The Valley Council for Health and Human Services is giving its current logo (see above) a makeover and wants your ideas that visually communicate community, collaboration, empowerment and diversity.
The logo is not just creative, but strong, lasting and can grow with the organization over time.
The new logo should address the graphic needs of social media and other marketing purposes.
Contest Guidelines
Timeline:
Contest Start Date: Aug. 23, 2016
Questions and Answers: Questions may be posted to the contest’s Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/vchhso/events
Submission Deadline: Nov. 4, 2016
Finalist Selection: Nov. 22, 2016
Voting Period: Dec. 6, 2016 through Dec. 13, 2016 (tentative)
Winner Announcement: Jan. 2, 2017
Eligible participants: There are no eligibility limitations. The contest is open to all.
People can have great ideas but not possess the technical skills or equipment to develop the finished product. The Valley Council anticipates that the winning design will be recreated by local graphic professionals.
Desired Logo Criteria:
1. Community-focus: must have appeal to the general community both current and future. The logo should speak to their interests and needs in a universal way that is easy to understand.
2. Relevant: should convey the desire to identify needs and/or solve community problems
3. Distinct: convey a strong and unique impression. In dealing with logo symbolism, form, typography and color, it is almost impossible to be completely unique. The Valley Council would like distinction from other community social services providers.
4. Memorable: to leave an impression as to be recognizable in the future
5. Simple: flat format is desired to be clean and high-impact; works well either in color or black and white (examples of flat format)
6. Staying power (10+ years of relevance): more strategic and timeless than trendy
7. Meaning: imaginative and abstract, yet simple, for audience interpretation is desired over being literal.
Intellectual Property
1. Entrants affirm their submissions are their own original work, have not been copied from others or from previous designs, including their own, and do not violate the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity.
2. Submissions become the sole property of the Valley Council for Health and Human Services (Valley Council) and may be used for any purposes, including, but not limited to, display on websites, business cards, letterhead, posters, and other materials.
3. The Valley Council shall have the right to adapt, edit, modify, or otherwise use the winning submission in part or in its entirety in whatever manner it deems appropriate.
4. The Valley Council reserves the right to choose not to use the winning entry as described in these contest guidelines.
5. The Valley Council reserves the right to use any other entry for promotional or business purposes in the future.
6. If the winner is determined to have violated any rules, he/she will be required to forfeit or return the prize, even if the determination is made after the prize has been awarded.
Submission
We understand that you may have terrific ideas but not the technology needed to develop the design fully.
As noted above and if needed, the winning design will be professionally recreated to meet the Council’s needs.
Electronic submissions are preferred in PDF or JPEG formats.
NOTE: The completed Contest Entry Form must be included with your submission.
Submissions may be sent at any time prior to the Nov. 4, 2016, submission deadline to: valleycouncillogo@gmail.com.
If you are unable to submit your design electronically, it may be mailed to:
Valley Council – Logo Contest
54 Grove St.
Shelton, CT 06484
Determination of Winner and Prize
1. Entries will be judged on their visual appeal, adherence to the concept prompting the contest, quality of design, and ease of reproduction for the purposes stated above.
2. Three finalists will be selected by a panel comprised of members of the Valley Council.
3. The finalists will be announced at the Valley Council annual meeting, tentatively scheduled for December 6, 2016.
4. The winning entry will be selected by the community through online voting between Dec. 6 and Dec. 13, 2016.
5. The winning entry will be announced at the Jan. 2, 2017 meeting of the Valley Council.
6. The prize for the winning entry is one $250 VISA prepaid gift card.
7. The winner will be notified via email or telephone call and announced on the Valley Council’s Facebook page and website, and through press releases.
Disclaimer
1. The Valley Council is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, or otherwise unusable entries, including entries that are lost or unusable due to computer, Internet, or electronic problems.
2. The Valley Council reserves the right to cancel or modify the contest and award the prize by alternate means if fraud or technical failure is determined at any time by the Valley Council, including after the submission window has closed.
3. The Valley Council is not liable, for the purpose of winner and prize notification and delivery, in the event the contest winner has provided incorrect, outdated, or otherwise invalid contact information.
Information shared from the Council's website.
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