Pride t-shirt design contest & fundraiser

Design a limited edition 2026 pride t-shirt for La Crosse Pride in the Park!

Rules & Guidelines

  • The top 3 designs must be emailed to pride@7riverslgbtq.org in a Hi-Res 4200 x 4800 pixel (wide x tall) 300 ppi transparent.PNG format by May 29th 11:59pm.

  • Images must include Pride in the Park logo and The Center’s logo (images available on website)

  • $5 per submission, no limit on submissions

  • All submissions must be family friendly with no copyright components.

  • Submissions are open from April 1st-April 30th.

  • Winning designer agrees to sign a waiver to allow The Center & La Crosse Pride the use of their design, free of charge, for any and all printing and promotional purposes.

  • Please submit images and payment on this webpage.

The Community Votes!

  • Appropriate designs will be uploaded to The Center and La Crosse Pride’s social media to begin voting

  • $1 = 1 vote. All designs will have a number associated to track votes.

  • The design with the most votes wins!

  • Voting is from May 1st-May 31st

    • May 1st-May 17th all approved designs will be available for voting

    • May 18th-31st the top three designs will be available for voting

  • Voting donations will be on this page.

Winner!

  • The winner will receive a free t-shirt of their design.

  • The winning design will run June 1st-September 30th on our website, with limited t-shirts available at Pride in the Park

  • Second place will have their t-shirt available June 1st-30th on our website

  • The top three designs will be selected by May 18th. The top 3 designs must be emailed to pride@7riverslgbtq.org in a Hi-Res 4200 x 4800 pixel (wide x tall) 300 ppi transparent.PNG format by May 29th 11:59pm. The top three will be reached out to via email on May 18th.

Publicity and Agreement: Contest entry constitutes an agreement by the submitting designers to grant free license of all copyrights of the submitted works to The Center & La Crosse Pride in the Park in perpetuity, for publicity and promotional purposes. Submissions will be subject to approval by The Center & La Crosse Pride in the Park prior to public voting.

Media Release: By submitting artwork, you agree that if your design wins, The Center & La Crosse Pride in the Park retains 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.

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