The Army Ten-Miler (ATM) Official Race T-Shirt Design contest is gearing up for 2008!

Beginning on May 6 and going through 5:00 P.M. on June 6, we will be accepting your design submissions. The first place winner will receive $1,000 and the winning design will be printed on over 26,000 race and volunteer t-shirts. The second place winner earns $500 while third place receives $250.
GOOD LUCK ENTRANTS!

2002 Winner	2003 Winner
2004 Winner	2005 Winner
2006 Winner	2007 Winner

Official Rules & Regulations

Eligibility

Contest is open to all US residents age 18 and older. Employees of the Army Ten-Miler office and their immediate families are not eligible to enter.

Only two (2) entries per person will be accepted.

Dates

Contest will be open from May 6 to June 6 (5 P.M. EST). The online judging by the registered race runners will take place from June 17 to June 24 (5 P.M. EST).

Army Ten-Miler reserves the right to cancel this contest at any time.

Awards

The winning design will receive $1,000, second place will be awarded $500 and third place will get $250. The winners will be announced on the Army Ten-Miler web site, www.armytenmiler.com on June 26. All three winning designs will become sole property of the Army Ten-Miler. The ATM reserves the right to make minor changes to the winning design before printing or to request the artist to do so.

Theme

Participants MUST include:

• Army Ten-Miler logo (download authorized logo variations below)
• race date: 5-OCT-08 or October 5, 2008
• race location: Washington, DC
• the spirit of running
• the spirit of Army
  

Judging

The top five (5) designs will be selected by the Army Ten-Miler Blue Ribbon Panel. The five designs will be posted on the Army Ten-Miler web site for balloting by the registered race runners only. Winners will be determined by the greatest number of online votes received. Any design associated with improper balloting will be disqualified. The winners will be announced on the Army Ten-Miler web site at www.armytenmiler.com.

Entries not complying with the contest rules are subject to disqualification without prior warning.

Technical Design Specifications

• All designs must be original work – no clip art or stock photos. No work copied from copyrighted or published materials.
• All designs must be created and submitted in a vector based program, such as Illustrator, Corel, etc. Submit as a vector image in an eps file format compatible with Adobe Illustrator CS2 or lower (Windows Format). No other format will be accepted.
• All designs must be editable and submitted via email to nancy.brandon@jfhqncr.northcom.mil  
  Design limited to 5 spot colors. Gradients are fine, as long as they don’t fade or mesh into another color.
• Please DO NOT import raster images into your vector document.
  Convert all fonts to curves.
• Design colors must be compatible with a white t-shirt.
• Design should be equal or less than 10" x 10".
• Entry must include the artist’s name, address, phone number and email address.

Army Ten-Miler Highlights

• 2008 marks the 24th annual running of America’s largest ten-mile road race 
• Produced by the U.S. Army Military District of Washington (MDW) with proceeds benefiting Army Morale, Welfare and Recreation 
• MWR is a comprehensive network of support and leisure services designed to enhance the lives of soldiers and their families 
• The mission of the Army Ten-Miler is for the Military District of Washington to safely conduct the Army’s annual 10-mile race to promote the Army, build Esprit-de-Corps, support fitness goals, and enhance community relations 
• ATM is the only race to begin and end at the end Pentagon with a course that goes through Washington, DC
  
  For more information on the Army Ten-Miler, visit www.armytenmiler.com or email armytenmiler@jfhqncr.northcom.mil.   
  
  
  Authorized ATM Logos for Download (eps files)