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NISOD invites students at NISOD-member colleges to participate in NISOD’s Student Graphic Design Contest!
Students design the official Conference Program front cover for NISOD’s 2026 International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, the definitive gathering of community and technical college faculty, administrators, and staff seeking best and promising practices designed to improve student achievement.
The Prize
The winning student artist will receive:
- $1,000 USD
- Travel to the International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence (May 24-27 in Austin, Texas), which includes:
- Up to $400 USD toward travel to Austin, Texas;
- Up to three (3) nights lodging (Saturday, Sunday, Monday nights only);
- One (1) complimentary conference registration.
In addition, each winning student’s college will receive a complimentary one-year NISOD membership.
Eligibility
Student must be enrolled at a NISOD member college to participate. Check to see if your college is a member here.
Students must be at least 18 years old by May 2025.
The student must be able to travel to Austin to participate in the Student Graphic Design Contest presentation held during NISOD’s annual conference.
Suggested Theme and Style Guidelines
We are looking for artwork with interesting, fun, bold, fresh, colorful, original, and modern images, yet which honors the legacy of NISOD’s International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence. Keep in mind that the winning artwork will become the 2026 Conference Program front cover, and must also be easily applicable to advertising, brochures, and other applications. If you choose to use community and technical college educators in an illustrated format, our preferences are faculty members in classroom settings. No recognizable students, faculty, administrators, and staff are permitted.
Elements That Must Be Included in the Design
- NISOD’s name and logo (download various formats below)
- “International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence” (Note: “Teaching and Leadership Excellence” should be more prominent than “International Conference on” if using different font sizes.)
- “May 23-26, 2026”
- “Austin, Texas”
What NOT to Include
- Do not use images such as armadillos, cacti, longhorns.
- No recognizable images of community and technical college students, faculty, administrators, and staff.
- No stock images or clip art, except the NISOD logo.
- No copyrighted work.
- No photos.
Artwork Specifications
- All submissions must be original art/illustrations, except the NISOD logo.
- Students are strongly encouraged to employ the official NISOD colors in their artwork.
- All submissions must be minimum 8.5″ W x 11″ H and in PDF format.
- Reduce to max file size of 60 MB before submitting.
- If chosen as the winner, your original file must be produced in vector format for ease of duplication (layered Illustrator .eps or .ai file)
2025 Timeline
- Contest opens: August 19, 2024
- Submission deadline: March 7, 2025
- Winners notified: March 14, 2025
- Winner acceptance due: March 21, 2025
- Prize presented and artwork revealed at NISOD conference: May 25, 2025
Download Promotional Flyer
NISOD Logo
You can download a zip file of NISOD logos here.
Official NISOD Colors
PMS 1805 | PMS 160 | PMS 125 | PMS 7502 | PMS 7495 | PMS 7469 |
#b2292e | #a5551c | #af8520 | #d1b888 | #90993f | #005e86 |
R: 178 g: 41 b: 46 | R: 165 g: 85 b: 28 | R: 181 g: 134 b: 45 | r: 208 g: 184 b: 136 | R: 144 g: 153 b: 63 | R: 0 g: 94 b: 134 |
Past Student Graphic Design Contest Winners
- 2024 Student Graphic Design Contest Winner
- 2023 Student Graphic Design Contest Winner
- 2022 Student Graphic Design Contest Winner
- 2021 Student Graphic Design Contest Winner
- 2020 Student Graphic Design Contest Winner
- 2019 Student Graphic Design Contest Winner
- 2018 Student Graphic Design Contest Winner
- 2017 Student Art Contest Winner
- 2016 Student Art Contest Winner
Contact contests@nisod.org or call (512) 471-7545 for more information.