Tie-Dye Cup
10 Years of the Colorado Tie Dye Cup!
2024 Colorado Tie-Dye Cup Information & Rules
Please read complete information & rules
Overview: The Colorado Tie Dye Cup is a competition intended to recognize and award prizes to Tie Dye Artists.
The competition is run by Colorado Wholesale Dye Corp.
Dates to know at a glance:
Phase 1 digital submissions: due by Thursday November 14th, 2024
Phase 1 People's Choice voting: November 15th, 2024 thru December 3rd, 2024
Phase 2 Judges Choice Physical Submission: Call tags or Postal Labels will be sent for Physical Submission the week of December 3rd, 2024. Entries should be received by us by December 13th, 2024.
Results announced later in December
Information
Phase 1: People’s Choice - Digital Submission & Contest
Phase 1 will consist of submitting entries via photo by email. People’s Choice voting will be conducted via online poll, from on or around November 15, 2024 until December 3rd, 2024. All top vote scores will move on to the next phase.
Voting score is based just as much on 'quality of vote' as it is 'quantity of vote' as voting is a sliding scale score.
Send the best photo of your entry, along with the following information, to:
- Name (let us know if you want to remain anonymous)
- Business Name (Optional)
- Public contact info (Website, Etsy, Instagram etc.) (Optional)
Please send only one photo of your entry unless multiple are needed to illustrate different parts of the fabric. Multiple photos will be combined into one 'collage' photo.
One entry per person. Limit two entries per household.
Entries for Phase 1 will be accepted until November 15, 2024. No late digital submissions will be considered.
Phase 2: Physical Submission and Judge’s Choice Voting
Phase 2 will consist of sending the same physical entry as you submitted online to Colorado Wholesale Dye for in person Judge’s Choice voting. To make it to phase 2, you must have one of the top vote scores from the People’s Choice poll. Any submission that continues to Phase 2 is required to be submitted physically. Colorado Wholesale Dye will provide submission and return shipping for all entries that reach this stage, via call tag or e-mailed postal label.
At this stage, we will reach out via e-mail and request information necessary for shipping.
Required Information:
Name
Submission and Return Address
E-mail Address
Phone Number
Phase 2 physical submissions must be shipped on or before December 7, 2024. Physical submissions sent after this date may not arrive in time to be considered.
At this stage, we will conduct the Judge's Choice poll. Physical entries will be returned, and the winners of the 2024 Tie Dye Cup will be announced mid to late December.
Rules:
1. Competition is open to original tie dye artists producing original works of tie dye on fabric. Tie Dye works must have been produced by the entrant.
2. There are no entry fees. You retain ownership of your entry. One entry per person. Limit two entries per household.
3. Fabric must be of cotton, linen, rayon, or other cellulose based fibers, or silk.
4. Dyes used must be Fiber Reactive Dyes. If a piece is received and is found to be inauthentic, or dyed without the use of Fiber Reactive Dyes, it will be immediately disqualified and returned.
5. Employees or direct relatives of employees of Colorado Wholesale Dye Corp. are not eligible.
6. Digital Entries for Phase 1 will be accepted until November 14, 2024. Physical entries of the same online submission for Phase 2 must be sent before or on December 7, 2024. Late submissions will not be considered.
7. Please submit an authentic photograph that is a true representation of your entry and not digitally enhanced. In the event that an entry has made it to Phase 2 physical delivery and is found to be significantly different than photo previously provided, it will be disqualified. No filters!
8. Photos submitted may be cropped or resized to fit within the parameters of our People's Choice polling platform. If an entry requires multiple photos, they will be combined into a 'collage' as we can only provide one image per entry. No other alterations or enhancements will be made by Colorado Wholesale Dye Corp.
9. Phase 1 People’s Choice voting will run from on or around November 15, 2024 thru December 3, 2024. Top results of People’s Choice will be publicly revealed at complete contest end.
10. All entries must be on hand and shippable via UPS Ground Call Tag or USPS printable label. International entrants and AK/HI will be shipped via USPS. We will not provide oversized, expedited or freight shipping.
11. All entries will be entered into one single general competition. Special awards may be awarded at time of Judges Choice completion.
12. Prizes will be awarded in the form of shop credit to be used at Colorado Wholesale Dye, with no cash value, and prize will expire on January 1st 2026. Award placement will be determined by judges appointed by Colorado Wholesale Dye, Corp. and also by Public voting. There will be separate groups of winners for both Judge's Choice and People's Choice.
13. In the interest of reducing environmental impact and reducing boxes that will be shipped, we prefer to send back entries to entrants with orders placed using shop credit prizes. If you need your entry back sooner, contact us and we will accommodate.
14. Winners will be declared in December 2024. Winners will be notified via email and all entries will be displayed on our Colorado Wholesale Dye Facebook page and www.grateful-dyes.com website.
15. Colorado Wholesale Dye Corp. reserves the right to use images of all entries in any way it deems appropriate in perpetuity without limitation or compensation to the entrant.
16. Colorado Wholesale Dye Corp. reserves the right to modify and change rules, and time and dates as it deems appropriate to the spirit of the contest.
17. Colorado Wholesale Dye Corp. will not be liable for lost, misdirected, damaged, destroyed, or stolen entry’s whether loss occurs before, during, or after the contest.