WooHoo, we’ve got a winner! Hug Your Boss Mousepad by ttfisher from Ohio is the winner of the Office Humor Contest. Congrats to ttfisher and all the entrants of this contest!! The judges had a great time looking (and laughing) through the 100+ submissions to the contest.

Grand Prize Winner

Prize: $1,000 Cash

• Hug Your Boss Mousepad by ttfisher Congrats!

Honorable Mention Winners

Prize: Their entry on us ($25 in Zazzle Credit toward their next purchase)

• Working For The Man Mug by asyrum

• Corporate Ladder by Geomight

• Dear Boss. . . Postcard by Donamaria

• Motivational Tie by myrjala

• Caught Sleeping Mousepad by SweetRascal

• Monkey Mug by vitaliy

• You’re Being Misplaced by dradcliffe

• Mondays Mousepad by Rajee1

• Pole Dancer Mousepad by Tailsbird

People’s Choice Winner

• Today’s To Do’s Mousepad by JessicaInSeattle

International Honorable Mention Winners

• Busy Man by Spice

• Joe Citizen Office Politics Tie by JoeCitizen

• I’m Not Goth I’m Just Prepared … for the Boss by declispe

• Office Babe of the Year by vogelcreative

Note: This contest is now over. Winners will be announced after Monday.
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It’s time to shake off your “case of the Mundays,” and get designing for the new Zazzle Office Humor contest! We’re looking for the best “I hate my boss” mug, “I’m retired” t-shirt or any other design that is sure to be the hot topic at the water cooler. So grab a TPS report and start designing your perfect office humor product today! Oh, and Yeahhhh…..we’re gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Saturday for this one… (j/k)

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>>Contest entries must be received by November 28, 2007 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time)<<

Prizes

For the best design, we’re giving away a $1,000 Holiday Bonus! The top 10 honorable mentions, will receive a $25.00 Zazzle gift certificate. Finally, The best designs will be featured in an upcoming office humor email campaign.

How to Enter

1. Create a Zazzle account
2. Create your entry
3. Post your entry for sale in the Zazzle marketplace with the tag “zazzleofficecontest2007″ (find out how to tag your product).
4. You’re done. Good Luck!

Note: Only one entry allowed per person. Read the Official Office Humor Contest Rules

Congratulations to PaulHonatke! His entry Snow Deer Template Card is the Grand Prize Winner of the Holiday Card Template Contest. We had a great time looking through the 100+ submission and from everyone at Zazzle, Happy Holidays!

Grand Prize Winner

Prize: $1,000 Cash

• Snow Deer Template by PaulHonatke. Congrats!

Honorable Mention Winners

Prize: Their entry on us ($25 in Zazzle Credit toward their next purchase)

• Merry Christmas Penguins Card by jgoodedesigns

• Seasons Greetings Template Card by wolffreeborn

• Season’s Greeting Holiday Card by dradcliffe

• Decorating The Tree Boarder Card by Swazzle

• Christmas Photo Card by AJsGraphics

• Photo Christmas Card by tshirtfun

• Personalized Photo Christmas Card by icunow

• O, Holy Night Card by MacFaux

• Happy Holidays Butterfly Card by marcya7

• Home Hearth Photo Card by KirstenEdwards

International Honorable Mention Winners

• Mr Cool Snowman by Spice

• Christmas Stars Card by Jicha

• Happy New Year Card by REDINARD
  

• Neol Card by silviasaez

Note: This contest is now over. Winners will be announced after Monday.

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Break out your holiday ideas because we want to see what holiday themed card template you can create! These templates are great for that person who doesn’t have the time, or your creative abilities and wants a beautiful custom card (hint: they just want to BUY). So make it big, small, square, circular or just crazy, but make sure to make it a template!

Remember, it’s only one entry per person, it MUST be a card template, and creating a new template is highly recommended. All entries that don’t conform to the contest standards will be removed from the contest.

How to make a template

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>>> Contest entries must be received by November 9th, 2007 11:59p.m. (Pacific Time) <<<

Acceptable themes to design for

• Christmas
• Hanukkah
• Kwanzaa
• Winter
• New Years
• Seasons Greetings

How to make a winning design
Here are the simple steps that will ensure you at a chance at having a winning design.

1. Thematic relevance
2. Quality of image (clarity and composition)
3. Creativity

Prizes
For the grand prize winner there will be $1,000.00 waiting at their doorstep. And for 10 honorable mentions a $25.00 Zazzle gift certificate will be sent to them to make their holiday shopping a little easier. All winners and honorable mentions will be automatically included in the list of templates available in the card design tool. Other entries will have high chance of being selected as well.

