Take Back the Forest: Contest Designed to Promote Fairfax County Park Restoration

One Fairfax teen will see his or her design on hundreds of T-shirts.

The Fairfax County Park Authority is hosting a T-shirt design contest for children ages 12 to 18. The contest is meant to promote the county’s “Take Back the Forest Initiative” to restore native habitats on parkland.   

The winner will receive a $50 REI gift certificate and a free T-Shirt. Volunteers will wear the winning T-shirt design while removing non-native invasive plants at cleanups between April 15 and May 15 of next year.

The park authority has released the following guidelines on art submissions:

• All artwork must be original
• Maximum of three colors
• No gradients or transparent layers
• Size must be 12-by-12 inches
• Include the words "Take Back the Forest" in the design
• Artwork may be submitted online as PDF file (10MB max)
• The winning design will be selected by a panel of judges
• Artwork will not be returned

Visit the Take Back the Forest website to view the full rules and enter the contest. For more information, contact Erin Stockschlaeder at 703-324-8681.

The deadline to submit a design is January 10.