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Challenge Summary

Welcome to "Topcoder New Year’s Banner FUN Design Challenge". In this FUN challenge, we want to celebrate the upcoming happy new year’s with you - our members, and by saying that, we want you to decide and create a banner design for Topcoder that will be perfect for the community to welcome the upcoming year 2020. 

Read the challenge specification carefully and watch the forums for any questions or feedback concerning this challenge. Let us know if you have any questions in the challenge forum!
PRIZES
  • $50 each for 5 winners!
  • First Time Submitter that wins the challenge will get the prize doubled!
 
TIMELINE
  • Submission Start: Wednesday, 04th December 2019 19.00 PM EDT
  • Submission End: Wednesday, 18th December 2019 19.00 PM EDT
 
BACKGROUND OVERVIEW
  • 2019 is almost ending, can you believe that? A lot of things happen in the Topcoder community, from a good thing to the great thing, what a journey, and it’s not ended yet! 
  • We want to make the start of 2020 experiences with you, our precious members in the community, more engaged and fun!
  • In this challenge, we want you to decide and create a banner design to welcome the 2020 year with our community. Show us your creativity, and your thoughts about Topcoder! We will present/display the banner in all ‘welcome doors’ when the celebration happens! 
  • The banner design needs to be able to show the Topcoder values like the community, competition, atmosphere, great memories from 2019 or your expectation for Topcoder in 2020.
 
CHALLENGE GOALS
  • The goal of this challenge is to design banner design for Topcoder to celebrate the upcoming year 2020 (New Year Celebration)
 
BANNER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
  • Banner design can be images, vector, or digital illustration creation
  • Be creative! You can come up with any ideas and show them through your design, as long as they represent "Happy New Year 2020" in a TC Brand style. The sky is the limit!
  • Unlimited submissions: You can send as many submissions as you come up with as long as each submission is a unique design
  • We need to create the design for the Dashboard - Dashboard Banner Size: 1538px (w) x 583px (h)
 
BRANDING GUIDELINES
  • MUST Follow Topcoder Branding Guidelines
 
DOCUMENTATION
 
JUDGING CRITERIA
  • Your submission will be judged on the following criteria:
    • The overall idea, Creative use of design, and execution of concepts
    • Consistency with Topcoder Branding Guidelines
    • How well does your design align with the objectives of the challenge
    • The overall design, UI, and user experience
    • Cleanliness of screen design and user flow
 
TARGET AUDIENCE
  • You - Our Awesome Members!
 
FINAL DELIVERABLES
Preview Image
  • Create a preview image as one (1) 1024px by 1024px JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode at 72dpi and place a screenshot of your submission within it.
 
Submission File
  • Create/Export a JPG/PNG image file(s) of your banner design in all required sizes
 
Source Files
  • All source files of all graphics created using any professional design tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel, Inkscape, XD, Sketch, Figma, Affinity Designer, ProCreate, Etc). Place all of your source files into a "Source.zip" file.
  • You cannot use instant design tools or templates to create the design banners!
  • For additional instruction about the submission file and how to submit, kindly visit THIS PAGE
 
FINAL FIX
  • If your submission wins, you may be asked to modify your design, graphics (sizes or colors) or modify overall colors

Please read the challenge specification carefully and watch the forums for any questions or feedback concerning this challenge. It is important that you monitor any updates provided by the client or Studio Admins in the forums. Please post any questions you might have for the client in the forums.

How To Submit

  • New to Studio? ‌Learn how to compete here
  • Upload your submission in three parts (Learn more here). Your design should be finalized and should contain only a single design concept (do not include multiple designs in a single submission).
  • If your submission wins, your source files must be correct and “Final Fixes” (if applicable) must be completed before payment can be released.
  • You may submit as many times as you'd like during the submission phase, but only the number of files listed above in the Submission Limit that you rank the highest will be considered. You can change the order of your submissions at any time during the submission phase. If you make revisions to your design, please delete submissions you are replacing.

Winner Selection

Submissions are viewable to the client as they are entered into the challenge. Winners are selected by the client and are chosen solely at the client's discretion.

ELIGIBLE EVENTS:

2020 Topcoder(R) Open

CHALLENGE LINKS:

Screening Scorecard

SUBMISSION FORMAT:

Your Design Files:

  1. Look for instructions in this challenge regarding what files to provide.
  2. Place your submission files into a "Submission.zip" file.
  3. Place all of your source files into a "Source.zip" file.
  4. Declare your fonts, stock photos, and icons in a "Declaration.txt" file.
  5. Create a JPG preview file.
  6. Place the 4 files you just created into a single zip file. This will be what you upload.

Trouble formatting your submission or want to learn more? ‌Read the FAQ.

Fonts, Stock Photos, and Icons:

All fonts, stock photos, and icons within your design must be declared when you submit. DO NOT include any 3rd party files in your submission or source files. Read about the policy.

Screening:

All submissions are screened for eligibility before the challenge holder picks winners. Don't let your hard work go to waste. Learn more about how to  pass screening.

CHALLENGE LINKS:

Questions? ‌Ask in the Challenge Discussion Forums.

SOURCE FILES:

  • Layered PSD files created in Adobe Photoshop or similar
  • AI files created in Adobe Illustrator or similar
  • EPS files created in Adobe Illustrator or similar
  • Vector AI files created in Adobe Illustrator or similar
  • Vector EPS files created in Adobe Illustrator or similar
  • INDD created with InDesign
  • PDF file
  • Sketch
  • Inkscape
  • Corel Draw
  • ProCreate
  • Figma
  • Etc

You must include all source files with your submission.

SUBMISSION LIMIT:

Unlimited

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