How to Enter

1. Create a Zazzle account
2. Create your template and place it on a card (How do I make a card template?). Make your card.
3. Publish your card to the Zazzle marketplace with the tag “zazzleholtemp2007″ (find out how to tag your product).
4. You’re done! Good Luck!

Examples

The judges have spoken and the results are in! Today, I have the pleasure of announcing the winners of the Pimp Our Logo contest! Congrats to DustinFoust for his design ZazzleFinal02 t-shirt! Also congrats to all the winners and entrants, everyone at Zazzle was truly impressed by the creativity and off-the-wall thinking that you guys used to create your entries! See below for the full list of winners and a little blurb by each of the judges.

Grand Prize: DustinFoust - ZazzleFinal02 t-shirt

• Von Says: It was a tough choice between this one and number two. They are distinctly different in their approach but what pushed this one over the top for me is the underlining concept. The art is well done and executed with precision but the strength of the concept and how it integrates the Zazzle logo achieved what I thought was a unique and clever solution that embodied the purpose of this contest far more effectively then the others.
• Sonya Says: Fun design with sparkle and pizzazz, a nice composition with dynamic flow.

Second Prize: Jfarrell12 – Where creativity Shines Through!

• Von Says: Beautiful collage, colors and depth. The only thing missing is concept.
• Sonya Says: A positive and neo-modernistic design. A flowing design bringing depth and futuristic elements.

Third Prize: BeckCalli - Realms of Subconscious 4 Logo Contest

• Von Says: Interesting concept and decent illustration job. I don’t think the secondary type was needed though.
• Sonya Says: This design struck me as very energetic and had a lot of depth. Very eye catching and dynamic. The tagline “Bringing Creative Imaginations into Reality” is what I believe to be the Zazzle way of thinking for producing artists, artwork and illustrations into the product market.

Honorable Mentions

Your Dreams. Delivered. by bakuninja

Zazzleology Poster by ZsTees

Dinosaur Market by mudgestudios

Zazzle Cannon of Creativity by zekeyspaceylizard

zazzle logo contest by spraypaint

zazzle contest by vitaliy

Zazzle Contest Entry by onthetoast

White Cloud by rottonrabbit

Zazzle Logo Spaceship by compixx

ZAZZLE * DRIZZLE by haitianart

Note: This contest is now over. Winners will be announced after Monday.

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Contest Update

Hey folks, just wanted to update everyone and make sure that we were clear on some of the finer points of the contest.

You can only submit one entry. Whatever entry is your first entry is the only entry that will be considered for the contest. The only change you can make to the logo is to resize it. We really want people to incorporate the logo into the artwork, not change it.

I know there has been some confusion, so for those people that already created entries that changed the logo, instead of mixing it into a design, will be added to a special category when the contest is over that will get honorable mention, but won’t be eligible for the prizes. The good news is that there is still over two weeks left in the contest to submit your official entry! So if you don’t like your first entry or you made an invalid entry just remove the tag “zazzlelogocontest2007” from that entry and make a new one that you tag for the contest. Anyone can add a new entry and there is plenty of time to do it, just make sure that you only have one entry and that it adheres to the contest rules.

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Zazzle’s got a new look and a new logo! So it’s time to show your design skillZ by using the new logo to make great merchandise! Take one of these hi-res versions of the logo and mix it into any kind of trendy, crazy or awesome design you can think of (no gross stuff please). Once you’re done, you’ll have the perfect entry into the Zazzle Pimp Our Logo contest! Basically we want to see how you can use the Zazzle logo with your design to make the best take-the-cake contest entry! Need some inspiration? Check out some of these entries to see what other Zazzlers are doing.

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The submission deadline is 11:59 PM (PST) on Thursday, October 18, 2007.

So what do I get?

For the mac daddy, A+ designer, we are going to feature his/her design on the homepage for a whole week! And if that wasn’t enough we’re going to throw in a Wacom Cintiq (The Cadillac of digital writing tablets, a $2,500 value) to boot.

(here is a video of a Cintiq at work!)

2nd place gets $1,000 and 3rd gets $500! So get started customizing the Zazzle logo now. And for all the New Zazzlers out there, read below about how to join!

