Promotional Marketing
Description
Participants create a portfolio of marketing tools. Semifinalists work creatively under constraints to design a solution to a problem given onsite.
The toolkit components will be digitally submitted on a USB flash drive.
2025-26 Design Challenge
Theme: Your TSA chapter is hosting a family-friendly game night to raise funds to cover costs for attendance at upcoming conferences. The event will include board games, trivia rounds, and student-led challenges.
For the competition, participants must use the following information:
Name of event: "Game on for Good: TSA Fundraising Game Night"
Date/time of event: August 15, 2026, 6:00-9:00 PM
School: Eastwood Harbor Middle School TSA
School mascot: Hawk
Address: 92 Harborline Ave., Eastwood Harbor, MD 21457
Printable: Promotional graphic to be used for social media promotion of the event
Wearable: Participant’s choice of a wearable design
Digital Signage: Auto-advancing slides with event schedule and donation goals
Tran Tran, Finn Hill MS, 2026 1st Place
Event Resources
EVENT EXAMPLES
Click on the links to the right to view past entries for this event! 2025 State 1st Place Winner - Digital Signage
Event Deadlines
January 21, 2027
Students will need their Participant ID number, and password, from their advisor.
Students submit pdf file with Printable and Wearable designs.
See Design Challenge above.
March 18, 2027
This is an early entry event!
Entries are due by 5:00 pm, March 18.
Students will upload printable advertisement and wearable design as a pdf.
Students will upload the digital signage to a platform of their choice, and then submit a URL link.
All students will compete in a challenge onsite.
NOTE
This is a low enrollment event, requiring students to receive at least 75% of the total points possible to be in the Top 5 on stage, or to progress to the National TSA Conference in this event.
Washington TSA Rules
To compete, students must:
Belong to a currently affiliated TSA chapter
Be registered (by their TSA advisor) for competition by December 18, 2026 ($35)
Compete in the January 21, 2027 virtual competition (see individual event pages for details)
Be selected as a top competitor in their event(s) and invited to participate at State
Number of competitors is dependent on specific event
Qualifying competitor lists will be published by February 7, 2027
State Conference registration week February 22-26, 2027 (see state conference page for details)
At the state level, 3 individuals per chapter may compete.
Additional Information
Event Coordinator:
Event Manager: Kari Potter, kari.potter@shorelineschools.org
