DESIGN A
T-SHIRT FOR THE MARYVILLE FARMERS’ MARKET
The Maryville
Farmers’ Market is holding its first ever t-shirt design contest.
This unique opportunity allows contest entrants to use their own creative and artistic
skills to show off the beauty and goodness of a farmers’ market. All
t-shirt designs should engage the spirit of the Maryville Farmers’ Market, a non-profit organization.
Artists must be 18 years old and up. The contest is open to local artists only. Locally
means all of East Tennessee.
Designs for all MFM t-shirts should be submitted to tshirtmaryvillefarmersmarket@gmail.com by
March 15, 2010. The top designs will be selected by
the Board of the Maryville Farmers’ Market and selected, knowledgeable artists by April 1, 2010.
The top design for the t-shirt will be available to purchase at the Maryville Farmers’ Market beginning in
May, 2010. All proceeds will benefit the MFM.
The
Maryville Farmers’ Market was founded in 2005 and its mission is:
To promote the sale of local farm products;
To improve the freshness, taste, and nutritional
value of produce available;
To encourage
more social contact between consumer and farmer;
To educate the public as to the agricultural traditions of East Tennessee;
And to celebrate and help preserve family farms.
For more information about the MFM, go to wwww.maryvillefarmersmarket.org
Design Criteria:
1. Your design must be inspired by the Maryville Farmers’ Market, either by our mission
or by the products sold at the Market. It must be appropriate for youth as well as adults.
2. Your design should include the words, “Maryville Farmers’ Market.”
3. You may submit one entry. The entry fee is $10.
4. Your t-shirt design must be your own work. By submitting your design, you are confirming it does not
contain copyrighted material or work done by others.
5.
We are looking for something fun and original. A design that has appeal to the public and makes them
proud of the Maryville Farmers’ Market.
6. The winning
submission is considered the property of the MFM.
Design specifications:
1. Design must be in JPG format no larger than 5 MB. Designs can be
no larger than 10 inches wide and 10 inches tall in size at 200 DPI (dots per inch.)
2. Your design should contain no more than three colors. We will be screen-printing and that
is difficult with many colors.
3. Please
design your submission for the front of the shirt.
4.
The winning shirt will be featured
on shirts and items of several different colors depending on the design.
5. Design must be creative, complete, balanced, eye-catching.
First
Place Winner will receive:
1. A free
t-shirt, showing off the winning design
2.
A feature article in the MFM newsletter, “Top Dressing”
3. Feature article on the Maryville Farmers’ Market website.
4. Have their design exclusively featured as the MFM design of 2010.
5. Prize of $100.
Second Prize:
$25 and free t-shirt.
Timeline:
- January 18, 2010 – contest begins
- March 15 – contest ends
- April 1
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OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM “DESIGN
A T-SHIRT CONTEST”
For the Maryville Farmers’ Market
Please include your name, address, phone and e-mail when sending
your jpg formatted
entry that is no larger than 10 inches x 10 inches. Please send entry to:
tshirtmaryvillefarmersmarket@gmail.com
Mail consent form and $10 entry fee to S. Robinson,1109 Hurstbourne Lane,
Maryville Tn 37803
Make check out to Maryville Farmers' Market.
The consent form and jpg will be matched up for an official entry. A consent form must be included
for a valid entry.
See rules and timeline at www.maryvillefarmersmarket.org
Please print clearly.
Name: _____________________________________________________
Street or P.O. Box ___________________________________________
City _______________________ State
_____________ Zip _________
Main Phone ___________________ Cell ________________________
E-mail _____________________________________________________
Are you 18 years old or
older? __________________________________
Consent and license
By
entering the contest, entrants grant the Maryville Farmers’ Market royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive
license to display, distribute, reproduce, and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now
existing or subsequently developed, for any purpose, including, but not limited to advertising and promotion of its Web site
and commercial products. The Maryville Farmers’ Market will not be required to pay any additional
consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses. By entering the contest you further represent
that the designs are original and do not infringe upon any statutory or common law copyright, trademark, contractual, proprietary
right, right of publicity or privacy, or any other right of any other person or entity.
Signature ___________________________________________________