How to enter

1. Create a Zazzle account here
2. Get a hi-res version of our logo
3. Create your design and place it on a product (can be any product type … t-shirts, mugs, posters, stamps, you decide!). Make your product
4. Publish your product to the Zazzle marketplace with the tag “zazzlelogocontest2007″ (find out how to tag your product). If you have already published your design prior to the start of this contest, simply tag it “zazzlelogocontest2007″ to submit it.
5. Voila! (this doesn’t count as a step), see how easy that was? I knew you could do it.

Celebrity Judges

To help Zazzle to decide the best entries into this contest we’ve got two distinguished artists to judge your designs. See below to read a little about each artist.

Sonya Paz (sonyapaz)

Sonya has a passion for Modern Art, Pop Art, Cubsim, Modernism and Surrealism. These influences, combines can be seen in much of her work, where traditional styles compete with energetic pop art images of the past 25 years.

Sonya is a member and recently elected Vice President of the Artist Guild of San Francisco. Over the past few years her art has been exhibited at a number of venues; these include Gordon Biersch, MJ Schaer Gallery, Bacchus and Venus Gallery, International ArtExpo 2004 and returning again in March 2005.

Sonya has recently opened up her own fine art gallery in Santa Clara, CA and her works are also being represented across the USA; South Miami Beach, Napa Valley and Detroit. She is currently working on an exclusive label for a Livermore Valley Winery, and her work is featured in many local wineries and in various restaurants around the country.

Von Glitschka (vonster)

Von has worked in the communication arts industry for 20 years. He now refers to himself as an Illustrative Designer. In 2002, he started Glitschka Studios, a multi-disciplinary creative agency.

His fresh, exuberant graphics for both in-house art departments and medium to large creative agencies have won numerous design and illustration awards along the way. Recently Von had 39 of his logo designs selected for inclusion in Logo Lounge IV. His clients are diverse, and include Microsoft, Pepsi, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Virgin Atlantic, Major League Baseball, Hasbro, Bandai Toys, Allstate insurance and Upper Deck.

Avast mateys! The time you jim-lads be waiting for be here! It be time to announce the winner of the Zazzle Talk like a Pirate Day Contest! Three cheers to the scurvy dog EAR52069 for the entry Old Pirate Skull he be the one talking all the treasure this morn’. Also, a hearty ARRRR! to all other entrants of this here pirate contest, they be worthy designs to sail with on any of the unforgivin’ seas.

Grand Prize Winner

Prize: $1,000 Cash

• Old Pirate Skull T-Shirt by EAR52069

Honorable Mention Winners

Prize: Their entry on us ($25 in Zazzle Credit toward their next purchase)

• How To Become A Pirate T-Shirt by PianoRocknRoll

• Pirate Monkey T-Shirt by slamdunksapparel

• Pirate Final T-Shirt by malcmas1011

• PirateContest2007 Poster by Lotacats

• Pirate Contest Postcard by epicpirates

• Haitian Pirate Flag Mug by haitianart
  

• Pirate In Training Baby T-Shirt by tshirtfun

• Fiery Lass Mousepad by Articyn

• Red Pirate Inn T-Shirt by ZsTees

People’s Choice Winner

Prize: $25 Zazzle Credit

• Pirate Contest Entry T-Shirt by captphrank

International Honorable Mention Winners

• Mini Pirate T-Shirt by thecuteinstitute

• Ahoy T-Shirt by yanmos

• Yarr Squid T-Shirt by edohsama

We have a big contest coming up next and please stay tuned for that.

Note: This contest is now over. Winners will be announced after Monday.
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Hey everyone! We hope you’ve been enjoying our last two funny contests. Get ready for this one because the competition will get dangerous. Good luck!

Translated to Pirate Speak:

ARRRGH! Ahoy thar me hearties. We hopes ye bin enjoyin’ arr past two hoho contests. If ye dare enter this contest, be prepaaarred ‘t sail the high seas ‘cause no landlubber, scurvy dog, or scalawag shall plunder arr booty. May the winds be at yar backs.

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The submission deadline is 11:59 PM (PST) on Sunday, September 16, 2007.

Theme:

Avast ye! As you may know, this contest takes place in celebration of Talk Like A Pirate Day on September 19^th, 2007. Yarrr! We encourage any pirate-related entries - pirate-speak is not a requirement. So man the ships, set sail and start designing! Thar’s a storm a brewin! Only a proud few will brave the weather to find the buried chest of 1,000 coins and 10 other treasures! (a.k.a. the grand prize of $1,000 cash and ten additional prizes, see below for details) So down your whiskey and practice your seaman’s swagger to boot. Let the most fearsome pirate win!

