SAVE THE DATE
Mark your calendars NOW for a full weekend of pugs, costumes, and Halloween fun!
🗓 Saturday, October 25 – Kick-Off Party at Chicken N Pickle (Grapevine)
🗓 Sunday, October 26 – Pug-O-Ween Festival at Heritage Park (Flower Mound)
There will be our famous and VERY competitive costume contest, food trucks, vendor village, games, raffles, and NEW this year: Pugula’s Cupcake Crunch! This is a weekend you don’t want to miss!
🙌 Want to be part of the magic and help add even more fun, creative ideas to this year’s event? We’ll be building an official planning committee to make Pug-O-Ween 2026 the best one EVER! Sign up to volunteer on our website and note “Pug-O-Ween Planning Committee” in the special skills section: https://www.dfwpugs.com/volunteer-application
🎉 Sponsorships & vendor spots are officially open! Reach out to Bertha (email: funddevelopment@dfwpugs.com) for vendor interest or sponsorship levels and benefits, or go grab your spot now: https://give-usa.keela.co/2026-pug-o-ween-sponsorships
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Tshirt Design Contest
Design the front of our official Pug-O-Ween 2026 shirt for a chance to see your artwork brought to life and worn at this year’s event!
Not a designer? No problem. Have an idea you’d love to see? Sketch it, doodle it, or send us your concept and our design team may bring it to life. If your idea is chosen, you can still win!
✨ Design Guidelines:
Must include the DFW Pug Rescue logo (download below)
Must include “Pug-O-Ween” and “2026” somewhere in the design
Design size: 13” x 13” max (CMYK format)
Keep designs family-friendly (no hateful, discriminatory, or inappropriate visuals or language)
Tell us what shirt color you’d choose (no white shirts) — bonus points for a mockup!
No AI-generated artwork
Vector files preferred
Submit as many designs as you’d like!
Download our logo, fonts, and view brand guidelines here (but no need to stick to the brand fonts or colors for the Pug-O-Ween Tshirt design!):
đź“© Email completed designs or sketches to: jenna@dfwpugs.com
⏰ Entries close July 31, after which our Board of Directors will review submissions.
🏆 Winner receives FREE entry to both this year’s Kickoff event and Pug-O-Ween festival, plus a T-shirt featuring their winning design!