2020 Women’s Vote Centennial
Slogo Contest
(What’s a slogo? A slogan plus a logo in a single image)
What is the 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial? The year 2020 marks the 100th
anniversary of American women winning suffrage (the right to vote). The 19th Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution guaranteed women the vote--a specific right equal to that of men--for the first
time in American history. The 19th Amendment produced the largest single expansion of voting
rights in our nation’s history. The centennial of the 19th Amendment offers an unparalleled
opportunity to commemorate this milestone of democracy and to explore its relevance to issues of
equal rights today. For more information about the women winning the vote, click here or here.
Who is sponsoring the contest? We call ourselves the 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial
Initiative (WVCI). We established this group in 2015 to encourage a nationwide 2020
commemoration by and for all Americans, with national, regional, and local activities large and
small, organized and publicized through both traditional and social media by schools and
campuses, community organizations, government entities, and other groups. The WVCI is cochaired by representatives of the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum and the League of Women
Voters; the history of both institutions began during the campaign to win the vote for women.
(For more information, see http://www.sewallbelmont.org/learn/womens-vote-centennial/.)
Who may enter the contest? Anyone living in the United States. Individuals or groups
(e.g., school classes, Scout troops, co-workers, informal groups of friends) may submit entries in
any of the three entry categories, in accordance with the contest rules and procedures below.
Why a slogo contest? The winning slogo will promote the centennial of American women
winning the vote with an image in which any American woman or girl may see themselves. The
image will brand the 2020 Centennial as a nationwide celebration, much as the five rings of the
Olympic logo identifies that periodic global event. We want an image that we and many other
groups all around the U.S. might use for their own 2020 Centennial commemorations.
How will the winning slogo be used? The winning image may be selected from a single
slogo entry or created from slogan and logo entries submitted separately. We will use it as a
branding image and will also allow groups celebrating the centennial in coordination with WVCI
to use it without charge. The 2020 Centennial slogo may be used in various ways, such as on
websites, social media platforms, hard copy media like flyers, or promotional items like T-shirts
or postcards. Therefore, the image must adapt well to reproduction in electronic and print media,
on small and large surfaces, and for use in color or in grayscale.
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Contest Rules and Procedures
The contest opens on March 30, 2016. Submissions will be accepted through 11:59 p.m., July 31,
2016. The winners will be notified and their names publicly announced on Women’s Equality
Day, August 26, 2016.
By submitting an entry to the contest, entrants accept and agree to comply with the official rules
and procedures, as stated below.
1. Entrants may be individuals or groups. All must be residents of the United States.
2. Each entrant may submit a maximum of three entries, which may be in any or all of the
three entry categories (slogo, logo, or slogan).
3. Entries may be submitted by email or mailed. Emailed entries should be sent to
[email protected] with slogos or logos attached as a .jpg image and
slogans attached as a Word file. Mailed entries should be submitted on white unlined
8.5”x11″ paper and addressed to 2020 Centennial Slogo Contest, Sewall-Belmont House
and Museum, 144 Constitution Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002.
4. Each entry must be submitted in a separate email or mailed envelope, accompanied by the
official entry form. Submissions with unsigned entry forms will not be considered.
5. Slogos, logos, or slogans must be original, created by the entrant(s) for this contest.
Previously published entries will not be accepted.
6. No slogo, logo, or slogan should include material that is trademarked or protected by
copyright. Submitted designs or phrases must not infringe on the intellectual property
rights of any others.
7. Prizes will be awarded as described in the “Contest Prizes” section below, regardless of
whether the winning entrants are individuals or groups.
8. Prize winners will agree to waive all ownership and publication rights to their winning
entries to the 2020 Centennial group, which reserves the right to modify the entry as it
deems necessary.
9. The 2020 WVCI reserves the right to declare no contest winner.
10. Members of the 2020 WVCI Steering Committee and their immediate family members are
not eligible for this contest.
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Contest Prizes
One Grand Prize will be awarded if the 2020 Centennial branding image is selected from an entry
in the slogo category. Two Grand Prizes will be awarded if the 2020 Centennial branding image
is created by WVCI by combining the winning entries in the separate slogan and logo categories.
The first, second, and third prizes may be awarded to entries in any of the three categories.
Grand Prize (value: $300)
A slip-cased copy of Winning the Vote: The Triumph of the American Woman
Suffrage Movement, signed by author Robert P. J. Cooney, Jr.
A commemorative Votes for Women mug
A designer Vote! pin
First Prize (value: $110)
A signed hardcover copy of Picturing Frederick Douglass by John Stauffer et al.
A signed hardcover copy of Alice Paul: Claiming Power by J.D. Zahniser
A set of Vote bracelets
Second Prize (value: $50)
A signed hardcover copy of Just Another Southern Town: Mary Church Terrell
and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Nation’s Capital by Joan Quigley
An Alice Paul commemorative jailhouse pin
A Failure is Impossible cuff
Third Prize (value: $30)
A signed hardcover copy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life by Lori
Ginzberg
A Vote! pin
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2020 Women’s Vote Centennial
Slogo Contest
OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM
(Submission deadline for email or postmark: July 31, 2016)
Name: _____________________________________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________________________
City: __________________________________________ State _______ Zip: ___________
Telephone: __________________________________________________________________
Email: ______________________________________________________________________
Entry category (check one):
Slogo (slogan and logo): _________
Slogan ___________
Logo: ___________
Entrant category (check one):
Individual ________
Group ________ (Submit names of members on a separate page.)
I confirm by my signature that this submission is the original work of the entrant (or group), has not been
previously published, does not include trademarked or copyrighted material, and does not infringe on any other
person’s intellectual property rights. If this entry is chosen as a winner in any of the prize categories, I agree to
sign over to the 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative all ownership and publication rights.
Signature of entrant (electronic or written):
(One member signs for a group entry. Unsigned entry forms will not be accepted.)
___________________________________________________________________________
Are you under 18? If so, include signature of parent or guardian here:
___________________________________________________________________________
Date: _______________________________________
Email this form with your entry (one entry per form) to [email protected] or
mail to 2020 Centennial Slogo Contest, Sewall-Belmont House & Museum, 144 Constitution
Avenue NE, Washington DC 20002.
Thank you for participating in the 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial Slogo Contest!