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Sticker Design Contest

Wed, April 2, 2025 2:00 PM
Author: 
Paulina Allende
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Calling all artists, creatives, and those with a flair for design! Join our sticker design contest for your chance to win a $100 Visa Gift Card. 

Design Requirements: 

  • In honor of our resident Columbian mammoths, we are looking for designs depicting two mammoths, and adult (whom we have nicknamed Arboleda), and a juvenile (whom we have nicknamed Álvaro). 
  • The text, "Empowering Researchers" and "library.ucmerced.edu" must be incorporated into the design, or it will be added after the submission. 
  • In addition to the two mammoths, designs must also incorporate a landscape background inspired by the beauty of Yosemite National Park, or the Sierra Nevada. 

Submission Guidelines and Conditions: 

  • Sticker design must be an original work not generated with AI. 
  • All designs must be created solely by the contestant. 
  • Account for a 2 mm (0.08 inch) bleed area/die line as you begin your design, to allow for proper printing. (Feel free to submit your final design sample without the bleed area to convey final sticker appearance). 
  • Sample designs must be submitted through an Illustrator File (.ai), Canva edit link, or similar. Design layers must be visible. 
  • The final scale of the printed product will be no larger than 3" x 3". Design can be square, circular, or a freeform/organic shape. 
  • Design must be single-sided. 

Deadline: 

  • Submissions will be accepted until midnight on May 2, 2025. 

Grand Prize: 

  • There will be one Grand Prize winner of a $100 Visa Gift Card. 

Voting: 

  • All eligible entries received during the contest period will be judged by a panel within the Library to determine three finalists. 

  • After the three finalists are determined, voting for the Grand Prize winner will happen via Instagram.  

  • The grand prize winner’s design will be printed on a limited-edition sticker that will be distributed throughout the 2025-2026 school year and beyond, at the discretion of the Library.  

Entry: 

Official Contest Rules