| Resist, Inspire, Support, Empower |
Howard County Pride is proud to present our annual T-Shirt Art Competition! This competition is designed to provide an excellent opportunity to local Maryland artists in grades K through 12.
You will be entering for a chance to see your art work displayed proudly on our volunteer t-shirt on the day of Pride 2025! Anyone attending the festival will see this art on our volunteers while they are hard at work hosting this year's festival.
This competition is open from March 30 through May 25, 2025. All submissions are due to this form by 11:59pm on Sunday, May 25, 2025. No exceptions will be made. Any submissions made past this time will not be considered/judged.
Submissions can be made here or at https://forms.gle/bHhLbgbYQX3dFoMq6
Please read the rules carefully-- which can be found either within the survey or below:
Avoid beige or pastels—focus on bright, bold, vivid colors.
Yellows are allowed but should be a deeper yellow.
Design should be simple, eye-catching, and easy to process in 5second or less
NO hate speech, vulgar imagery, and offensive words/phrases are allowed
Must include:
The organization: “HoCo Pride”
The Date: “October X, 2025”
The theme: “Resist, Inspire, Support, Empower"
File submissions may be .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .pdf, .ai, .eps, .gif, .bmp, .psd, however .PDF, .AI, or .EPS are preferred.
Artists will be judged on the following criteria:
Communication of the Theme
Creativity
Composition
Overall impression
Please address any questions to info@howardcountypride.org
Winners will be announced on June 8, 2025 at OEC Pride!
All submissions will be judged by the HoCo Pride Planning Committee
Please include a short reflection (max: 500 words) of what your design means to you, and how designing your art has allowed you to connect/learn more about diversity and inclusion
This competition is designed to offer a platform to recognize artists within our community. As such, artists are allowed to tastefully include their signature within the work, as long as it does not obstruct/distract from the overall design/artwork. We understand that being a part of our community comes with non-disclosure of our identity sometimes-- which is why we will only be accrediting artists in our marketing materials upon the request of the artist sent to info@howardcountypride.org. We hope this allows you a space to thrive.
Only one submission is permitted per person--anyone found to have made multiple submissions under the same or different names will be disqualified from the competition. If you would like to amend your submission prior to May 25, 2025 at 11:59pm, please make sure to email info@howardcountypride.org so we are aware of the resubmission and can delete the previous one made.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email Abby Hendrix at info@howardcountypride.org.