Will your design appear onthis year's T-shirts and posters?
Spokane Fall Folk Festival is Calling for Artwork
The Festival is seeking graphic designs for promotional material and items for sale, such as programs, posters, T-shirts, buttons, and other advertising, for the upcoming 2025 Fall Folk Festival, which will be held on November 8 and 9 at Spokane Community College.
The design should reflect the spirit of the Festival, “30 Years of Celebrating Spokane’s Cultural Diversity.” Using elements of Spokane’s diversity, history, and landmarks is encouraged but not required. We will judge the artwork based on design quality, color, originality, and ease of use in multiple graphic forms.
The contest aims to design graphics for use online, in print, on T-shirts, and on buttons. Flexibility is necessary; the design must be able to resize easily, look good in black and white and color, and be suitable for high-quality printing.
Entrants must ensure that their entries are not similar to existing copyrighted images.
The Fall Folk Festival is sponsoring the contest, which is open to all. The winner will receive $300 for their contribution. The selected design will become the property of the Spokane Folklore Society, and we may use design elements independently for the applications indicated above.
The general parameters for the design are as follows:
Parameters that are specific to the poster are as follows:
Parameters that are specific to the T-shirt are as follows:
Parameters that are specific to the button design are as follows:
On our website, you will find pictures and descriptions of past Festivals and Festival artwork.
You can email your submissions to [email protected] or mail them to Spokane Fall Folk Festival, PO Box 9768, Spokane, WA 99209.
Submissions must be submitted or postmarked by 11:59 pm on Monday, July 7, 2025.
The Spokane Folklore Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, presents the Spokane Fall Folk Festival. It is a volunteer organization that promotes folk art traditions in the Spokane area. The Fall Folk Festival is a two-day, free community event highlighting the diversity of local talent, including musicians, dancers, and craftspeople.
The Festival is seeking graphic designs for promotional material and items for sale, such as programs, posters, T-shirts, buttons, and other advertising, for the upcoming 2025 Fall Folk Festival, which will be held on November 8 and 9 at Spokane Community College.
The design should reflect the spirit of the Festival, “30 Years of Celebrating Spokane’s Cultural Diversity.” Using elements of Spokane’s diversity, history, and landmarks is encouraged but not required. We will judge the artwork based on design quality, color, originality, and ease of use in multiple graphic forms.
The contest aims to design graphics for use online, in print, on T-shirts, and on buttons. Flexibility is necessary; the design must be able to resize easily, look good in black and white and color, and be suitable for high-quality printing.
Entrants must ensure that their entries are not similar to existing copyrighted images.
The Fall Folk Festival is sponsoring the contest, which is open to all. The winner will receive $300 for their contribution. The selected design will become the property of the Spokane Folklore Society, and we may use design elements independently for the applications indicated above.
The general parameters for the design are as follows:
- Anyone may enter the graphic design contest.
- Individuals may submit multiple designs for consideration, but you must submit each design individually.
- You may submit your artwork as .jpg, .png, or .gif files for the design selection committee to view.
- Save the image at a resolution that will retain clarity when we enlarge the image during judging.
- The file size must not exceed 5 MB.
- We recommend that the designer submit examples of how their design or elements of the design may appear on a poster, T-shirt, and button.
- The designer must include the following words in the fundamental design: “Spokane,” “Fall Folk Festival”, and “2025”.
Parameters that are specific to the poster are as follows:
- The size of the poster is 11” wide x 17” tall.
- The designer must include the following additional words in the poster design: “Spokane Folklore Society Presents,” “Spokane Fall Folk Festival,” “30 Years of Celebrating Our Cultural Diversity”, “Saturday, November 8, 11:00 am to 8:00 pm and Sunday, November 9, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm”, "6 Stages - Over 100 Performers", “Spokane Community College, Lair Student Center, 1810 N Greene Street”, “FREE ADMISSION / FREE PARKING”, “LIVE KPBX (91.1 FM) Radio Broadcast - 11:00 am to 1:00 pm”, "Website: spokanefolkfestial.org", "Phone: (509) 828-3683".
- We will provide the sponsors’ information later. The sponsors' names and logos must appear in a footer at the bottom of the poster.
- The graphic designer’s name and logo may appear on the poster.
Parameters that are specific to the T-shirt are as follows:
- The T-shirt design will appear centered on the front of the T-shirt.
- The designer may use a maximum of four (4) colors in the design.
- The designer must submit the final T-shirt design(s) in a vector format like .eps, .ai, or .cdr.
- Please also send the design in a .jpg, .png, or .gif file format for viewing by the design selection committee.
- Your suggestions for T-shirt colors are welcome.
Parameters that are specific to the button design are as follows:
- We may use small portions of the design or individual design elements as an image on the buttons we will sell as a fundraiser at the Festival. Additionally, we may use the same or similar design elements for the performer buttons given away as souvenirs to the performing artists and vendors.
On our website, you will find pictures and descriptions of past Festivals and Festival artwork.
- You can view previous T-shirts on our Festival T-Shirt Archive page.
- You may view earlier posters on our Poster Archive page.
- You may view previous button designs on our Festival Button Archive page.
You can email your submissions to [email protected] or mail them to Spokane Fall Folk Festival, PO Box 9768, Spokane, WA 99209.
Submissions must be submitted or postmarked by 11:59 pm on Monday, July 7, 2025.
The Spokane Folklore Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, presents the Spokane Fall Folk Festival. It is a volunteer organization that promotes folk art traditions in the Spokane area. The Fall Folk Festival is a two-day, free community event highlighting the diversity of local talent, including musicians, dancers, and craftspeople.
