Ticket To Reading RewardsLogo Design Contest

We are not really looking for a thematic design but rather something more abstract. It needs to be hip/flashy enough to appeal to urban middle school students but still professional... should have the quality/polish of your typical corporate logos with a dash of pizazz.

Hello! Here are some hints for getting the most out of your contest:

~~ Rank designs daily -- this will encourage more participation.
~~ Ranking designs daily will also keep your contest from getting cluttered.
~~ The more feedback you provide, the better results you are going to see.
~~ Designers are not offended by "Not Interested"
~~ Over-use of "Not Interested" discourages participation.
~~ Ranking is a non-monitary means of showing apprecaition for designers hard work.
~~ Designers earn points for ranked designs. We like to earn points.

1st place - 50 points
2nd place - 20 points
3rd place - 10 points
4-6th place - 5 points
7-10 place - 3 points
10th on - 1 point

More detailed information on how to get the most out of your contest can be found here:
https://logotournament.com/forum/general_discussion/914

As we enter the last day, we are still hoping for some additional creative icons that reflect our program which is about motivating reading in middle school students, under a program run by college basketball coaches. To date almost all icons reflect a book and a ball but we are totally open to new concepts, except please no event "tickets." Tickets in our mind means that reading is a ticket to college and a better job.

We really want creative icons, this is our primary focus, we are not swayed by most text usages (although some are great) as we will adjust for text focus and color once we select the best icon for us.

The ultimate goal of increasing reading is to encourage these students to consider making college their goal, we often take them to our college basketball games so they can tour a college campus and become motivated about improving their academic skills.

I do note, however, that the primary text focus is either on TICKET, perhaps with a small to next "to" it and Reading Rewards only as big as the first line copy (as in #57), or to emphasize Ticket and Reading equally. Rewards is the least important word, and again, Ticket is not a literal ticket.

Also, our parent organization--the National Association of Basketball Coaches (nabc.com)--uses red and blue colors. We would like to use those colors and at least one more in our final logo.

Thanks.

TTRR ,

are you sure you want "thematic elements" for Middle School" or am I miss reading the brief