Gapers Block Button Contest

UPDATE: The contest is now closed. Please join us at our 2nd Anniversary Party this Friday, May 20, at the Hideout to see the winning design!

Gapers Block is retiring one of our buttons (the black one), and we’re having a contest to choose the design for the new one!

To participate, please use this template to develop a design that A) depicts or evokes Chicago, and/or B) incorporates the Gapers Block name or logo. The finished work needs to be a minimum 300 dpi and all fonts need to be converted to curves or sent with the artwork.

Email your design, along with your name and mailing address, to by Friday, May 13. The designs will be judged by members of the Gapers Block staff, and the winning entry will debut at our 2nd Anniversary Party at the Hideout May 20.

The winner receives, in addition to credit and our esteemed thanks, 10 buttons featuring his/her design and a $20 gift certificate to Reckless Records. Runners up (everyone else) will receive a free button set.

Good luck!

Now, the legal disclaimer:
No purchase necessary. Must be 18 or older to participate, but you don’t have to live in Chicago. Members of the Gapers Block staff are prohibited from play, since that would seem unfair. Multiple entries are allowed, however all submitted designs become property of Gapers Block. All contestants acknowledge, as a condition of entry, that Gapers Block has a right to publicize or broadcast the winner’s name, character, likeness, voice or all matters incidental herein. All prizes are non-transferable and void where prohibited by law. No cash substitution of prizes allowed. Participants release and agree to hold harmless Gapers Block and its staff from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of computers, design software, email software, the resulting buttons, participation in this contest, or participation in any contest-related activity. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligable entries received. Winner does not have to attend the party, although we hope you do. If you can’t make it, we’ll mail the stuff to you—that’s why we need your address.

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