Student art competition for cover of 2016-17 school directory and handbook

AURORA — CHSAA is holding a competition for high school students to have their artwork grace the cover of the 2016-17 directory of member schools, as well as the 2016-17 handbook.

The student’s name and school will appear as credit on the front cover of the book. Two winners will be selected by the CHSAA staff, and each will receive $250.

CHSAA held a similar competition last year.

More information is below.

Important dates

Contest opens: April 13, 2016
Deadline for entry: May 26, 2016
Winner announced: May 27, 2016

Rules/guidelines

All entries must come from a current student of a member high school.
All artwork should represent one of the following themes (or combine them): High school activities and athletics; or, the state of Colorado.
All artwork used in the piece must be original work created by the student.
The piece can use any type of medium (digital, paint, pen, photo, etc.).
The final entry should be a digital image of the original artwork. A scanned version of the artwork is preferred.
The artwork needs to either be 8-1/2 inches by 11-inches, or scalable to that size. It needs to be at least 150 DPI.
The final entry will be the piece that is printed on the cover, if selected.
Artists may choose to include the following texts in their entries:
- CHSAA (or) Colorado High School Activities Association
- 2016-17
If you choose not to include the text, we will overlay it over the artwork.
Artists may include either the CHSAA seal or CHSAA logo in their entry (both are included below).
If you choose not to include one of the logos, we will overlay them on the artwork.

Terms & conditions

Two winners (one for the directory, one of the handbook) will be selected by the CHSAA staff, with each winner receiving $250. In addition, they will receive credit on the cover of the respective book, as well as inside with a short bio.
Winning artists grant CHSAA the rights to print the image on the cover of either the member directory or the handbook, as well as other material related to the Association. The artist will retain full copyright.
If your image is not selected, CHSAA does not have the right to use it in any material, unless other arrangements are made.

How to enter

Email your image to chsaanow@gmail.com with the subject line “Cover art contest entry – (Your name)”
Alternatively, you can click here to send that email with the subject line filled out.
The following formats will be accepted: .jpg, .png and .gif.