The mission of the Spokane Fall Folk Festival is to present the diversity of our community through traditional music, dance, and the arts.

2025 is the 30th year of the Festival, which has attracted as many as 5,000 attendees each year.

The 2025 Festival, scheduled for November 8 and 9 at Spokane Community College, seeks graphic designs for its promotional materials, including posters, T-shirts, buttons, and other advertising.

The design should reflect the spirit of the Festival. Using elements of Spokane’s diversity, history, and geologic landmarks is encouraged but not required. We will judge the artwork based on design quality, color, originality, and ease of use in multiple graphic forms.

The contest aims to design graphics for use online, in print, on T-shirts, and on buttons. Flexibility is necessary; the design must be able to resize easily, look good in black and white and color, and be suitable for high-quality printing.

Entrants must ensure that their entries are not similar to existing copyrighted images.

The 2025 winner will be acknowledged in the Program Guide and other publicity.

$300 WILL BE AWARDED TO THE WINNING DESIGN

How to Enter

- Anyone may enter – multiple entries are allowed but must be submitted individually.

- Deadline: All entries must be submitted by 11:59 pm on July 7, 2025.

How to Submit

- Via email: [email protected]
- Via postal mail: Spokane Fall Folk Festival, PO Box 9768, Spokane, WA 99209

Submission Guidelines

The general parameters for the design are as follows:
- Anyone may enter the graphic design contest.
- Individuals may submit multiple designs for consideration, but you must submit each design individually.
- Artwork must be submitted as .jpg, .png, or .gif files.
- Save the image at a resolution that will retain clarity when we enlarge the image duringcvjudging.
- The file size must not exceed 5 MB.
- It is recommended that the designer submit examples of how their design or design elements may appear on a poster, T-shirt, and button.
- You must include the following words in the fundamental design: “Spokane,” “Fall Folk Festival,” and “2025".

For further information, call (509) 828-3683 or email: [email protected].

The Spokane Folklore Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, presents the Spokane Fall Folk Festival and is a volunteer organization dedicated to promoting the folk art traditions in the Spokane area. The Fall Folk Festival is a two-day, free community event highlighting the diversity of talent in the Inland Northwest, including musicians, dancers, and craftspeople.

Specific Guidelines

Parameters that are specific to the poster are as follows:

- The poster size is 11” wide x 17” tall.
- You must include the following additional words in the poster design:
? Spokane Folklore Society Presents
? Spokane Fall Folk Festival
? 30 Years of Celebrating Our Cultural Diversity
? Saturday, November 8, 11:00 am to 8:00 pm and Sunday, November 9 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
? 6 Stages – over 100 performers
? Spokane Community College, Lair Student Center, 1810 N Greene Street
? FREE ADMISSION / FREE PARKING
? LIVE KPBX (91.1 FM) Radio Broadcast - 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
? Website: spokanefolkfestival.org
? Phone number: (509) 828-3683
- We will provide the sponsors’ information later. The names and logos of the sponsors must appear on a banner at the bottom of the poster.
- Graphic designer’s name and logo may appear.

Parameters that are specific to the T-shirt are as follows:
- The T-shirt design will appear on the front of the T-shirt.
- Maximum of four (4) colors.
- T-shirt designs must be in a vector format like .eps, .ai, or .cdr.
- Please also send the design in a .jpeg format for the contest committee to view.
- Suggestions of T-shirt colors are welcome.

Parameters that are specific to the button design are as follows:
- Small portions of the design or individual design elements may be used as an image on the buttons we will sell as a fundraiser at the Festival. Additionally, we may use the same or similar design elements for the performer buttons given away as souvenirs to the performing artists.

Pictures and descriptions of past Festivals and Festival artwork are on our website.

- You can view previous T-shirts on our Festival T-Shirt Archive page https://www.spokanefolkfestival.org/festival-t-shirt-archive.html
- You can view previous posters on our Poster Archive page https://www.spokanefolkfestival.org/poster-archive.html
- You can view previous button designs at https://www.spokanefolkfestival.org/festival-buttons-archive.html