State Trading Pin Contest

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Official State Trading Pin

The winning design in this category will be produced and used as the Official Massachusetts State Trading Pin at the
annual National Leadership Conference and SkillsUSA Championships. The winner will receive a free trip to the
National Leadership & SkillsUSA Championships in June. The winner is obligated to represent Massachusetts in the
Pin-Design competition as a competitor at the national level. In addition, the designer (with an illustration of the
design) will be acknowledged in the Massachusetts SkillsUSA Championships Program.

Eligibility

This contest is open to all paid-in-full SkillsUSA Massachusetts members for the current academic school year, secondary
and postsecondary.

Pin Requirements

  • Comp large size: 3" × 4.5" proportionate for a rectangle, 3" in circumference for circle, 3" × 3" for a square
  • Final Size: 1", no larger than 1.5"
  • Pin Color: Gold
  • Color: 4 spot colors may be used, black is considered a color
  • Medium: Computer generated or Hand drawn
  • Pin Shape: round, square or rectangle only. No custom shapes
  • Imagery: Type, illustration, graphic representation,
    or all mentioned.
  • Content: SkillsUSA Massachusetts

    or

    SkillsUSA
    with drawing of the actual state


    You may add other content for clarification but it must be non-interfering.
  • Final Prsentation: 2 types of artwork – Final size and the Enlarged size. Actual final size of 1" or 1.5" and the
    enlarged size of 3" × 4.5" proportionate for a rectangle, 3" in circumference for a circle, 3" × 3" for a square needs
    to be submitted for consideration.

Note 1: You must include the registration form for consideration.
Note 2: The brands “SkillsUSA�? and “SkillsUSA Massachusetts�?, as well as the SkillsUSA and the SkillsUSA Massachusetts
logos, must conform to the usage guidelines on pages 3–11 of the Graphics Standard Manual, available for
download here: http://skillsusa.org/downloads/PDF/Graphstandrds.pdf

Deadline

The deadline for the entry is December 29th, post mark date, each year.