THEME: Unpack Your Potential

Video: Welcome to the PGSF Box Design Contest 

Video: How to Use the Dieline

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Design entries must include the following:

– Prominently display Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation name and logo as part of your design.

– Designs must include a message that relates to the theme: Unpack Your Potential

– Bright and highly visible colors are great! Assume your design will be printed on a white background, so utilize a full color design. PGSF reserves right to adjust any element of the design to ensure printability.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

– Create a high-resolution PDF: images 300dpi, 4/color process (CMYK)

– The winner of the contest must submit all PDF files required for reproduction. Files become the property of PGSF.

– Dielines supplied must be used for the PGSF Box Design Contest.

– PGSF logo and PGSF Scholarship QR code (provided) must be used in your design.

– Use of AI: Students are highly encouraged to generate original concepts, artwork and editing using the digital and analog tools available to them. We appreciate the use of AI as a resource in the creative process but expect submissions to be created by individuals tapping into their own library of skills.

DUE DATE:PDF entries are due by Thursday, March 12, 2026.

Judging will be in March/April, and the winner will be notified by April 30, 2026!  

FINAL PDF Files should be named as follows:

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: Firstname_lastname_schoolname_box_2025_HighSchool

POST SECONDARY STUDENT: Firstname_lastname_schoolname_box_2025_PostSecondary

All Design Contest Files submitted become the property of PGSF and could be used to promote our Student and Educator engagement, which includes outbound communications about our PGSF Scholarship and Grant programs. We may request native files. Attribution to the designer will be given on all uses unless otherwise requested. Design file imagery could be applied to social media, website, printed materials, t-shirts and other communication and fundraising products. 

If you have any questions, please email dianne.bullas@pgsf.org or call 503-572-6610.

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Download PGSF Design Assets Here