03/11/2020 - Design Stuff for NAMHSA!

See Your Design on T-shirts, Stickers and More

Do you like doing art and design? Would you like to see your work on various promotional materials for NAMSHA? Then we want YOU!

NAMSHA is looking for artwork and designs from our talented hobbyists to be used for a variety of things from Anniversary merchandise to general promotional items and materials.

We are looking for items to fit these four categories:

1. 25th Anniversary Design contest, to be used for the 25th Anniversary of NAN advertising and promotion.
2. 25th Anniversary Motto contest, to be used on shirts and other merchandise, either in conjunction with the 25th Anniversary design or with the official NAMHSA logo.
3. Best Funny NAMHSA or model horse related design.
4. Best General NAMHSA or model horse related design.

Hobbyists of all ages are encouraged to enter. You need not be a member of NAMHSA to participate in either the contest or the voting. The winner in each category will receive their choice of a free t-shirt or similarly priced Zazzle or RedBubble item with the winning design on it.  Also, each winner will receive an individual NAMHSA membership, or extension of their current membership (if applicable), a $30 value. NAMHSA will retain the rights to use all winning designs exclusively across multiple advertising platforms/means for an indefinite amount of time. Compensation is solely the winning prizes as mentioned previously and nothing else.

Contest Rules:

1. Images must be at least 150ppi in resolution and at least approximately 2000 pixels x 3000 pixels in size.
2. Images must be in *.PNG format with a transparent background.
3. All designs must be "family friendly", PG. No obscene words or images.
4. All designs must be 100% original to the artist and contain no copyrighted elements, unless including the entire NAMHSA logo. The logo may not be stretched or distorted. The heads can be used by themselves only. Removing the heads from the logo and using the words as is is not allowed. (You can use the words "NAMSHA" and "NAN" as you chose otherwise.) You can request the entire logo or the horse heads only from Vice-President Robin Roberts via email.
5. All designs must be legible at all sizes and viable for a variety of uses - i.e. must work on a Tshirt and a pin, or a sticker and mug.
6. No design may emphasize a single region; they must be inclusive of all NAMSHA regions and countries.
7. All designs must be positive in nature.
8. Multiple winners may be chosen out of the "Best Funny" and "Best General" categories if enough votes are received for more than one entry. 
9. Each design may enter only one category.
10. Artists may enter as many designs and categories as they like.
11. Artists may win in more than one category.
12. Any submission that does not abide by all contest rules will be disqualified immediately.

All submissions for the contest should be sent to: vice-president@namhsa.org. Submissions must be made no later than midnight EST on April 15, 2020. All qualified artwork and designs will be shown to the hobby and winners will be declared by a hobby-wide vote to be held the beginning of May 2020.