• All entries must be received by Impressions no later than Friday, August 14, 2009.

• There is no limit to the number of categories each company may enter; however, a company cannot enter more than five items in a category. A separate sample and completed entry form must be submitted for each item in each category. The same design may be entered in more than one category, but separate samples and entry forms are required.

• If designs on both sides of a garment are to be considered, two samples must be submitted. If only one sample is submitted with designs on two sides, Impressions will decide which side to display for judging.

• All entries must be decorated on a finished product. Prints on test squares will not be accepted.

• Entries may not have been submitted in previous Impressions Awards. However, companies may submit work that was entered in other decorating competitions.

• Impressions reserves the right to exclude any entries deemed by the staff to be inappropriate or in violation of these rules.

• The winning entries will receive certificates, be published in an upcoming issue of Impressions Magazine, will be featured on our Web site, impressionsmag.com, and will be displayed at the Impressions booth at all 2010 Imprinted Sportswear Shows. In the event of a tie, duplicate prizes will be awarded. Entries will be judged by an impartial panel selected from the industry. Judging will take place at the Fort Worth Imprinted Sportswear Show, September 25-27, 2009.

• If you would like your entry returned, please send a check for $20 payable to Nielsen Business Media. Just one check is necessary for all entries to be returned.

• Impressions is not responsible for lost or damaged entries.

• In the event the submitting company does not own the right to reproduce the work on garments, written permission from the owner of the sample to be submitted must accompany the entry. Any award(s) will go to the company submitting the sample.

• Impressions reserves the right to cancel any category receiving fewer that 10 entries.

• Entries should be sent to Susie McManus, Impressions Magazine, 1145 Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 355, Alpharetta, GA 30009; phone (770) 291-5573.