Mathematical Association of America's Annual T-shirt Design Contest

Have you always wanted to see a certain mathematical image or solution printed on a T-shirt? This is your chance to make it happen!

Put your mathematical creativity to work and submit your idea for a T-shirt that will debut at MAA MathFest 2013, July 31 - August 3 in Hartford, CT!

Click here to download the MAA T-shirt Contest Entry Form.

Designs submitted by June 16, 2013 will be judged by a small committee of mathematicians and MAA Staff.

If you teach mathematics, feel free to use this as an exercise for your students. When entering student submissions, be sure to include your name and affiliation with all entries.

2013 MAA MathFest

Join us at MAA MathFest 2013 and purchase the new 2013 t-shirt.

Past MAA T-Shirt Contest Winners

2012 T-Shirt Contest Winner - Trey Polk

2011 T-Shirt Contest Winner - Edward Early

2010 T-Shirt Contest Winner - John Martin

Prize

The winner will receive bragging rights for a year, two of the designed T-shirts, and recognition at MAA MathFest 2013, on the MAA website, and in MAA FOCUS newsmagazine!

Official Rules

Below are the rules and other information you need to create and submit your entry for the MAA T-shirt Design Contest. Your design could be sold at the MAA Store and worn by MAA members and mathematics enthusiasts all over the country. Read all of the rules carefully; failure to follow them could result in disqualification of your design.

Design Guidelines
  1. All designs must be submitted by an MAA member.
  2. Your design must be wholly original. By submitting a design you are guaranteeing that you hold rights to everything in it, and that it does not contain any copyrighted material.
  3. Your design must be mathematical in nature.
  4. Your design may contain a maximum of four (4) colors.
  5. Your design does not have to include the words MAA or Mathematical Association of America.
  6. Reproductions of existing mathematical T-shirts or concepts are not allowed, as it might infringe on the original artist copyright.
  7. You may submit as many designs as you like, but they all must be submitted as separate entries.

Design Specifications
  1. Designs shall not exceed 8 ½" x 11" in dimension.
  2. It is best, but not required, to create your design in a professional design program. If using Photoshop or other paint programs, design must be no less than 600 dpi at 8 ½" x 11" in dimension. If using Illustrator or Corel Draw, no dpi is required.
  3. If your design is hand-drawn it must be scanned and converted into a PDF or JPEG file.
  4. Your design should contain a maximum of four (4) colors.
  5. Design is limited to one side of the shirt.
  6. Your submission should be a PDF or JPEG file no larger than 5MB. High resolution files will be requested from the top entries.

Submission Agreement
  1. Submissions may be sent as an attachment to Madeline Palmer at mpalmer@maa.org or on CD to Mathematical Association of America, Attn: MAA T-shirt Contest, 1529 Eighteenth Street NW Washington, D.C. 20036.
  2. All submissions must be accompanied by the official MAA T-Shirt Contest Entry Form. Submissions that do not include the form will be disqualified.
  3. Electronic submissions should include the completed form as an attachment. If you are unable to complete the form electronically please fax it to 202.387.2005.
  4. You must be 18 years or older to submit an entry.
  5. Any submitted design becomes the property of MAA, giving MAA the right to sell it in the MAA store and at national meetings, events, and expos.
  6. We reserve the right to make adjustments to the winning design.
  7. You must submit your design by Midnight PDT, Sunday, June 16, 2013.
  8. Entries will be judged by MAA staff and a small committee of mathematicians.
  9. By submitting an entry you are agreeing to all contest rules.

Direct submissions and questions to Madeline Palmer.

Click here to download the MAA T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST ENTRY FORM AND OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES.

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