Dewey Does Sports History Animation Contest

A new and fun way to learn

Dewey Does needs your help making new friends. Create your own character for the new Dewey Does Sports History animation. Find new and unique sports equipment that Dewey Does and friends can learn about, visit its place of origin, meet athletes that play the sport and teach others about the sport.

The Dewey Does community will be the judges. Winning characters will be entered to appear in the Dewey Does Sports History animation. Runner-ups can appear in PSA ad campaigns sponsored by A Dewey Does Corporation and his corporate friends.

First 110 entries receive FREE Dewey Does 110% theme tee shirts.
Win $500 cash and other Dewey Does prizes.
Grand Prize: the winning character will appear in the NEW Dewey Does 110% Sports History Animation

Entries will be accepted online January 1, 2009 through July 1, 2009.

All entries will be posted on the Dewey Does web site, deweydoes.com/charactercontest.

The Dewey Does character was created in 1998. This annual contest is designed to promote artistic creativity, educational research and imagination among our youth. The Dewey Does community will view characters and sports from all over the world.

The Dewey Does Character Awards were initially created to encourage our youth to share their unique and creative ways of customizing their own sports character to appear on tee shirts, PSA campaigns and other printed material. Our goal is to help youth learn about different sports, cultures and to develop artistic imaginations. Youth from all over the world will view each other’s artistic work; learn about different sports characters and personalities as well as new sporting events never seen before.

Please complete the below form to enter

Name Phone: ex (718) 555-1212 Email Address: ex dewey@deweyedoes.org Date of Birth: ex MM/DD/YYYY School Name Address: City: State: Zip Code: 12345-5555

Entry requirements

There are a few minimum requirements that determine whether an entry can be accepted.

All contestants must be 12 years of age or younger. We encourage parent and teacher help.
All entries must be submitted in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF), Microsoft Word (.doc), Tiff, or JPEG format (.jpg).

Judging criteria

Within each category, entries will be judged using the same judging criteria.

Appropriate content (5 percent) does the character fit the sport category? Is the character suitable for public use? We won't presume to judge whether or not it's art, but if it is not acceptable for elementary school print material, it will not be accepted here.
Dewey Does Brand (5 percent) does the character embrace the Dewey Does 110% brand promise? This doesn't mean it needs to have our logo, but each entry will be judged on its contribution to organization and clear communication. The character design has to be comic as in humorous and not marvel.
Technical specifications (5 percent) are the files format JPG, PDF or Microsoft Word and are it a minimum size: 400 pixels width by 400 pixels height? Are all the fonts (if any), images and colors embedded in the file?
Ease of Use in Various Marketing Campaigns (10 percent) can the file be downloaded easily? Can my grandmother open and successfully print the file? The answer doesn't have to be yes to these questions, but they could really help your score. Keep in mind we can't judge a file we can't open and print!
Overall design (10 percent) is the layout clean? Does the design communicate well? Is it unique in design and interesting to wide audience of Dewey Does viewers? Each contestant is entitled to submit more than one design, but only one will be qualified in the final poll.
Overall organization (20 percent) does this character help general Dewey Does viewers learn more about the sport and intrigue viewers to listen to the character? Is the sports character cool and exciting to watch?
Character Name (20 percent) is your character’s name interesting, memorable and sports related? Does the name make the Dewey Does viewers think of the sport? Is it creative? Make us say WOW!
Character History (25 percent) do your research. Make the Dewey Does community want to learn more about your character’s sport. Have fun with the development of the character. We encourage unusual sports that the Dewey Does community can learn about.

Contest Rules

No purchase necessary. Although it's a lot of fun to see what you designed on a grand scale, you don't actually have to purchase any Dewey Does stuff to participate. You can use Dewey Does’ friends as a guide for your character. All contestants MUST be age 12 and under. You may not submit more than one entry per sport.

Void where prohibited by law. Any disputes arising under the terms and conditions of this contest will be governed under the law of the State of New York, U.S.A.

You will be prompted to include descriptive text and history about your character. Descriptive text must be written in English. Entrants must fill out all required fields.

All entries must be submitted online. All images must be in JPEG format. Minimum size: 400 pixels width by 400 pixels height

What you need to submit:

An image of your character seen from the front
An image of your character seen from the side.
Descriptive essay or story about your character

Please review the Contest Rules