You asked for it, and we made it happen! PC World is having a contest to find the best design for the PC World Community T-Shirt!

Here are the official rules -- please read them very carefully before starting on and submitting your designs.

This is how it will work:

The contest is open to all registered users of PCWorld.com (you must be registered at the time of entry) who are legal residents of the US (excluding Puerto Rico) and Canada (excluding Quebec) and at least 13 years old at the time of entry. You are not eligible if you or someone in your immediate family works for PC World or any manufacturer or supplier of the prize, or any component thereof (read the official rules for further details). I apologize to those who live in other areas -- it is simply too difficult to administer a contest worldwide that complies with all of the various rules & regulations of each country, state, province, etc. It is not that we don't like you, don't want you to be in our community, or don't value your contributions. It is simply a legal and administrative reason.

The contest period has already begun, and ends at 11:59 PM Pacific on August 4th. You must send your original design to me at kellie_parker@pcworld.com prior to the deadline. I will be watching my spam filter, but I would also suggest that you send me a PM to let me know that your entry has been sent. I will send a confirmation of receipt via email for each entry. Please be sure you qualify for the contest (see above) and your entry matches our guidelines (described below; see official rules for further details).

Each person may submit only one entry. We will be using Cafe Press to distribute the shirts, and therefore our design guidelines are based on their recommendations. If you have questions about making shirts for Cafe Press, I suggest that you contact their site for templates, instructions, and support. PC World will not provide design advice or support beyond what is included in the official rules. The design should fit within a maximum area of 10" x 10". The design must be a JPG (up to 7 MB, with the lowest possible compression setting) or a PNG file (up to 4 MB). The design must use RGB color mode; and the submitted file of the Design must have minimum resolution of 300 DPI. Entries must be in English. Each Entrant who submits an Entry in the Contest must be the creator of the Entry, and each Entry must be the Entrant's own original work and must not have been published elsewhere at any time. All submitted Entries become the property of PC World and will not be returned.

We will initially review the designs for compliance with the rules. After the entry deadline has passed, we will post all submissions that meet the rules to a discussion thread, and create a poll for you to vote for your favorite. The voting period will last from the time the entries are posted until 11:59 PM on August 17th. We will then review the designs, the votes, and select the winner. The winner may not be the entry that received the most votes, but the votes will weigh in our decision of the winner.

The winner will receive a $50.00 Visa gift card, and a free shirt with their winning design.

Again, please read the official rules for all of the details.

I look forward to seeing your submissions and having a great PC World community t-shirt to help promote our wonderful community!