It is the time of year where we like to do something special for our designers. That isn’t to say that we aren’t always trying to provide something special for you, as I think you might have noticed from our constant efforts to get our site working in your favor. It is with that in mind that we bring you B.A.C.O.N.: Building Art & Creativity Over Nations.

So what exactly is BACON? BACON is our way of giving you the opportunity to show off as designers within the context of selling your designs on Brandstack and maybe break through some of the creative block you’re fighting. We will provide you a specific theme, you’ll design with that theme in mind, and the design which gets the most springs will wins. (If you remember IncSplosion… this is a better, updated version. To be perfectly clear, the pig ate IncSplosion!)

What do you get if you win? Pride. You’ll also get a free month of Premium Seller membership, the very prestigious BACON badge on your design and on your profile, and a spot in the BACON Hall of Fame.

How do you participate? What are the rules? OK, I’ve got you covered.

I. THE CONTEST: Negative Space
The first BACON theme will be negative space. Show us your very best attempt at creatively using negative space in a logo design. For a few examples and inspiration, see our recent blog post 33 Impressive Negative Space Logos.

II. THE RULES

• Upload your design just as if you are going to sell the design. The design must be new to Brandstack (not uploaded before December 1, 2009)
• Place the design in at least 2 categories: BACON and another. This is very important! As soon as the contest is over, all entries will be removed from the BACON category. They will remain in the other selected categories.
• Place the logo FOR SALE.
• Wait for approval. BACON logos will go through the same approval process as any other upload.
• Hunt for Springs! Tell your friends, tell your networks, tell your parents (especially your parents) to Spring your logo.
• The logo with the most Springs on 12:00 Noon CST December 15th. wins!

III. NOTES

• We will remove all logos from the contest that are not BACON worthy.
• Designs will remain for sale on Brandstack at contest’s end (so everyone wins).

RECAP
Design a logo with negative space using the BACON category. If your design gets the most springs in that category by 12:00 Noon CST December 15th, you win.

What do you think of when you think of BACON? Is it awesomeness? Yeah us, too. That is exactly precisely entirely totally the reason why we’ve chosen to provide BACON for you. Delicious BACON.