Pride Tshirt Competition

Course: Wear you Pride: Tshirt Competition
Date: Closes 29 Aug 2025

T-shirt design competition: Wear your Pride

Design The Gordon's pride t-shirt and you could see your original artwork come to life! This is your chance to showcase your creativity and celebrate inclusivity, unity, and LGBTQIA+ pride. 

The winning design will be used to create into t-shirts that can be proudly worn anytime of the year as well as at events like IDAHOBIT and Wear It Purple Day.  The winner will receive a $100 gift voucher and a t-shirt with their design.  The competition is open to all current Gordon students and closes at 5pm on Friday August 29, 2025.  

To enter

  • Create a design for a tshirt that represent LGBTQIA+ pride and inclusivity 
  • Submit your artwork by 5pm on August 29, 2025
  • Email a high-resolution digital copy (JPG, PNG, or PDF) of your artwork to studentexperience@gordontafe.edu.au. If you would prefer to submit a hard copy, please drop it off to Customer Service, together with your name and email. 
  • Ensure you have read the full terms and conditions below 

Terms and Conditions

Competition

  1. This competition is promoted by The Gordon. 
  2. The competition will open AEST 9am Friday 18 July 2025 . The competition will close at 11:59 pm AEST on Friday 29 August 2025. Entries received outside of this time will not be considered. 
  3. Entrants must agree with the Terms and Conditions at the time of entry. 

Eligibility

  1. Entry is open to all current students at The Gordon. Entrants aged under 18 years must seek parental/carer permission before submitting their entry. By entering, The Gordon assumes parental/carer permission has been sought and the parent/carer agrees with the Terms and Conditions outlined in this document.
  2. The entrant must agree and acknowledge that their submission (and any part thereof) is their own work.  


How to enter

  1. Entrants must create an original artwork (dimensions 240-250mm wide x 240-250mm high), suitable for t-shirt printing that represents LGBTQIA+ pride and inclusivity. 
  2. Artwork must be designed to go on the front of a t-shirt. Please note, the t-shirt will also have the Gordon logo added at printing. The logo should not to be included as part of the artwork design. 
  3. Submissions should be received by The Gordon by 5pm on Friday 29 August 2025. 
  4. Submissions can be either: 
    • emailed as a high-resolution digital file (JPG, PNG, or PDF) to studentexperience@gordontafe.edu or 
    • delivered to Customer Service at any Gordon Campus. If delivered in person, the entry should include a contact name and email address. 
    • By submitting an entry, entrants agree that The Gordon will retain the rights to reuse the artwork. 

The prize

  1. The winner will receive a $100 gift card and T-shirt with their winning design.   

Selecting the winner

  1. Entries will be judged by a panel (‘The Panel’)of 3 staff members from The Gordon.  
  2. The Panel’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  3. A judging panel of 3 will determine the winner, based on the following criteria: 
    • unique and innovative design
    • relevance to LGBTQIA+ pride and inclusivity
    • simplicity and visual appeal
    • suitability for T-shirt printing
  4. The winner will be informed by email and/or phone by 12 September 2025. 

Privacy and publicity

  1. The winning artwork will be displayed on a series of The Gordon t-shirts for use at events throughout the year.
  2. The Gordon will collect, manage, use and disclose personal information under all relevant legislation and standards as per the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The Gordon will not sell any part of the information collected or posted as part of the competition, nor will we disclose it to any outside organisation unless approved by you or as authorised under law. The Gordon will take reasonable steps to securely store your information provided as part of this competition from loss, misuse and unauthorised access. 
  3. The winner also acknowledges that the artwork will used by The Gordon for future promotions. 
  4. The name of the winner will be published on The Gordon's Student Connection newsletter and The Gordon’s social channels.     
  5. Please contact The Gordon at studentexperience@gordontafe.edu for further information.