2025-26 Sticker Design Contest Instructions & Specifications
THEME: Print Sticks, Make it Your Thing!
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: Print Sticks!
– 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.
– Maximum / optimal area to fill for printing a sticker is 4×4 in max
– Can be any shape you wish!
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
– Create a high-resolution PDF: images 300dpi, 4/color process (CMYK)
– Take into consideration font size and design with a maximum finished cut size of 4”x4”
– Ensure bleed and crop marks are noted
– The winner of the contest must submit all files required for reproduction. Files become the property of PGSF.
– 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_sticker_2025_HighSchool
POST SECONDARY STUDENT: Firstname_lastname_schoolname_sticker_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.
Submit PDF Entries Here