Who we are: The Western Michigan Gamers Guild is a registered student organization on the campus of Western Michigan University. Since 1991 we have brought gaming to the people of SW Michigan at weekly meetings, game days and gaming conventions. Our organization is primarily concerned with role-playing games, card games, board games and miniature games. We have always been nonprofit.

What we want: We are looking for a new vision of the WMGG mascot "Marmalade Dog" to grace t-shirts, web sites, flyers and other items promoting our 11th annual gaming convention of the same name. We have successfully held a similar contest each year since 2001 but this is the first time we have taken the search for entries outside of our membership.

Marmalade Dog?! Marmalade Dog is typically depicted as a canine wearing a horned helmet and a bandoleer. The Jeff Easley illustration at the top of our web site (www.wmgg.org) is an excellent example. See our deviantART gallery for all of the previous artists' conceptions of Marmalade Dog. To get a feel for the convention check out the archived web sites at www.marmaladedog.org.

What you get: The winning artist will receive $20 and a free Marmalade Dog 11 t-shirt as well as any other items the image is used on. The losing artists keep all rights to their entries. The winning entry becomes property of the Western Michigan Gamers Guild.

Deadline and details: The deadline for internet submissions is October 27th. At our October 28th meeting one entry will be chosen by a vote of the WMGG membership (our meetings typically are attended by 30 to 50 members). Entries should be two color (B&W) line art. Multiple entries per person are accepted.

Submitting: To submit an entry email your 300dpi or vector artwork to eboard@wmgg.org along with your t-shirt size.

Questions: Send questions to the above email address.