T-Shirt Design to Benefit BCRF Scientists

• Open to dance students who will be 19 years old or younger as of 1/1/2024.
• All designs must be original creations of the contestant, and incorporate all of the required design components outlined below. Submissions must not have been previously published and must not contain profanity, trademarks, other organization's logos, or any copyrighted works of any other person or business.
• Design(s) must be submitted in .pdf format, on the T-Shirt Contest website via the submission form by 11:59pm (ET) on August 14, 2023.
  • Designs must be created in either Adobe (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), Canva, or CorelDRAW.
• Submissions must be received through the website link ONLY, and all required attachments must be included as well.
• Winning designer agrees to sign a waiver to allow Star Dance Alliance and BCRF and Champion the use of their design, free of charge, for any and all printing and promotional purposes.
• Contest winner must agree to submit a high-resolution layered vector art file within 7 days of notification and agree to work with the Champion if slight changes/modifications are necessary for production. If not, an alternate winner may be chosen due to meet the Star Dance Alliance's production deadlines.
• By submitting an entry, you are agreeing to all contest rules. If you have any questions, please email info@imaginedancechallenge.com
  Required Design Components
• The winning design will be placed on the front of the official nationwide 2023 Walk to Defeat ALS® participant t-shirt. (Please note: all t-shirts will be white, not subject to change.)

Requirements

• Design theme must include BRCF and Imagine Logos (they are located on the Imagine website)
• Design will be on front of shirt only

Colors

• Designs should plan to be placed on a white field (white Champion t-shirt)
• Designs will be limited to 2 -3 additional colors

Image

• Design Software: Designs must be created in either Adobe (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), Canva, or CorelDRAW.
  • (Designs created using t-shirt design websites like, Bonfire, CafePress, and Zazzle will NOT be accepted)

How Winner is Selected

Entries will be evaluated by an independent internal panel of judges and will be reviewed for:

• Concept and originality of design
• Visibility from a reasonable distance
• Adherence to design and submission rules and guidelines
• Successfully capturing the spirit of the BCRF/Imagine partnership
• Totality of design and production readiness

Upon final review, the top five designs will be presented for a public vote from the community (limit of one vote per person). Vote must be submitted by 11:59pm (ET) on September 15, 2023 on a platform to be shared when announcing the finalists.

Fine Print

• Publicity and Agreement: Contest entry constitutes an agreement by the submitting designers to grant free license of all copyrights of the submitted works to Star Dance Alliance, BCRF and Champion in perpetuity, for publicity and promotional purposes.
• Media Release: By submitting artwork, you agree that if your design wins, Star Dance Alliance, BCRF and Champion retain first printing rights and a free license, in perpetuity, to utilize the design on t-shirts and other promotional items, and marketing, fundraising, and public relations materials. You are guaranteeing that your design does not contain any copyrighted material, including images/copy found on the internet, unless clearly marked as published under a Creative Commons (cc) license. Contest entrants who are not selected as the winning designer(s) retain all rights to their artwork.

Additional guidelines around language/imagery:

• Designs must NOT contain the following:
  • Fight/battle language (ie. “fighters”, “warriors”)
  • Please do not use the word “survivor” to refer to folks currently in treatment or have gone through treatment- instead, use “thriver”
  • Any language, including euphemisms or word play, or imagery that trivializes or infantilizes breast cancer
  • Avoid using any celebratory language (ie. “celebrating ## years of partnership”)
• Instead, we encourage themes such as the following:
  • Hope
  • Community/let’s support each other
  • Finding a cure/research is the reason/let’s support research