profit from your artwork. We agree not to re-license your artwork to any third party. Your artwork may be used even if you are not a winner in the competition. Your artwork may be used on items other other than T-shirts, including, but not limited to, websites, songbooks, mugs, and advertising. We agree to attribute your artwork to you in announcements related to this contest, but cannot guarantee that your artwork will be attributed to you in other uses.

  • Decisions made by the judges are final. Should there be multiple top entries, then a winner may be picked through a public online vote. If there is a public online vote, you are allowed to vote and encourage your friends to vote for you.

  • We may award multiple top prizes or upgrade prizes at our discretion.

  • Pocono Family Ministries, the parent of Shehaqua Family, holds the final say in whether your artwork follows these rules and whether the competition was held fairly.