T-Shirt Design Contest

HELP US DESIGN HOPEMILL’S 2026 T-SHIRT!

We thought, what better way to design our 2026 HopeMill shirt than to let our supporters create it. Anyone and all ages are welcome to enter. Kids, adults, artists, doodlers, or anyone with a creative idea—we want to see it!

Don’t worry about making your design print ready—we’re looking for your IDEA! The winning design can be professionally prepared for printing while keeping the original concept.

Once all the designs are in, we’ll post them on Facebook and let our followers vote for their favorite. The winning design will become our 2026 HopeMill T-shirt. So grab those crayons, pencils, markers, or your computer and show us what HopeMill looks like to YOU!

Your design should be inspired by the following themes:

Design Requirements

No Age Requirement

Anyone can enter and all ages are welcome!

Theme

The t-shirt design should be based on one of the following themes: HopeMill, Western North Carolina, hope, resilience, rebuilding, community, or what our mission means to you.

Hand-drawn or Digital

Grab your pencils, markers, crayons, or whatever you like to create with. You can even create your artwork digitally if you like, however, you do NOT have to be a graphic designer to enter.

If you are hand-drawing, please make sure you draw your design on plain white paper. You may submit more than one design.

Deadline

All designs need to be uploaded and submitted through this page by:
October 5th, 2026

How To Submit Your Design

Hand-Drawn Artwork

You can use whatever medium you like to draw with. Designs must be drawn on plain white paper. Please take a clear, well-lit photo of your artwork to upload below. A high resolution (300dpi) photo is preferred. We will accept .pdf, .jpg, .tiff and .png files (10MB max). Hang on to your original artwork! If your design is chosen, we may need you to mail us your original drawing to the address below.

HopeMill
Attn: T-Shirt Contest
7830 Commerce Dr.
Denver, NC 28037

Digital Artwork

If you are creating your artwork digitally you may use whatever program you prefer, but please design on a white background. A vector or high resolution (300dpi) file is preferred. We will accept .eps, .pdf, .jpg, .tiff and .png files (10MB max). Please upload your artwork using the form below.

Selection Process

After October 5th, we will post all submitted designs on our Facebook page and let our followers vote for their favorite. The winning design will become our 2026 HopeMill T-shirt. The winner will be announced on October 12th!

Submit Your Artwork

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 5th, 2026

Please fill out the information below and be sure to upload your design file before submitting.