January Schedule Student Cover Art Contest

Thank you for your interest in Tri Delta Transit’s STUDENT COVER ART CONTEST for the January 11, 2026 schedule,

Tri Delta Transit is the public transit system for eastern Contra Costa County and has been so for nearly 50 years.

We are more than just transportation – we are about community.

We provide a service to the communities we operate in.
We are essential, taking people where they need and want to go.
We are always there – even during the pandemic.
We employee people who live and work in our communities, as well as surrounding communities.
Money spent on transportation is circulated back into the local economy…. and most importantly….
We truly care about the the people in our community.

So for this special year – our 50^th Anniversary, Tri Delta Transit (TDT) would like to include our community in an art contest to create the cover art for our next printed schedule.

The theme to create your artwork around is:

TRI DELTA TRANSIT IN YOUR COMMUNITY

A First Place winner will be chosen by a select panel of Tri Delta Transit staff. Should there be a close decision, one will be picked as the First Place winner for the cover and then the close runner up will be the Second Place winner and appear on the back panel of the schedule.

PLEASE BE ADVISED – if participating:

ARTWORK WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO APPLICANT. Should you want to keep your artwork, then there are guidelines for submitting photos or PDFs in this packet.

Here’s how it works:

Who is Eligible to Participate

Students who attend an Elementary School (2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th grades), Middle School (6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grades), High School (9^th, 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th grades), or a Community College within the Tri Delta Transit service area (Antioch, Bay Point, Brentwood, Oakley, and Pittsburg).

All artists who submit art need to fill out and sign the Application and the Waiver and Release Form. College students must show proof of current year enrollment.
Tri Delta Transit or Transdev staff are not eligible to win.
Family of staff can enter.

Art Restrictions

No art containing lewd imagines or scenes with profanities, violence, disparaging to ECCTA/TDT or transit, or indecencies will win. Art must not contain alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, firearms, religious or political elements in nature as well.

Artwork must not contain any materials that infringe on a copyright, trademark or service mark.

Mediums:

Tips:

Don’t put important elements right along the borders as they may be cut off. Cover art is a bleed, but schedules are folded which may cut off borders.

Your design will go right to the edge when printed.

Artwork can be done in any media and in color or black & white. Be aware that some mediums will work better for this project than others. Artwork must be able to be photographed well and converted into a PDF for press printing.*

NO AI artwork. DO NOT plagiarize art.

Submitting Application and Artwork

There are several ways to submit the application and artwork to Tri Delta Transit. When submitting make sure your full name, grade, and school is on the back of the artwork.

Visit www.trideltatransit.com, under About Us, click on Cover Contest. Complete the form and upload a high quality picture of the artwork* in JPEG, PNG, or PDF format.

Drop off application and artwork to Tri Delta Transit administrative offices front desk at 801 Wilbur Ave., Antioch.

Mail application and artwork to Tri Delta Transit, Cover Contest, 801 Wilbur Avenue, Antioch, CA 94509**

** Tri Delta Transit is not responsible for lost, bent, or damaged artwork received through USPS.

If Submitting Photos of Artwork

IF SUBMITTING PHOTOS of ARTWORK

Have good lighting that puts light evenly across the entire artwork.
Review the picture to make sure there are no shadows, that the colors are represented well, and that the image isn’t distorted by the camera.
Make sure the picture is high resolution. 300 pixels per inch or 1125×2550 pxl if creating in a graphics program.

If you choose to keep your masterpiece, you will need to submit the artwork for the contest as a picture or PDF. Please use these guidelines. Artwork that is not sent so that it can be put into the printed schedule, will be disqualified.

Tri Delta Transit selection committee reserves the right to remove any art from the contest as it sees fit. Tri Delta Transit also reserves the right to select artwork based on set judging criteria and exercise a tie breaking vote if needed.

Complete Contest Packet

Application and Waiver Only

Flier to share with your friends and family.

PRIZES

COVER SELECTED WINS:

Art put on the cover of our January 11, 2026 printed bus schedule. 20,000 printed and distributed throughout Eastern Contra Costa County.
$100 Cash
$50 Clipper Card
PLUS your name in the schedule, on on the TDT website

posts on TDT social media regarding the contest (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky, and Linkedin).

If second artwork has to be selected in a tie,

Artist will have their art put on the back cover of the schedule,

Receive $50 Cash plus a $25 Clipper Card.
Posts on TDT social media regarding the contest (as mentioned above)

We are so excited to see all the artwork. Thank you for your interest and support of Tri Delta Transit.

If you have any questions or need any information please email comments@eccta.org or call Customer Service at 1-925-754-6622.