CFF T-Shirt Design Contest

2026 Cystic Fibrosis/Great Strides IST T-Shirt Design Contest

Nationwide T-Shirt Design Contest Guidelines Eligibility/Entry

  • Current IST Employees  
  • Full and Part-time 
  • Submissions must be submitted by 11:59 (ET) on Friday, February 6th, 2026 
  • Winner will be announced on February 13th, 2026.

Rules and Guidelines 

  • Design(s) must be submitted via this form.
  • By submitting your design, you consent to IST Management Services to use the design, free of charge, for any and all printing and promotional purposes. 
  • By submitting an entry, you agree to all contest rules. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

Submit your art for the 2026 IST Great Strides Walk.

Please read all the Rules,Guidelines and Submission Requirements before submitting your artwork to the contest. Thank You!

Art Submission

Submission Requirements

The winning design will be placed on the front of the official 2026 IST Management Great Strides participant t-shirt.


  • Click Here to upload:  
  • Link to art  
  • High-resolution images (Jpeg, PNG, PDF, AI, Indd, scanned or images of hand-created art)
  • Hand Drawn Art - Scan or take a photo with phone 
  • Be sure to retain original artwork if drawn by hand  
  • Do not sign your name to art, if you are the chosen winner, we will ask for your signature to add digitally.

Voting Process

1. Entries will be evaluated by an internal panel of judges and will be reviewed for: 


  • Concept and originality of design 
  • Visibility from a reasonable distance 
  • Adherence to design and submission rules and guidelines 
  • Successfully capturing the spirit of the Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides Walk 
  • Totality of design and production readiness


2. Submissions must be submitted by 11:59pm (ET) February 6th, 2026.

Winners

  1. Winner will receive a $500 Gift Card and a $500 donation to Cystic Fibrosis in your name.  
  2. Top choices will be promoted on social media as well as the winner. 
  3. Winners will be announced on February 13th, 2026.
Fine Print

Publicity and Agreement: Contest entry constitutes an agreement by the submitting designers to grant free license of all copyrights of the submitted works to IST Management in perpetuity for publicity and promotional purposes.  


Media Release: By submitting artwork, you agree that if your design wins, IST Management Services retains first printing rights and a free license, in perpetuity, to utilize the design on t-shirts and other promotional items and marketing, fundraising, and public relations materials. You guarantee that your design does not contain any copyrighted material, including images/copy found on the internet, unless clearly marked as published under a Creative Commons (cc) license. Contest entrants who are not selected as the winning designer(s) retain all rights to their artwork. 

The winner of this contest will have their design featured in our newsletter publications, on social media, and will receive a free t-shirt with their design on it.

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