WOMADelaide invites imaginative Australian minds to create a beautiful, one-off tee design as part of our 30th Anniversary T-Shirt Design Competition and help raise money for Foodbank.

The brief is simple; we want to see what WOMADelaide means to you, with a design celebrating our 30th Anniversary and any of the festival elements - the music, movement, food, environment, art – whatever it is that makes WOMADelaide special to you.

Aspiring artists and designers of all ages and stages are encouraged to enter!

*Entries close midnight Thursday 6 January 2022.

GUIDELINES:

  • Be creative, have fun and keep it original.
  • Please avoid using the WOMADelaide branding, the WOMADelaide logo, the WOMAD “lion” or lists of artists/countries.
  • Remember the design should be appropriate for replication on a T-Shirt (e.g. something you'd like to wear yourself!).

The winning design will be showcased by a limited-run printing of official WOMADelaide 2022 T-Shirts that will be available for purchase at the festival. All profits from sales of the shirt will be donated to Foodbank South Australia.

VOTING:

  • The competition winner will be decided by a panel of judges and will have their design presented as official WOMADelaide 2022 merchandise.
  • A Runner Up Prize Winner will also be chosen by the panel.
  • A “Peoples Choice” Prize Winner will also be recognized from the shortlisted finalists, with the winner to be decided exclusively by YOU, the public, via social media.

THE PRIZES:

First Prize

  • Your design recognized officially as the winner of the WOMADelaide 2022 T-Shirt Design Competition and printed as official limited-edition merchandise. And of course, two t-shirts featuring your very own design.
  • Two four-day tickets to WOMADelaide 2022 for yourself and a friend (value $792).
  • An $800 cash prize.

Runner Up

  • Two four-day tickets to WOMADelaide 2022 for yourself and a friend (value $792)
  • A $200 cash prize

People’s Choice Winner

  • Two four-day tickets to WOMADelaide 2022 for yourself and a friend (value $792)

All profits from sales of the limited edition winning design tee shirt will go to Foodbank, Australia's largest hunger relief organisation that in SA is now helping to feed more than 100,000 people every month.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS / SPECIFICATIONS:

Competition entry is via email to merch@womadelaide.com.au. Please include the following information in your email:

Required:
- Full Name
- Mailing Address
- Telephone Number
- Date Of Birth

Optional:
- One relevant link to your website, blog, design studio etc. as appropriate so we can show off your other work if you wish.

Competition submissions must be provided as email attachments, in JPG, PNG or PDF format for judging.

DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS:

- Design is for a maximum TWO (2) COLOUR Screen printed T-Shirt (2 colour spot print). For example: Red & Yellow, Blue & White, Black and Green - Design should be considered for use against a white background (on a white t-shirt) and fit the style of an AS Colour ‘Staple’ Tshirt.
- If design is to include text, please limit wording to phrases such as “WOMADelaide 2022”, “11-14 March”, “30 years” etc. and should be hand-drawn or ensure that fonts used don’t breach licensing limitations.
- Design should fit within 200mm wide x 250mm high and will be used on the front of a t-shirt only.
- Please note this will be screen printed and intricate designs will be difficult to print. In general line weight should be kept to a minimum of .75mm.
- We may, in collaboration with the winning design, add WOMADelaide logo or branding to the final print design if appropriate, or make small modifications in order to fit print specifications


TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  • By submitting an entry to the WOMADelaide 2022 T-Shirt Design Competition you acknowledge that you are subject to the terms and conditions of the competition as outlined below.
  • Entries must be received by 12 Midnight, Thursday 6 January 2022. Late entries will not be accepted.
  • WOMADelaide assumes no responsibility for late, delayed or disqualified entries.
  • Entrants warrant that the submitted design and images comprise their own original work and that they own all copyright in the image and/or parts that comprise the image.
  • Entrants warrant that the work has not been used for any prior promotional or commercial purpose in any capacity and that they are able to assign unimpeded copyright in full to WOMADelaide.
  • Any evidence of plagiarism in any work will result in disqualification of the entrant from the competition.
  • Entries are limited one entry per individual.
  • Entry is via email to merch (at) womadelaide.com.au. Entries must be submitted as email attachments in JPG, PNG or PDF format for judging. Accompanying email must include entrants name, mailing address, date-of-birth, email address and telephone contact number.
  • If an entrant is under the age of 18, the entrant’s parent/guardian must submit the email for them and state their own name on behalf of the artist to indicate their agreement to the terms and conditions.
  • Winning entrants must be able to provide a print quality, vector or high-resolution (600dpi) version of their design. Artwork can be provided as layered Illustrator, InDesign or Photoshop files in either native, pdf or eps formats.
  • Only Australian residents will be considered eligible to be prize winners.
  • WOMADelaide reserves the right to disqualify any entry considered offensive or out of line with festival ideals, culture and values.
  • Artwork will be judged according to the stated design brief and any submission that does not fit the competition brief and specifications will not be considered.
  • Employees and contractors of WOMADelaide 2022 and Arts Projects Australia as well as their direct families are not eligible to enter the competition.
  • The First Prize winning entrant will have their work produced as official WOMADelaide 2022 Merchandise that will be available for purchase at the festival WOShop and through the WOMADelaide online store.
  • WOMADelaide 2022 reserves the right to use winning competition artwork on an ongoing basis as promotional material for future competitions.
  • WOMADelaide 2022 will use best efforts, where appropriate, to credit artwork to the winning entrant.
  • If, for any reason, the competition is not able to be run, WOMADelaide may cancel the competition without liability to any entrant, or any other person.
  • The judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  • Competition entry is free.