T-Shirt Design Contest

Create a T-shirt design for the 2023 Bowling Green International Festival.

Eligibility: All southcentral Kentuckians
Deadline: August 21, 2023
Honorarium: $150

Submission: Use the link to submit a JPG version of your T-shirt design, on a background of your suggested shirt color, for review by the committee. You must provide a transparent EPS file for the printer to use if your design is selected.  A link to upload the EPS will be provided on notification of winning.

Requirements: Although the design does not have to include the Festival logo, the words “Bowling Green International Festival” or the abbreviation “BGIF” must appear on it. Do not add a date or year. Design must be for one side of shirt only and no larger than the standard T-shirt chest print area. While 5 or fewer colors are preferred, full color is acceptable.

Licensing: By submitting to this contest, you are giving the Festival permission to post it on our social media indefinitely and if your design is selected, to use the image on shirts as well as promotional material and other souvenirs indefinitely.

Winner: Winner will be chosen by early September and notified thereafter. Before payment can be provided, the winning designer must submit a photograph and short biography and a camera ready version of the design. The designer is also invited to attend the Festival’s opening ceremony to be recognized.