The deadline for the Diversity Week 2014 T-shirt Design Competition has been extended until midnight on 15 September. So hurry up and get your entry in.
Designs must be original and must capture the essence of Stellenbosch University's Diversity Week 2014.
All Maties (students and staff) may enter. The three designs with the most Facebook votes will be declared the winners. Their creators will each get:
- A set of three T-shirts, each featuring one of the winning designs
And the winners will also get the following prizes, in order of the most votes:
- R1 200
- R1 100
- R1 000
So, sharpen those pencils, fire up the design software of choice and submit your entries. We can't wait to see what you come up with!
Use the hashtag #MatiesDiversiT on Facebook and Twitter to follow this competition (different from the regular Diversity Week hashtag, #matiesdiversity).
- Deadline for entries: Midnight on Sunday, 14 September
- Voting opens: Monday, 15 September
- Voting closes: Midnight on Monday, 22 September
- Prize-giving at African Dream Opening, Monday 29 September
THEME:
The theme of Diversity Week 2014 is "GLOCAL IS LEKKER". There's also a strong African focus this year, and the celebration of 20 years of democracy in South Africa provides further context. (See http://bit.ly/1p7TG26 and www.sun.ac.za/diversity for more background.)
What do you make of all of this? Your T-shirt design should help us celebrate diversity at Maties and promote inclusivity. Feel free to pursue your own thoughts. Be creative and have fun!
HOW TO ENTER:
Enter online at https://www.facebook.com/stellenboschuniversity AND by email to lbar@sun.ac.za. Deadline: Midnight on Sunday, 14 September. See rules below for requirements and more information.
DON'T:
- Swipe someone else's art and use it as your own.
- Use copyrighted or inappropriate content (see rules).
VOTING:
- Once you submit your design, it will be verified for compliance with requirements.
- All designs accepted by the organisers will be posted on Stellenbosch University's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/stellenboschuniversity).
- Voting opens: Monday, 15 September.
- You may vote only twice.
- Voting closes: Midnight on Sunday, 21 September
- The three designs with the most votes win, in order of the number of votes received.
- Prize-giving at African Dream Opening, Monday 29 September.
RULES:
- Your design is for the front of a T-shirt and may encompass an area up to 30 cm X 30 cm.
- Your art should be created in a resolution of 300 dpi (30 cm X 30 cm). But submit it in the lower resolution of 72 dpi, as a flat JPEG.
- You may submit more than one entry, but only vote twice.
- Online entries only, hard copies not accepted.
- Enter at https://www.facebook.com/stellenboschuniversity.
- Confirm your entry by also emailing your design (the low-res version), your contact details and 100 words on your thinking behind the design to lbar@sun.ac.za.
- Designs may not include obscene, offensive or racist imagery or phrases.
- Keep a copy of your original, high-resolution art with layers and editing capabilities intact. This is not for the submission (the submitted file should be a low-res flat JPEG), but in the event you are selected as a winner we will request the original artwork from you.
- By submitting your design, you grant permission for your design to be used by Stellenbosch University for marketing purposes.
- Submissions will be screened for merit and feasibility. The organisers reserve the right to reject designs that do not meet the criteria. And the organisers reserve the right to make such changes as image size, ink or t-shirt colour before printing.
- The organisers' decisions are final.