It pays to offer hefty prizes for contest rewards, and pays even more if you enter and win. Take the Graniph T-shirt design contest, for instance, where the first prize was 1,000,000 yen (about USD $9,000). That contest received over 15,000 entries worldwide, and with that many entries the contest judges are bound to find a true piece of art (yes, T-shirts can be art - as well as a political statement or just something that tells people how idiotic you are).

You’ll find cats, elephants, squirrels, birds, pandas, a sheep, and a few dogs among other subject matter on the winner’s page at Graniph. My dog didn’t like the dog shirt that spelled ‘God’ with the ‘d’ backwards. He said that was old hat. But, then again, he thinks he’s a rabbit.

Have a great weekend!