NISOD Student Graphic Design Contest

2025 Student Graphic Design Contest Winner Announced

Announcing the 2025 Student Graphic Design Contest winner.

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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.

2026 Timeline

  • Contest opens: September 3, 2025
  • Submission deadline: March 6, 2026
  • Winners notified: March 13, 2026
  • Winner acceptance due: March 20, 2026
  • Prize presented and artwork revealed at NISOD conference: May 26, 2026

Download Promotional Flyer

Student Graphic Design Flyer Image

Submission

Before submitting your design, please review all sections on this page.

Opens September 3

The Prize

The winning student artist will receive:

  • $1,000 USD
  • Travel to the International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence (May 23-26 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.

  • 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 2026.
  • The student must be able to travel to Austin to participate in the Student Graphic Design Contest presentation held during NISOD’s annual conference.

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 be used for 2027 conference materials, 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.

  • 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, 2027”
  • “Austin, Texas”

NISOD Logo

You can download a zip file of NISOD logos here.

Official NISOD Colors

PMS 1805PMS 160PMS 125PMS 7502PMS 7495PMS 7469
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R: 178 g: 41 b: 46R: 165 g: 85 b: 28R: 181 g: 134 b: 45r: 208 g: 184 b: 136R: 144 g: 153 b: 63R: 0 g: 94 b: 134

  • 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.

  • 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)

Past Student Graphic Design Contest Winners

Contact designcontest@nisod.org or (512) 232-2666 for more information.