Design the 2017 Sons of Italy Foundation® T-Shirt!
How would you like a chance for your artwork to appear on thousands of t-shirts that are distributed to help a great cause?  
 
Through its direct mail program, the Sons of Italy Foundation® (SIF) will send t-shirts in 2017 as gifts to individuals who support the SIF's charitable initiatives. Skilled graphic designers are encouraged to submit artwork to be considered for the shirt's final design.  

How will your design reflect pride in the Italian American heritage?
 
 
 
Samples of previous t-shirt designs. All designs © Sons of Italy Foundation® 
rulesENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 
  • Original design (containing no copyrighted material) must include "Sons of Italy®" and "2017" and reflect Italian-American heritage and pride.
  • Design should be created for use on a black t-shirt.
  • No entries will be accepted by mail.
  • A low-resolution preview version of the design file must be submitted to sif@osia.org by December 2, 2017. (Winning designer will be asked to submit a final high-resolution design file according to specs below.)
  • Final artwork resolution must be 300 dpi designed at minimum dimensions of 8" wide X 10" high, and submitted as a .jpg, .tif, .psd, .eps or vector art files.

OFFICIAL RULES: 
The SIF, a 501(c)(3) organization, reserves the right to cancel contest at any time.  In the event a thematically and technically appropriate design is not submitted by deadline, the SIF reserves the right to not select a final design from the entries, and may use its own design on the t-shirt. Entrant of winning design must agree to make changes to design to make it compliant with SIF theme/branding if necessary, and supply a final version of design by fate TBD. Winning design will appear on the 2017 t-shirt, with designer's name in accompanying letter and/or in other SIF publications as appropriate. The SIF reserves all ownership and copyright to winning design. Submission of design constitutes entrant's agreement to these rules and entry requirements noted above. The SIF takes no responsibility for designs not received or not retrieved from an entrant's cloud/storage location.