2009 Campus Progress Dry T-Shirt Design Contest

• Introduction


• Judging Process


• Judges


• Ideas


• How to Enter


• Design Guidelines


• ENTER NOW


• The Rules

*We are no longer accepting submissions for the contest, check back soon to see the winners! Thanks to everyone who submitted designs.

Campus Progress, a project of the Center for American Progress, announces our 2009 Dry T-Shirt Contest, your chance to show off your creative talents, advance the progressive cause, and win awesome prizes! Between now and June 7, we will accept submissions for t-shirt designs from young people across America based on the theme “What is Progress?” A celebrity panel of judges (see below) will review entries, and will choose one grand prize winner and two runners-up. The grand prize winner will:

• Receive an $800 cash prize
• Have their winning t-shirt design featured in an upcoming issue of Utne Reader
• Have their t-shirt printed and distributed free to all 1,000 attendees of the 2009 Campus Progress National Conference in Washington, DC

The two runners-up will each receive a cash prize of $100, and have their t-shirts featured on our website. Campus Progress also will use these designs over the next year on our website and in our print materials.

In the next few weeks, we will begin posting some of the best entries on our website, so check back soon!

The Judging Process:

Campus Progress has assembled a stellar panel of celebrity judges. In June, our judges will select the top submissions for each category. Entries will be judged on the following criteria: originality and creativity of design, degree to which design captures the spirit of the progressive message, and lastly, the quality of the design. (Don’t worry…you definitely don’t need to be a professional designer to win!)

Winners will be notified by phone or email in late June and will be announced on July 7, 2009, the first day of our National Conference. If a winner cannot be contacted, is disqualified, or does not claim his or her prize within two (2) weeks, Campus Progress reserves the right to determine an alternate winner or not to award that winner’s prizes, in its sole discretion.

The Judges:

Star Trak recording artists Chester French (the dynamic duo of D.A. Wallach and Maxwell Drummey) met in 2003 when they were undergrads at Harvard University. Since then, they’ve been making a name for themselves with their unique brand of cheeky, intelligent pop, their keen fashion sense, and collaborations with artists like Pharrell, Talib Kweli, Common, Solange Knowles, and Asher Roth. Their debut album Love the Future, featuring the hit singles “She Loves Everybody” and “Jimmy Choos,” dropped on April 21. Check out Chester French’s blog for info on current tour dates, and sign up for their Concierge Service to get VIP updates on upcoming shows, news, and more!

Rogan Gregory is one of the fashion industry’s premier “green” designers. He helms the eponymous fashion line ROGAN as well as Loomstate, which specializes in denim and t-shirts made with 100% certified organic cotton. Rogan was also the creative force behind Edun, a sustainable employment-focused clothing line he launched with Ali Hewson and Bono. In 2007, Rogan was the recipient of the prestigious CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award, which is given each year to a promising emerging designer. Most recently, Rogan designed an organic line for Target’s GO International Collection, and collaborated with Target on , a limited-edition edgy eco-fashion collection for men and women.

Multi-talented singer-songwriter Ben Kweller has been called everything from a balladeer to punk rocker, anti-folker to indie-popper. Best known for his undeniably catchy hit “Wasted & Ready” off of his 2002 album Sha Sha, Ben has been churning out solid tunes ever since. He’s collaborated with a number of artists, including Guster, and Ben Folds and Ben Lee, with whom he toured and recorded an album as “The Bens.” Ben’s fourth studio album, the country-inspired Changing Horses, was released in February to great critical reviews. Be sure to catch him on tour this summer in a city near you!

Eco-model Summer Rayne Oakes was researching toxins in sewage sludge and rocking and rolling in rainforests when she decided to become a model and exclusively align her work with more environmentally- and socially-conscious designers, companies and programs. Now this Cornell University graduate, Udall environmental scholar, and bona fide entomologist/environmental scientist has become one of the most energetic voices on the environment. Catch her on Discovery Network's Planet Green; in Mozambique at the Mezimbite Forest Centre restoring forests; working with Payless on zoe&zac, her new line of eco-friendly shoes; or on-the-go with her new book, "Style, Naturally: The Savvy Shopping Guide to Sustainable Fashion & Beauty."