Prize:

1. Grand Prize Winner (1 winner)

• $1,000.00 USD - COLD HARD CASH

2. Honorable Mention (10 winners)

• Get your contest entry on us! ($25.00 credit toward your next purchase on Zazzle)

Examples:

How To Enter:

Submission deadline is 11:59 PM (PST) on Sunday, September 16, 2007.

1. Create your design and place it on a product (can be any product type … t-shirts, mugs, posters, stamps, you decide!). Make your product.
2. Publish your product to the Zazzle marketplace with the tag “PirateContest2007” (find out how to tag your product). If you have already published your design prior to the start of this contest, simply tag it “PirateContest2007″ to submit it.
3. You’re almost done! To give yourself added publicity, don’t forget to leave a comment below with a link to the product page of your entry.

IMPORTANT: You may only enter one design (on one product) to the contest. You may NOT enter the same design on multiple products and you may NOT enter multiple designs. If you do, only your first entry will be eligible to win. View the contest rules.

Learn more about the contest

Well folks this contest has been a long crazy ride, but finally we have the winners for ya! So without further ado… *Drum Roll* the winner of the 2007 Fake Mascot Contest is Wislander’s Rabid Squirrel Kung Fu Shirt! Congrats to Wislander and all the entrants of this contest, we had a huge number of excellent entries, it was really great to see everyone’s interesting and off-the-wall designs for this contest.

Grand Prize Winner

Prize: $1,000 Cash

• Rabid Squirrel Kung Fu by Wislander. Congrats!

Honorable Mention Winners

Prize: Their entry on us ($25 in Zazzle Credit toward their next purchase)

• Go Procrastinators! by litabug

• New New Walruses by mayernik

• Fabulous Flying Meerkats by maxgrafix

• Weiners Football by weinersfootball

• MascotCopy by captphrank

• Drunken Monkeys by tshirtfun

• Flock U by ZsTees

• Cabin Fever Fake Mascot by cabinfeverdavid

• Spitting Llamas by HahpiStuff

• KRW Rockwood Tech Lab Rats Mascot by KRWDesigns

International Honorable Mention Winners

• MISTER T.B.A T-shirt by yanmos

• I am otaku T-shirt by yuhrenhuang

• *CuCuFakeMascot* Sticker by Alejandro

For those that just can’t get enough of contests on Zazzle, check out the Pirate Contest that is now running! Again, thanks to all the Zazzlers that entered and participated, this contest really belongs to you.

Note: This contest is now over. Winners will be announced after Labor Day.

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Hot on the heels of the Talking Food Contest, this contest will be the second of our series themed on humor. Get ready cause this one might get a little rowdy…

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The submission deadline is 11:59 PM (PST) on Sunday, September 2, 2007.

Theme:

Spirit? SPIRIT!? Yeah we’ve got spirit how ‘bout you!? It’s time to show your spirit and creative skillz by making your very own fictitious mascot in Zazzle’s new Fake Mascot Contest. That’s right folks, take all your high energy, cheering, and chants to design a mascot that is sure to make everyone laugh, rock, or just get out of their seats and cheer. So get started now cause it’s the fourth quarter and you’re down by 6…

HUT! HUT! You know what to do. You don’t? That’s cool, just checkout some of these quirky and fun examples. They are sure to get those spirited, creative juices flowing.

Prizes:

1. Grand Prize Winner (1 winner)

• $1,000.00 USD - COLD HARD CASH

2. Honorable Mention (10 winners)

• Get your contest entry on us! ($25.00 credit toward your next purchase on Zazzle)

Examples:

How To Enter:

Submission deadline is 11:59 PM (PST) on Sunday, September 2, 2007.

1. Create your design and place it on a product (can be any product type … t-shirts, mugs, posters, stamps, you decide!). Make your product.
2. Publish your product to the Zazzle marketplace with the tag “FakeMascotContest2007” (find out how to tag your product). If you have already published your design prior to the start of this contest, simply tag it “FakeMascotContest2007″ to submit it.
3. You’re almost done! To give yourself added publicity, don’t forget to leave a comment below with a link to the product page of your entry.

IMPORTANT: You may only enter one design (on one product) to the contest. You may NOT enter the same design on multiple products and you may NOT enter multiple designs. If you do, only your first entry will be eligible to win. View the contest rules.

Learn more about the contest