deviantART, in collaboration with Avril Lavigne, proudly brings you the Avril Lavigne T-Shirt Design Contest! Avril is looking for a t-shirt design to celebrate her new album The Best Damn Thing, and she wants to see if YOU have any ideas. This contest is open to deviantART members in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Japan, and South Korea. Due to legal restrictions, the contest is closed to other countries.

All you have to do is create a new design for Avril (please see below for full contest guidelines). The design will be used for a t-shirt, and may also be used for a hoody as well. Once the submission period ends, the top 20 designs will be chosen by Artwerks Designs, a design firm specializing in print, clothing and multimedia design for the entertainment industry. Artwerks has designated a team of professional designers to look at all of the submissions for the contest, and chose their top 20 picks based on originality, creativity, and content.

deviantART members and Avril fans can then vote on their favorite designs from the top 20, which will be presented to Avril, and she will choose the winner who will receive the grand prize! There will also be six runner-up winners.

You can access high-resolution images and designs from Avril's latest album here. Feel free to use these in your designs. But the sky is the limit! You can base your design off of Avril's current art, or go in a completely different direction. We only ask that you avoid use images or designs from any of Avril's albums other than The Best Damn Thing.

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Deadlines

Contest starts July 20, 2007

Contest closes August 21, 2007 at 11:59pm PST.

Prizes

1st PRIZE (1 winner):

Five Hundred ($500.00) U.S. Dollars cash;
One (1) framed album;
One (1) t-shirt with the winning design;
Two (2) tickets to an upcoming Avril Lavigne show (subject to a tour happening) in the city closest to the selected entrants residence. Any costs associated with attendance at the show, or travel to and from the show, will be the sole responsibility of the selected entrant and their companion to the show;
One (1) Avril Lavigne CD catalog consisting of the following CDs: Let Go (2002), Under My Skin (2004), The Best Damn Thing (2007)

The approximate total retail value of the Grand Prize is $1,000.00 USD.

2nd PRIZE (1 winner):

Two Hundred Fifty ($250.00) U.S. Dollars cash;
One (1) copy of the CD entitled "The Best Damn Thing";
One (1) t-shirt with the winning design

The approximate total retail value of the second prize is $265.00 USD.

3rd PRIZE (5 winners):

One Hundred ($100.00) U.S. Dollars cash;
One (1) copy of the CD entitled "The Best Damn Thing";
One (1) t-shirt with the winning design

The approximate total retail value of each runner-up prize is $115.00 USD.

As stated, the winning design and artwork becomes the exclusive property Avril Lavigne. The Runner(s)-up shall grant a worldwide perpetual license of their designs and artwork to Avril Lavigne for use in all promotional efforts in all media now known or to be devised.

Entries must be submitted in a JPG/JPEG format (see specifications below) via the internet. If you are a Selected Entrant, you will also be required to sign a hard copy of the Entry Form and Release Form as part of the contest closing documents before the prize will be awarded.

Entrants may submit as many entries as they like as long as the entries meet the following criteria:

Only JPG/JPEG images in RGB color will be accepted (not CMYK). Microsoft Paint, Word, and Power Point files do not meet our basic minimum requirements and will not be accepted.
The image should be under 1 MB file size, but please retain your hi-resolution version of the design as it will be required to produce the final artwork should you be the Winner or a Runner-up.
Entries can be hand-drawn or created on a computer, but submissions are only accepted via the internet, through deviantART
Permitted platforms: You may use either Macintosh or Windows.
Software: Illustrator: Saved as AI, or EPS with all text created into outlines. Photoshop: Files must be a minimum of 200-300 dpi at 100% size for screen printing. Saved as a TIF/TIFF or PSD in RGB format. Please do not flattern layers.
Un-acceptable formats: We don't accept files in CMYK colour mode. JPG/JPEG files that do not meet our basic minimum requirements for printing and will also not be accepted.

Submit your deviations to the proper contest category:  contests & projects -> contests -> 2007 -> Avril Lavigne Tshirt Contest

To ensure proper notification in the case that you are selected as a winner, please send an e-mail to avrilcontest@nettwerk.com with your name, link to your contest entry, and contact information (e-mail address and phone number).

By entering in this contest you have read and agree to the terms stated in the contest rules

The Contest is open to all legal individual residents of Canada (excluding Quebec), the United States (except Rhode Island), the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Japan and South Korea who have reached their thirteenth (13th) birthday (19th birthday in France) as at July 20, 2007, except for employees of the Sponsors and their affiliated companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and all persons with whom such excepted persons are domiciled.

FAQ

1. How will the winning designs be used? Will they be produced commercially?
A limited run of t-shirts will be produced and used in marketing, prizing and retail.

2. Should I base my design on a particular t-shirt colour? Should it look best on black, green, etc?
No, you may create your design to look best on any colour you wish.