Submit a Design
Win $100 in our monthly drawing for the best design!

Designing For Dollars is back! We are now accepting new submissions.

Rules for Submissions:

No purchase necessary. Employees of DesignNotes.com, its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, participating retailers, any other individual or company involved in the development or execution of this submission and the immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible. All applicable laws and regulations apply.The design entry must be an original design, not previously published, not patented or patent pending, and must have been built and tested. There must be at least two submissions within a month in order to qualify for the $100.00 monthly drawing. 

By your submission, you agree to abide by the rules of the Designing for Dollars contest.

Submission Instructions:

Prepare your entry as an email submission or by mail via postal carrier. Typical submissions must consist of three main parts: 1) Author Information, 2) Design Title and Description, and 3) Annotated Schematic or Flow Chart Diagram. You can also include a  Parts List and other Notes to help clarify your entry. Email your entry to contest@designnotes.com or to our mailing address at:

DesignNotes.com
             82 Walker Lane, Suite 100
    Newtown, PA  18940

All submissions must be made by the 15th of the month.  All submissions made after that date will be entered into the following month's contest. There must be at least 2 entries for us to run the contest. If there is only 1 entry in a month's time, we will hold that entry until another contestant has submitted a project.

Required Information:

1) Author Information- Please provide the following:

Name
Address
City, State, Zip
e-mail address
Company
Title

2) Design Title and Description

Prepare your circuit or software title and description as either email text or as a Word attachment.

3) Annotated Schematic or Flow Chart Diagram

Send your completely annotated (part numbers and labels) schematic or flow chart as an attachment (for submission by email) or on a 3.5" floppy/CD (for submission by mail) in the following formats - GIF,JPG, BMP or PDF.

Additional Helpful Information :

1) Parts List

Prepare your parts list as either part of the email text or part of the Word attachment organized per the following example:

2) Notes

Add any explanatory notes to help clarify the parts list.

Received Entries:

Upon receipt, your submission will be placed in the Contest Entries section and in its proper category in the Design Notes Archives. Peer votes received by the end of the calendar month will determine that month's Designing for Dollars winner. If you are a winner, we will notify you by email and mail you a check at the end of the following month for $100. Good luck!