Pedal More Art: Varsity Bike & Transit’s Sticker Design Contest

Varsity Bike & Transit’s sticker stash is running low so we thought it’d be a good time to get fresh designs. We’re kicking off a contest to design our new stickers. Submit your Varsity Bike sticker design and you could win one of several prizes, including a new bike.

All qualified entries will get ten stickers printed with their design. The top three designs will be printed and handed out at Varsity Bike & Transit throughout the year. These stickers will end up on bikes, bags, helmets – wherever around the Twin Cities.

The grand prize winner will receive a SE Draft Lite bike ($380 value) and the two other winning designers will each win a Varsity Bike & Transit gift card ($50 value).

So use your art and design skills and send us your sticker design.

Requirements

Dimensions: Choose from a 2.5” x 1.5” rectangle shape or a 2.5” in diameter circle shape.

Designs must include the text “Varsity Bike & Transit.” You may download our logo in vector form here or you may create your own.

Your sticker design must fall into one of the three categories:

1. Pedal Less Oil- Pedal Less Oil is our statement about trying to make the world a better place by riding our bikes. For this category, design a a sticker that expresses how riding a bike makes a difference. Stickers in this category should incorporate the slogan “Pedal Less Oil” in their design.

2. It’s Easy Being Green- Riding your bike is a fun, easy and inexpensive way to green your life.  For this category, design a sticker that communicates the fun and freedom of riding a bike. Stickers in this category should incorporate the slogan “It’s Easy Being Green” in their design.

3. Freestyle- This is any bike related design that doesn’t fit into any of the other categories.

Note: You are not required to use any specific colors or fonts on the sticker. You may submit one sticker design per category.

Deadline

The final submission deadline is September 15, 2011 September 25th by 8 pm CST. We’ve gotten a ton of submissions, but we want even more, so we’ve decided to extend our deadline to September 25th!

How to Submit Your Design

E-mail a high-resolution PDF of your design to contact@varsitybike.com. Be sure to include your contact information: name, e-mail and phone number.

Note: All entries, once submitted, become the property of Varsity Bike & Transit. Any entries that do not follow the guidelines won’t be eligible.

Winning

We’ll post all eligible entries on our Facebook page, and have our fans vote for their faves. The top five vote recipients in each category will become finalists.

You can help yourself become a finalist by having your family and friends like our Facebook page and vote for your design—Voting will be ongoing throughout the contest and will end September 18, 2011 at 8 pm CST. Visit the Varsity Bike & Transit Facebook page to vote!

Once voting narrows it down to finalists our panel of experts will select the winners.

The grand prize winner chosen from all sticker design categories will receive a SE Draft Lite bike ($380 value) from Varsity Bike & Transit.

In addition to the grand prize winner, one winning sticker design will be chosen from the remaining two categories, and the designers will each receive a $50 Varsity Bike & Transit gift card. The winning stickers will be printed and handed out at the Varsity Bike & Transit party and will continue to be distributed in the store throughout the year.

All qualified entries will get ten stickers printed with their design and will be able to pick up their stickers at the Varsity Bike & Transit party on September 22, 2011.

Note: Varsity Bike & Transit will select the winning designs. Winners will be notified via e-mail or phone.

Varsity Bike & Transit Party

There will be an unveiling party at Varsity Bike & Transit on September 29, 2011 from 6 pm – 8 pm. The winners will be announced, receive their prizes and the winning stickers will be handed out to attendees. Food and beverages will be served and other stickers will be available for purchase and trade.