The District has utilized the official seal as its primary identifier in all mail and other correspondence with the public since inception in 1989. With the emergence of social media and the broader presence of the District on the Internet, a more personable identifier that better represents the mission and scope of the Fort Bend Subsidence District is needed.
The purpose of this campaign is to leverage the creativity and knowledge of the Fort Bend High Schools to design a logo that embodies the mission of the Fort Bend Subsidence District and the context of the Fort Bend Community we serve. This competitive request for logos will be made open to all Fort Bend County High School Students and include an incentive for the winning student and the winning High School. The selected logo will be used in all media, including online, print, staff/member wear, and other collateral materials.
ELIGIBILITY:
All High School Students (9-12) within Fort Bend County are eligible to submit a logo for consideration. Students must submit a verification of enrollment with the submittal form for consideration.
CONDITIONS:
The following are conditions associated with each submittal:
- All entries will become the property of FBSD. All intellectual rights in the logo design are assigned to the FBSD.
- Entry into the contest constitutes permission to use the winners name, likeness and prize information without further permission or compensation.
- FBSD reserves the rights to modify the winning logo or any other logos submitted into the contest.
- All submittals shall be submitted in the District specified format, with a fully completed submittal form, verification of enrollment, and signature of educator.
GUIDELINES:
Specific guidelines will be communicated in the announcements based on the following items:
- Include landmarks or features found in Fort Bend County, Texas.
- Keep logo designs in an imaginary shape that is square, rectangle, or circle.
- Design both a black and white logo (not gray scale) and a complementary color logo.
- Keep design simple so that it is still legible at multiple scales (down to 0.5 inch x 0.5 inch).
- Color should be indicative of the subject matter. Logos should be limited to 4 colors and be reproducible in black and white. Proper ink colors should be from the Pantone color match system or labeled with the RGB (red, green, blue) or CYMK (cyan, yellow, magenta, black) breakdown. No specialty colors such as gradients, metallic or fluorescent colors should be used.
- Logo should be created as a vector image so that logo is scalable and will maintain clean-sharp edges when enlarged. No photoshop or pixel designs. No hand-drawn submissions will be accepted. Designs should be submitted electronically.
- All artwork should be original, no use of stock photos files, templates, emojis or pieces of other found artwork is allowed.
- Fonts used should have a custom-look to work with the design and fonts should be converted to paths so insure they transfer to other applications.
TIMELINE and ENTRY PROCEDURES
- All Secondary Schools in Fort Bend County will be notified in the Fall of 2020 of the pending competition to be announced in January.
- The competition will be announced on January 11, 2021.
- All entries must be completed and turned into school representative by March 11, 2021.
- Winning logo criteria will be generally based on the following: relevance, originality, aesthetic quality
- Logo entries will be judged by the Fort Bend Subsidence District Board of Directors and the winner will be selected and announced at the May 26, 2021 Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors.
- The winning creator will receive a $2,000 scholarship to be used at a college or trade school of their choosing.
- The winning school will receive a $500 grant to support the department the student was working with to create the logo.