Texas Gang Investigators Association

Purpose

The Texas Gang Investigators Association recognizes that the war against gangs is more than just the suppression and prosecution of gang members.  Therefore we are proud to partner with the Texas School Safety Center to sponsor the Anti-Gang Poster Contest.  The contest is designed to motivate students to utilize their creative skills in an effort to show the dangers and pitfalls of gang life.

Rules

• The poster contest will consist of two divisions: a junior division (grades 6-8), and a senior division (grades 9-12).
  

• All contestants must be full-time students in good standing and currently enrolled in any Texas Independent school district, private school, charter school, or home school (with verification).  All entry information will be verified with the attending school before the entry will be accepted.
  

• Each student may upload or submit only one poster entry.
  

• The posters must focus on solutions to eliminate gangs and gang violence in schools.
  

• Posters should be in good taste.  Any submissions with hand-signs, gestures or pro-gang graffiti will be disqualified.
  

• Ten posters from each division will be selected as finalists by the Texas Gang Investigators Association. These ten finalists' submissions will be forwarded to a committee comprising judges from the Texas School Safety Center and the Texas Gang Investigators Association.  This panel of judges will be appointed by the Texas Gang Investigators Association to determine the top three winners from the junior and senior divisions.
  

• Winners will be notified by a TGIA Representative once final selections are made.
  

Prizes

There will be three (3) winning entries selected for each grade division.

• First Prize: $300.00
  

• Second Prize:  $200.00
  

• Third Prize:  $100.00
  

Winning posters will be displayed at the 2012 TGIA Annual Conference with recognition being given to the winning entrants.

Winners will be notified by April 30, 2012, after judging is complete.

Submitting Entries

The Contest begins at 12:01 a.m. Central Standard Time ("CST") on November 04, 2011 and ends at 11:59 p.m. CST on March 1, 2012 after which time the Contest will be closed and no further entries will be accepted.

All posters are to be submitted online.  All posters must be uploaded or received in a .jpg format and the image size of the file must not exceed 1280×1024 pixels.  The image can be saved at a resolution that will enable us to zoom in to see details during judging, but the file size must not exceed 5MB.

All entry information will be verified with the attending school before the entry will be accepted.

You may submit your poster entry below: