The African Well Fund is excited to announce a T-shirt design contest to celebrate our 4th annual “Build a Well for Bono’s Birthday” fundraising campaign. For the last 3 years U2 fans from around the world have contributed more than $50,000 in honor of Bono’s birthday. This year we would like to take advantage of the creativity of U2 fans as well as their generosity.

We are looking for a design that captures the mission of the African Well Fund and its commitment to the ideal that access to clean water is a basic human right and also the spirit of Bono’s activism on behalf of Africa, particularly his ability to inspire others to action. The contest runs from February 1 to March 15, 2006. The winning design will be announced on March 22nd, World Water Day and the kickoff of our Birthday Well drive. The design will be used on t-shirts and other items that will be sold through Café Press. All proceeds from these sales will benefit the Birthday drive.

A T-shirt with the design will be sent to Bono along with the donation totals at the conclusion of the fundraiser.
The contest winner will receive a T-shirt with their design and an African Well Fund water bottle, and will be featured in the news section of our website and in our e-news letter.

All entries must fit the following criteria:

A clear and consistent visual identity strengthens AWF’s image. This outlines the AWF’s graphic identity standards – relating to logos, colors and graphic elements that create a strong visual identity.

- Our web address must be used: www.africanwellfund.org in either black, white or our burgundy color (specified below).

- Our logo must be used and must only be reproduced as black, white, or our burgundy color which is:
Spot color: Pantone 202
Four-color process: C 30 M 97 Y 72 K 30
RGB: R 137 G 32 B 52
Logo Downloads: Illustrator EPS - Photoshop TIF - Grayscale JPG - RGB JPG

- No copyrighted images may be used. If photos or original artwork is involved we will need written permission by the image owner to reproduce the design.

- We will be using Cafe Press to reproduce your design on t-shirts, mugs and other things. They use a photo-transfer method so you may design using CMYK or RGB.

- Please design at 300dpi at 100% of the size we will be printing (approximately 10”x10” for tshirts.)

- Design may include both front and back design or one or the other. Please specify on entry if design is for front or back.

- Please submit ONLY JPGs or PDFs for consideration to lwineman@africanwellfund.org or if you need to mail hardcopies please contact for mailing address.

- Your design will be judged on creativity, relationship to the purpose of creating water education in an eye-catching way, drawing interest to the AWF and our mission, and promoting the Bono Birthday Well Fundraiser.

- Winning artwork will become property of AWF and will be allowed to be used in print and web for future campaigns and at our discretion.

- There is no age limit on who may enter, however, children under age 18 must have a parent or guardian’s permission to enter.

- All designs will be judged by AWF board of directors and associates.

-All entries due no later than Midnight of Wednesday, March 15, 2006.

- Any further questions, please contact Lara Wineman at lwineman@africanwellfund.org