Submit
Want your artwork featured in the Local Artist Sticker Machine???
We want it too!!
Submissions are collected during the open the submission window to be judged all at once. Artists are welcome to submit their art even if they have been accepted or rejected in the past. We want to see your new work!
Here are the submission deadlines for 2025:
CLOSED August 5th 2025 (judgment results will be delivered August 15th)
December 1st 2025 (judgment results will be delivered December 12th)
For these three submissions windows, all mediums will be considered, however we LOVE and try to favor traditional mediums.
Please read the submission guidelines for how to submit! Feel free to send in questions after!
Send submissions to LocalArtSubmission@gmail.com
Local Artist Sticker Machine Submission Guidelines:
You must be 18 years or older to submit!!
OVERVIEW: The Local Artist Sticker Machine is a project intended to promote local artists through stickers. About 30 artists will be chosen for the opportunity each year. Artists chosen will have their art printed as stickers, displayed with a short bio, and will receive 4 cents per sticker we print. We do all the printing, we will not buy already printed stickers from artists.
We collect submission over a 3-4 month period and judge them all at once with a panel of judges. You will be notified if your images are accepted given short contract to explain how many stickers are going to be be printed and when they go to print!
Artists who have submitted before are always welcome to submit their art again!
SIZE: The original art can be any color, size or shape so long as it, or a photo of it can be modified to fit the 3"x4" constraints. You can select images that you have already made as a promotion of your artistic style or you can design a new image. It could be a large painting, digital drawing, a detail of a drawing, photo, or piece designed specifically as a sticker. Stickers can also be contour cut to ANY shape!
STYLE AND CONTENT:
We are looking for print-ready complete series of polished pieces that illustrate the style and voice of artists practicing their craft locally. Ideally the series has a consistent in style, medium, palette, or subject/theme or all of these components! We love artworks made in traditional mediums and also accept submissions made digitally.
We are currently considering work by artists in Utah, Austin, TX and St. Louis MO. and many in the future consider artists elsewhere.
Images that translate best to stickers have graphic styles, hard black/white lines and/or bright colors. (hint: imagine the art printed in a tiny thumbnail and seen from 5 feet away- will it be visible and interesting printed small?).
We will not accept images with foul language or grotesque/violent themes, any form of “fan art”, images of copyrighted material, branding and logos, or material whose intrigue relies solely on the recognition of content created by someone other than the artist submitting (i.e. drawings based on someone else's cartoons, comic, movie etc.) We do will not accept ny works made with AI or aided by AI. Occasionally nude figures and political statements make the cut.
We strongly encourage you to sign your work! This can be initials, signature, symbol or handle, but please keep the size of your signature to a tasteful scale so it doesn’t dominate the image. If you signature is too large we may ask you to modify it.
SUBMISSION:
· Final images should be high-quality scans 300 dpi or larger. We will digitally scale them to the right size. They can be in many formats .jpg .pdf .tiff .ai .ps are some examples that work well. Please do not submit via Google Drive..
· Please submit 4-8 images and we will help decide which images, if any, will be most appropriate for that run and portray your style in a cohesive way.
· Include your mailing address so we can send a check
· Include the following for your artist label:
o your full artist name
o medium or type of artist you are (i.e. illustrator, painter, comic artist etc)
o a couple ways for folks to reach you (website, IG, Esty, email etc)
This information will be displayed with your stickers!
Email your final images to LocalArtSubmission@gmail.com
Artists will receive a check for royalties following printing (4 cents per sticker). If we print your works, artists also may request to order stickers for their personal use at 75 cents each, please specify ahead of time.
Thanks we can’t wait to see what you send in!
SIUBMISSION FAQ
Q: Can I apply if I’ve already applied and/or been accepted before?
A: Yes! Seasoned Local Artist Sticker Machine artists are always welcome to re-submit! Although there is no guarantee you will be accepted again, we alway want to see your new work!
Q: Can I submit even if I don’t live in Utah, St. Louis or Austin?
A: Yes. While we favor artists local to our regions where the machines are, we are excited to feature exceptional and unique work from “honorary locals”. If you think this describes you please apply!
Q: Do I print my own stickers?
A: No we do all the printing and packing! No need to print your own.
Q: Can I contribute if I have printed these designs as stickers before or shown them elsewhere?
A: Yes! You can send in artwork that has been exhibited elsewhere, or even if you already sell stickers of the same deigns. This is a promotion of your work! Send us your favorite best designs that represent you!
Q: Do I retain rights to my own art even when I submit it?
A: Yes you will retain all rights to your work, we only ask permission to print them in specific quantities for the exhibit in the machines. And if we do a reprint we will ask you ahead of time!
Q: Do I need to submit my work with cutlines?
A: There is no need to addd cut lines, we will add the cutlines in our printing software. Otherwise please submit your work polished and print-ready!
Q: Can I contribute any artwork that utilizes AI (artificial intelligence)?
A: No! We want to see your completely original works and will not accept any artwork created using AI.
Q: Can it be any medium?
A: Yes we encourage arists using all mediums to contribute! Though 2D art lends itself well to sticker-ification, we also want to see other stuff! Send high quality photos of your textile work, your quilted or tufted wall hanging, your ceramic vases, your furniture, your stuffed toy sculptures, your photography, collage, sculpture, paintings etc! We love to print unusual stickers!
Q: I submit designs that I have exhibited elsewhere or already made into stickers?
A: Yes you can submit any of your own work that you have the rights to! We do all the printing for stickers the will go in our machines and won’t buy your already printed stickers, but if you have designs that you sell in your own online shop or at festival etc that is ok!
Q: Are there certain subjects to avoid?
A: Yes, we don’t usually print political messages, sexually explicit images, text-heavy images, or things that promote violence of substance use (guns, alcohol etc).
Some of the most commonly submitted subjects are mushrooms, skulls, birds, and butterflies; although we do accept many images with these subjects we have to be extra picky when they are included!