Got design skillz?

If so, here's your chance to show them off - and help the Entertainment Consumers Association at the same time.

So what's this about?

The ECA has completed the run for our first series of print and online ads (the infamous gun, syringe, controller campaign) and have begun our second series which reads, “If the Government has its way you won’t be able to play half the games in this magazine” – or, for online outlets – “on this website.”

While the reaction to the ads has been great, the new campaign doesn’t lend itself to a cool design for our T-shirts, which got us thinking… what if we just made some really cool Ts? Something compelling, hip and cool enough to wear under a blazer, but still casual enough to wear with jeans. Color is no object, and we’d continue to get great quality shirts, but the design really needs to be amazing. We want it to use our name or logo, but beyond that we’re open.

We know that our gamers are a creative and savvy bunch, and who better to design the game industry’s best shirt!? So we’re opening up the challenge and making it a competition. Show off your design skillz and help us promote the ECA in the process.

You may even win some very cool prizes. Oh, and our fearless leader, Hal Halpin, promises to wear the winning design at E3 during his interviews with leading TV shows on camera and in photo shoots with websites, newspapers and magazines.

Submission Deadline:    Friday, June 22, 2007

Here’s the deal: The winning design will be printed on our T-shirts, worn by our staff at events, sold online, and given out as promotional items. The winner will also receive a prize package of games, energy drinks, and a bevy of games-related swag valued at over a hundred bucks, plus we’ll match that hundred with another hundred dollar gift certificate to your local GameStop.

Finalists will be announced on June 25th and all ECA members and GamePolitics readers will have the opportunity to vote online by June 29th.

Submit Designs To: info@theeca.com – as jpegs or gifs, at 72 dpi, no larger than 1920x1920 (NOTE - new, larger size limit), along with your name, mailing address, email address, phone number and a short description of your concept (why you chose to go that direction, symbolism, colors, etc.).

Da’ Rules:

1.      You can enter as many designs as you like.

2.      Your artwork can be placed anywhere on the T-shirt except for the seams, oh and creative use of placement is encouraged.

3.      Jurying will be done anonymously and designs will be selected on the basis of merit and feasibility.

4.      All finalists will receive a copy of the T-shirt design, and the winning designer will also receive a gift certificate for $100 to GameStop and a prize package valued at at least another hundred dollars.

5.      The competition is open to U.S. residents only and is void where prohibited by law.

6.      You can not infringe on anyone’s copyright with your design, and by entering the competition, you agree that your work is your own.

7.      By entering the competition, you agree to give ECA exclusive rights to publish your work on our website and/or use your design on our T-shirt. You furthermore agree not to misuse our logo, nor use it for any other purpose without our permission.

8.      The ECA logo can be downloaded here: http://www.theeca.com/ads.htm

9.      Creativity counts. The more compelling the better. Don’t just slap our logo on a white T and call it a day. Show us what you’ve got! These shirts are part of our marketing and represent our cause.

10.     Don’t sweat matching our logo’s color. Let the creative juices flow…

You do NOT need to be an ECA member to submit a design...

UPDATE: At readers' request, the size has been upped to 1920x1920 at 72dpi