Library

2025 Scotty Sticker Competition

 

Scotty illustration compilation

 

Hosted by UCR Library's Special Collections & University Archives

 

Submissions due: May 17, 2025

How would you reimagine Scotty for 2025? Drawing inspiration from the different iterations of Scotty over the years, we want you to create your own original design of Scotty, updated, adapted, or altered to represent your experience as a UCR student in 2025!

All qualifying entries will be voted on by employees of UCR Library. The winning design will be printed as a sticker in a limited run, to be released at the 2025 IE Archives Fair outside Rivera Library on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.

Although only the winning design will be produced as a sticker, all Scotty designs meeting our guidelines and requirements will be commemorated in a special edition zine published by UCR Special Collections and also released at the 2025 Archives Fair.

See the complete details below. Please direct any questions to specialcollections@ucr.edu.
  • Schedule

    • Call for sticker submissions opens: March 31, 2025

    • Submissions due: May 17th, 2025 by 11:59 pm

    • Zine & sticker launch: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 (IE Archives Fair)

  • Rules for Entry

    • Entry is open to currently enrolled UCR undergraduate and graduate students.

    • All submissions must adhere to the UCR Principles of Community.

      • Submissions are prohibited from depicting acts of violence, nudity, offensive language or symbols.

    • The Library reserves the right to choose which submissions will be included in the final print zine. 

  • Submission Guidelines

    • Only one submission will be accepted per person. If multiple submissions are made, only the first one received will be considered.

    • Submissions must be received by 11:59 pm on May 17th, 2025.

    • All submissions must be original designs made without the aid or use of artificial intelligence.

    • Submissions must be uploaded as a .png or .jpeg file.

    • All submissions must be in a digital format; no physical submissions will be accepted.

  • After Submission

    Finalists whose submissions have been accepted for publication will receive a free print copy of the zine and of the winning sticker. These may be picked up at the Archives Fair on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. If you cannot pick up at the fair, you may visit the UCR Special Collections & University Archives front desk during open hours from October 23, 2025 through November 26, 2025. If not picked up by November 26, 2025, the print copy and sticker are forfeit.

Competition Entry

Submit your entry for the 2025 Scotty sticker competition via this form: https://forms.gle/3wWGawcEfFrDAm7U7