calling all artists

Back for year two: the 2026 MBT Trail T-Shirt Design Contest! Your design could be chosen to directly activate our Annual Trail Fund, enabling our Trail Crew to accomplish major trail projects (including the BLM project) and trail maintenance in the Tetons this coming season!

Last year, our winning artist’s design helped raise $34,000 for the trails!

Submission Timeline: February 2nd - March 4th, 2026 @ 11pm
Public Voting: March 9th - March 18th
Winner and Runner-ups Announced: March 20th

The Winner Will Receive:

• $100 cash

• 2026 Trail Fund T-shirt

• Two (2) entries into the Trail Fund Raffle (awesome bike stuff)

• Collaborated social media post with recognition during the 2026 Trail Fund

• Teton Dirt Series Season Pass ($200 value)

contest rules and conditions:

Design must:

• include a provided Mountain Bike the Tetons logo (in folder below)

• be digital or, if created by hand, be easily transferred to a digital format. To be easily transferred, a hand drawn design must have bold, solid lines and shapes with positive and negative spaces clearly defined.

• be well suited for the front of a T-shirt (approximately 12”x14”)

• utilize no more than 2 colors (does not include the background color of the shirt)

• be complete and ready for print upon submission

• include creative elements of mountain biking, trail building, mountains, and maintenance tools (chainsaw, pick, shovel, pulaski, mccleod, handsaw)

• be submitted in .AI or .EPS for print AND .JPG for posting and voting purposes

All submitted designs must be original. By entering, artists affirm that their work is their own and that they possess all required rights and permissions for any elements used. MBT retains the right to refine, modify, or adapt finalist submissions, including the selected winning design. All artists agree to grant MBT exclusive rights to use their design(s) across promotional, marketing, and other organizational materials.

4 Finalists will be chosen by the design contest committee. Winner will be chosen by public vote. Individuals may only vote once in the voting period.

To submit, email Claire at programs@mountainbiketetons.org with your design.

Details linked here.

Make a donation of $60+ between March 27th - May 6th to get your T-shirt.