We're celebrating a major milestone—Lied Library’s 25th Anniversary—and we want you to design our official logo!
Calling all UNLV students: submit your original designs that capture the energy, innovation, and spirit of Lied Library, and help us make this celebration unforgettable.
Prize
The winner will receive a $250 cash prize and the logo may be used to promote the 25th anniversary of Lied Library in various media – including online, print, on merchandise, advertisements, educational materials, and other visual collateral.
Official Rules
- To be eligible, each entrant must be a currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate, or professional school UNLV student (at least 1 credit hour).
- All submitted work must be the original work of the entrant and must not include, be based on, or derived from any pre-existing or third-party designs, trademarks, or copyrighted images. By entering the competition, entrant agrees that the submission is your own work.
- By submitting an entry form, each entrant warrants that you understand, acknowledge and agree that upon submission, all entries become the sole property of UNLV University Libraries.
- By submitting an entry, each entrant agrees that any and all intellectual property rights in the logo design are deemed assigned to the UNLV University Libraries without further notice or compensation.
- By submitting this work, I certify that it has not been created, in whole or in part, with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-generated tools.
- An entry submission into this contest constitutes permission to use the winner’s name, likeness, prize information, and information provided on the entry form for publicity purposes, without further notice, permission or compensation.
- UNLV University Libraries reserves the right to modify the winning logo to better fit the needs of the organization.
- The decisions of the Lied Library 25th Anniversary Steering Committee will be final.
- The selected winner must submit a scalable vector version of the winning design so that it is adaptable to electronic and print media, to reproduction on small and large surfaces, and to use in color or in grayscale.
- The logo design must not include offensive language, imagery, or themes.
- Maximum of one entry per person.
- UNLV University Libraries reserves the right to reject any submission not meeting these criteria.
How to Enter
To enter the Lied Library 25th Anniversary Logo Design Contest, eligible participants must:
- Complete the Official Entry Form.
- Create a logo design in .jpeg, .psd, .png, or PDF formats. If you are chosen as a winner, you must be able to provide a high-resolution vector file (e.g., in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, or InDesign).
- Colors should fit the UNLV Style Guide.
- Submissions are due no later than 5 p.m. on April 4, 2025.
Selection Criteria
The Lied Library 25th Anniversary Steering Committee will review logo submissions based on the following criteria (though other criteria may be considered):
- Originality
- Aesthetic Quality
- Representation of Lied Library
At least five finalists will be forwarded to the UNLV community to vote on the winning entry. The committee reserves the right not to select a winner, if in its sole discretion, no suitable entries are received.
