“Lost” design contest announced

From ABC:

As “Losties” gear up for Lost‘s sixth and final season, ABC Entertainment Group and CafePress, the online destination for user-designed apparel and gifts, unveil new ways for devoted fans to engage with this beloved series. Lost fans can now design and sell authorized show merchandise on CafePress and enter their new products into an exciting, national design contest.

The Lost design contest on CafePress invites fans to submit creative, new “Lost-inspired” merchandise designs in the following categories: The Island, Dharma Initiative, Airlines, Love “Square” and The Others. To enter the contest, fans will be asked to “tag” their designs with a special code based on the design category they choose and to post the new product in their CafePress shop and Marketplace. Contest details can be found here.

CaféPress will accept design entries from February 3- February 18. One winner from each of the above five categories will be chosen based on creativity, originality, aesthetics and concept. These five category winners will each receive a $200 CafePress gift certificate, a Lost DVD set and a T- shirt autographed by members of the cast. Subsequently, a Lost producer will choose an overall grand prize winner from the five category winners. This grand prize winner will receive an exciting, expense-paid trip to Oahu, Hawaii, the island where the series was shot.

Fans can visit CafePress to design custom items like T-shirts, Sigg bottles and tote bags, while also shopping for merchandise created by other show enthusiasts. As of today, “Lost” fans have designed more than 22,000 products at the Lost Fan Portal on CafePress.com, with many more being added daily.