38th Annual California Avocado Festival - Poster Contest

Celebrate The Avocado!

WANT TO SEE YOUR DESIGN AS THE POSTER FOR THE 39TH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA AVOCADO FESTIVAL?

ENTRIES BEGIN JAN 15, 2025

ALL SUBMISSIONS DUE BY MARCH 31ST, 2024

  • For more information please contact: info@avofest.com or call (805)-684-0038

  • Mail submissions to: P.O. Box 146 Carpinteria, CA 93014

  • Deliver artwork to the California Avocado Festival office at: 5320 Carpinteria Ave Suite K, Carpinteria, CA 93013

Poster Contest Info

Rules and Specifications:

  1. Fill out the submission form completely on the website, www.avofest.com.

  2. Attach digital artwork file(s) to the submission form.  

  3. Deliver a hard copy of your artwork to the California Avocado Festival office by hand or by mail, see below for more info.

  4. Please clearly label the artwork with your name, the date, email, phone number, and how you learned of the contest on the back of the submitted artwork before you mail or hand deliver your submission.

  5. More than one design may be submitted.

  6. All artwork submitted must be original art. The designers of artwork submitted to this contest guarantee that they are the authors of 100% of all layouts and images submitted and/or personally own all rights to all work submitted.

**Avocados should be incorporated into the design**

Artists' must include the information below in their design.  The information must be legible and prominent on the poster to be considered by the judges:

     Must include the Festival website: www.avofest.com

     Must read: 38th Annual California Avocado Festival

     Must include: Carpinteria, CA

     Must include the dates and year: October 4th, 5th, and 6th, 2024

  • Computer generated design can be submitted in spot color (PMS) or 4-color process.

  • Computer generated designs should be uploaded to the submission form in a high resolution format using either a JPG or PNG.  A hard copy must also be provided in the appropriate size, Approx. 12”x18”. Otherwise they must be submitted on a disk with a color hard copy. Please label the disk and hard copy with your name, the date, email, phone number, and how you learned of the contest on the back of the submitted artwork

  • Approx. size of poster is 12" x 18". Submitted artwork, not computer generated, must not be larger than 12” x 18” for scanning purposes.

  • Designers of all artwork submitted to this contest, other than the selected design, retain all rights to the artwork submitted however grant the California Avocado Festival license to display and publish the artwork as associated with the festival.

  • The Winner of this design contest grants The California Avocado Festival exclusive rights to the design submitted but retains the right to display and use the work for the designer’s own promotion. The winning designer(s) also agrees to allow their name and likeness to be made public in any and all festival promotional material or advertisements, as the winning designer.

Order Past Posters

Posters are $15 including shipping/handling.

To order posters
Pay by check to:
P.O. Box 146 Carpinteria CA 93014

Be sure to state the year of the poster(s) you'd like to order and you're mailing address.

For more information please contact us.