Now that we're in the new year, we thought it would be fun to have a banner contest to add some creativity and interaction to the forum.
Here's the current banner:

For reference, it's 280px wide by 100px tall.
SUBMISSIONS:
Everyone can submit a banner for Linguist Forum!
Rule 1:
Dimensions and formatHeight: between 80px and 150px
Width: up to 600px
Suggested: 500px by 150px
The format can be PNG, GIF or JPEG. I'd suggest PNG for lossless quality and better transparency for faded edges if you want that.
Rule 2:
ContentImage: anything
linguist forum themed -- languages, linguistics, culture, whatever makes sense to you: be creative!
Text: must include the website's name because this is the logo/title for the forum. Acceptable variants:
Linguist Forum
LinguistForum.comor, if you're feeling especially creative:
LFTo submit: just post a reply here with the image-- if you have any trouble uploading the image then feel free to ask for help.
Rule 3:
number of submissionsYou may submit as many banners as you'd like, but only up to 2 from any one member will be considered for each vote (the others can be included later). This will keep it fair so everyone has a chance.
CONTEST/VOTING:
After the submissions are in, we'll have a vote to pick which one will be the new banner.
That banner will stay up until the next vote. If your banner is not selected, it can be resubmitted for the next vote.
We'll try to rotate the banners often to keep the forum fun and new.
For now, we'll plan this as a January event:
Please submit in the next 2 weeks.Then we'll have a vote and the banner will go up for a while-- we'll have another round of submissions and another vote based on interest, probably in February.