OTTO’s ‘Draw Outside of the Box’ Contest

Rules and Regulations

Overview:
In OTTO‘s ‘Draw Outside of the Box’ contest, entrants can create their very own pizza box design, with the chance of having it featured on thousands of OTTO pizza boxes throughout New England.

There are two contest categories for entrants:

• Category 1: K-12 students
• Category 2: All Ages/Non-students (anyone not in K-12)

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be awarded in each of the two categories. The 1st place K-12 design will be printed on Small (12”) boxes. The 1st place Non-Student/All Ages design will be printed on Large (16″) boxes.

The 1st place winner of the K-12 contest will also win a $1000 check for their school to support art education!  (More on prizes below.)

Each entry will be judged by the public in the first phase of the contest (more on that below), and thirty finalists will move on to the judging phase of the contest, in which the winning designs will be selected by an esteemed panel of design experts and former Draw Outside of the Box winners! 

Through this contest, OTTO hopes to encourage students (and people of all ages) to think about art and design as a way to communicate with, and engage, their community.

Materials Needed:

• Paper:
  • Category 1 (K-12): 12×12” white piece of paper.
    NOTE: For best results, keep all art ⅛” from all edges.
  • Category 2 (Non-Students): 16×16” white piece of paper.
    NOTE: For best results, keep all art ⅛” from all edges.
• Paints, markers, crayons, etc.: Designs must utilize solid colors meeting the below requirements — see Item 5 below in ‘The Rules’
• A digital camera or scanner – to digitize your design for submission 
• An internet-connected device – to submit your design
• Optional: A computer with appropriate software (see ‘Preparing Your Art’ below)

A Note on Digital Art: The Draw Outside the Box contest has historically been limited to hand-drawn art. While hand-drawn art is encouraged, and is in the spirit of the original contest, we will accept digitally-created art submissions that meet our specifications.  Submissions generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) are prohibited.

The Rules:

1. Category One entrants must be currently enrolled students in K-12th grade, and who currently reside in New England (ME, MA, NH, VT, CT, RI)
2. Category Two entrants may be any age, but must currently reside in New England (ME, MA, NH, VT, CT, RI)
3. Only one entry per person is allowed. If an entrant submits two entries, only the first entry submitted will be accepted. Additional entries will not be valid and will be rejected.
4. Contestants may only enter in one category.  If an entrant enters in both categories, only the first entry submitted will be accepted. Additional entries will not be valid and will be rejected.
5. Design must include no more than four colors. Note: black is considered a color, however white is not (the box will be white). To meet printing requirements, colors should be limited to bright yellow, golden yellow, bright and dark blue, light and dark purple, bright and dark green, violet, black, and orange, and a dark brown. We have posted a sample color palette below. Final colors may shift slightly as we are in the process of selecting our printer for this project.
   
   
   

   Suggested colors based on printing capabilities. Colors approximate, final colors may vary.

6. The words ‘OTTO’ (in all caps) and ‘Portland, Maine’ must be included somewhere in the design. 
7. To be eligible for the public voting phase of the contest, a clear digital photograph or scanned image must be submitted digitally via ottoportland.com/draw between Jan 30, 2024 and 9am EST on Mar 30, 2024. 
   If your design wins first place, we will need an image large enough to meet print requirements at 100%. If your art was created digitally, a vector based file will be requested. (We will contact you via email if you win to coordinate.)
8. Image files submitted for judging must be jpeg, png, or gif and under 5MB.
9. All fields of the submission form must be filled out when submitting the design.
10. We ask that contestants hold on to the original artwork. Should the entry win, the original art will be needed for printing.
11. See ‘Preparing your Art’ below for some suggestions and best practices. 

Choosing the Finalists (Public Voting Phase):
For the duration of the contest, submitted entries will be uploaded to an ‘OTTO: Outside the Box 2024’ online photo album (K-12 and All Ages categories will each have their own album) on OTTO’s Facebook page. The 30 designs in each album with the most ‘Likes’ by 9am on March 30 will move on to the judging phase of the competition.

Public voting occurs in the following Facebook albums (Vote with a ‘Like’!):

• K-12 Facebook Submissions Gallery
• All Ages / Non-Student Submissions Gallery

Choosing the Winners (The Judging Phase):
A panel of judges composed of distinguished experts in art/design (and former Draw Outside of the Box winners) will select, by way of ranked choice vote, the first, second, and third place winners in each category. The judging phase will conclude April 16.

Prize Details:
Winners will be notified by email by April 18. OTTO will coordinate delivery of physical items via USPS or other carrier. OTTO will also coordinate the fulfillment of the pizza party, presentation of school check, and the collection of any original art for printing. 

First Prize
The winning contestant in each category will have their design printed on thousands of pizza boxes and distributed to all OTTO locations:

• First Prize (K-12 Category): 
  • Winning design featured on small (12”) pizza boxes
  • A check for $1000 for student’s school to support art education
  • Pizza party (for up to 30 students) at his/her school 
  • $150 OTTO gift card
  • OTTO t-shirt
  • OTTO cap
  • $100 Artist & Craftsman Supply gift card
    

• First Prize (All Ages/Non-Student Category): 
  • Winning design featured on large (16”) pizza boxes
  • $150 OTTO gift card
  • Pizza party (*up to $250 in food delivered to you!)
  • OTTO t-shirt
  • OTTO cap
  • $100 Artist & Craftsman Supply gift card

Second Prize:

• K-12: $75 OTTO gift card, OTTO shirt, and cap.
• All Ages: $75 OTTO gift card, OTTO shirt, and cap.

Third Prize:

• K-12: $30 OTTO gift card, OTTO shirt, and cap.
• All Ages: $30 OTTO gift card, OTTO shirt, and cap.

The Fine Print:

• Entrants under the age of 18 must have their design submitted by a parent or legal guardian. 
  
  
• By entering the ‘Draw Outside of the Box’ Contest, entrants (and entrant’s parents or guardians) are granting OTTO express permission to duplicate, share, transmit, and distribute the entrant’s design via print, social media, Web, collateral, advertisement, promotion, apparel, or other means associated with the restaurant’s operations and marketing initiatives concerning the ‘Draw Outside of the Box’ Contest, its promotion, voting, and facilitation.  OTTO will credit the entrant in any of the above cases where possible. By accepting a First Place winning prize, entrants release ownership rights of submitted artwork to OTTO and that artwork will become the exclusive property of OTTO.  Prizes will be deemed fair compensation for the artist’s work. Rights to all non-winning entries are retained by the artist. 
  
  
• If the first prize winner of K-12 category is not enrolled in a school (i.e. home-schooled, etc.), a pizza party may be held at a location to be agreed upon by OTTO and the winner.
  
  
• If the first prize winner of K-12 category is not enrolled in a school (i.e. home-schooled, etc.), the $1000 intended for the winner’s school will be donated to an approved charity or organization with an art component. Charity or organization must be agreed upon by OTTO and the winner.
  
  
• If the winner of the All Ages category does not live within the delivery radius of OTTO, the $250 in food for the pizza party will need to be picked up at an OTTO location. Coordination will occur at the conclusion of the contest.
  
  
• If an entrant (or entrant’s parents or guardian) does not want the entrant’s first name and last initial, school, or city listed on OTTO’s social media accounts, or elsewhere associated with the design, entry should be accompanied by a request in the comments to withhold the entrant’s name/school/location.
  
  
• Employees of OTTO or the contest’s sponsors, and their immediate family members are allowed to enter the contest, but are not eligible to be a finalist or win a prize.
  
  
• Please contact us for any additional questions or clarifications.