Since 2006, David Schimke has been the editor in chief and general manager of Utne Reader, an alternative media digest owned by Ogden Publications that sparks forward-thinking conversations about politics, pop culture, and the environment. Prior to entering the magazine world, David spent 10 years working for Village Voice Media as a staff writer, managing editor, and media columnist. His political reporting, cultural analysis, arts criticism, and feature writing was honored on three occasions by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies and garnered a half-dozen Page One Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. He has appeared as a guest on Nightline and National Public Radio, a panelist at the National Conference for Media Reform and the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, and is a regular commentator on Conscious Talk Radio in Seattle. David continues to report and write about the state of the media—both independent and mainstream—electoral politics, faith-based movements, and citizen activism.

Keisha Senter is the Director of Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U), an organization that brings together the next generation of leaders on campuses from around the world to address some of the most pressing international challenges in the areas of education, poverty alleviation, human rights & peace and global health. Since joining CGI, Keisha has been responsible for developing the overall program’s framework and leading two successful CGI U annual meetings at Tulane University and The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining the Clinton Global Initiative, Keisha was the Deputy Director of Campus Progress, where she built and managed a progressive speaker’s bureau that organized over 400 events on campuses and in communities nationwide. She is the recipient of the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities 2007 Young Leaders in the Spotlight Award.

Chris Shiflett, the lead guitarist for the Foo Fighters, has been a great friend to Campus Progress for many years. He invited us on tour in 2005, wore our t-shirt on Saturday Night Live later that year, and most recently signed autographs and greeted fans at our table at VirginFest 2008. The Foo Fighters’ latest album, Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace, featuring the hit song “The Pretender,” won the 2008 Grammy for Best Rock Album. For more on Chris and the band, check out their website.

Michelle Myers and Catzie Vilayphonh, who perform as “Yellow Rage,” are groundbreaking, Philly-based, Asian American female spoken word poets. Through their voices, Catzie and Michelle hope to provide an awareness that is not often heard. Exploring topics from fetishes to cultural appropriation to ethnic pride, Yellow Rage challenges mainstream misconceptions of Asianness. The duo has performed on HBO's Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam and at the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. Check out their CDs, Black Hair, Brown Eyes, Yellow Rage, Vol. 1, and Yellow Rage – - Handle With Care, in stores now!

Ideas:

Here are some suggestions for the kind of designs we have in mind:

• General progressive message: Designs that best capture the overall energy, spirit and concerns of a new generation of young progressives. To learn more about the roots and values of the progressive movement, check out these remarks by John Podesta.


• Single Issue: Designs based on an issue of significance to young people today. One of Campus Progress’ goals is to support youth activism around campus, local, and national issue-based campaigns. In the past we have supported efforts around living wage, climate change, free speech, LGBTQ rights, student debt, and the ongoing genocide in Darfur, among others.


• Humor: Let’s face it—humor sells. These designs will use humor to highlight substantive political or social concerns in a fresh and interesting way.

For inspiration, you can check out the winners and other entries in our previous Dry T-Shirt Contest: http://tinyurl.com/d9s2ro

Though we encourage complete creativity, we want to remind you that the Center for American Progress is a non-partisan, non-profit organization, and, as such, is prohibited from partisan political activity. Therefore, we won’t use submissions with an overwhelmingly partisan message, or that focus on particular elected officials or political candidates.

How To Enter:

• Using any graphics or design program of your choice, create your t-shirt design. Please note the design guidelines mentioned below.


• Submit a hi-res version of your graphic – no more than 5MB in size – using the form below. Please make sure to fill out the form completely (you MUST include ALL requested information to be eligible). Snail-mailed or faxed entries will not be eligible.


• To be eligible, you must submit your entry by 11:59 p.m. EST on June 7, 2009.


• Anyone can participate in the Dry T-Shirt Contest, but in order to win a prize you must not currently be an employee, consultant, or intern of the Center for American Progress. Entrants under 18 will require a waiver signed by a parent or guardian.

Design Guidelines:

• Please keep in mind the physical limits of T-shirt printing—photographs or intensively detailed graphics may not work as well on fabric as they do on paper or computer monitors.


• There is no restriction on dimensions, but keep in mind this will be on a t-shirt—banner-wide graphics might not look as good as square or circular ones.


• The graphic must be 100% original—you cannot use trademarked or copyrighted images/logos of any kind.


• Racist, vulgar, or offensive images or text (as determined by Campus Progress) will not be accepted.

ENTER NOW

Please answer the following questions and attach your art file to enter the contest.

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