Follow the steps below for submitting your own design into one of Spoonflower's Design Challenges. Approximately 2-6 challenges are open for entries at all times.
Submitting Your Design
- Sign into your account, or create an account if you don't already have one
- Upload your design. Designs must be uploaded following the date of the announcement of the contest theme in order to be eligible.
- Adjust your entry on the design edit page.
- Digitally proof the design and set it For Sale. If you aren’t already, you will need to become a verified seller.
- Click the Enter Design Challenge button (as shown in the screenshot above).
- Select the correct Design Challenge from the dropdown menu under What challenge do you want to enter?
- Review the voting preview image to make sure your design displays properly.
- Confirm your design fits the prompt by clicking Yes and adding a thoughtful title and description
- Happy? Click Submit Entry
- Not quite perfect? Click Edit Design Thumbnail or Cancel and return to design library to adjust and re-save the settings and review the design until you are happy.
- Designs must be publicly For Sale to be included in the challenge. If you mark your design as private after entering it, your design will be removed from being seen in the challenge.
- Not quite perfect? Click Edit Design Thumbnail or Cancel and return to design library to adjust and re-save the settings and review the design until you are happy.
Confirming Your Entry
Artists often write asking to confirm their design is entered. To confirm your design is entered:
- Hover over your profile icon in the top left
- Click My Design Challenges from the dropdown menu
- On the My Design Challenges page you will see the challenges you’ve entered, votes you've received and top ten wins
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Editing Your Entry
You are free to make changes to your design before the published contest entry window closes. Simply follow the steps found in Revising Your Design.
However, please refrain from editing your design after the submission deadline has passed. These changes will not be reflected in your entry and may impact the accuracy of how the design is represented in your Design Library and on the voting page.
Withdrawing Your Entry
To withdraw your design from the design challenge, hover over your profile icon in the top left and click My Design Challenges from the dropdown menu. Then, click Withdraw under the design that you wish to withdraw.