Kiss BankNote Competition

Key Features and Deadlines

The Competition is open to all categories of entrant from design professionals to “gifted amateurs”.

The Competition is to design a sequence of six BankNotes, one side only, reflecting the themes of the six Kisses: Hero, Fan, Love, Congrats, Thanks, Friend. The winning BankNotes will be attached to all Kisses sent, and will contain the message attached to the Kiss. If there is no message, there will be a standard greeting.

The Competition opens on October 8, 2011 and closes at midnight GMT on November 30, 2011. The registration period closes on November 15, 2011. Winners are announced at 13.00 GMT on January 1, 2012. The winning BankNote sequence will be used in respect of all Kisses from 12.01 am on February 1, 2012 until 12.00 am on January 31, 2013.

The judging panel, chaired by KissBank Chairman, Bob Duffield, will be drawn from design professionals and selected KissBank account holders.

The “compulsory” features of the BankNote are:

  • Ratio of length to height: 2 to 1 (assumed physical size: 15 cm by 7.5 cm)
  • Predominant colour of each BankNote will reflect the colour of the related Kiss
  • Must contain the word: “KissBank” is standard format
  • Must contain the Kiss symbol
  • Must contain a  serial number of 14 digits
  • Must contain space for the name of the recipient and a message of up to 300 characters
  • The BankNote must have features clearly visible within a file size of 250 KB

There will be first, second and third prizes:

First prize will be to have the winner’s name and, in the case of a design professional, the website address of the designer, featured on all BankNotes. With a million account holders our Website will generate a billion Kisses. The numbers rise from there.  So the prestige and promotional potential is enormous. The winner will also have a biography, the BankNote designs and a website link on the Competition page of the KissBank Website. And KissBank will donate £1,000 to the winner’s choice of charity

Second and third prizes will be to have a biography, the BankNote designs and a website link on the Competition page of the KissBank Website, plus donations of £500 and £250 respectively to charity.

Registration opens at 00.01 GMT on October 8, 2011. The competition will be subject to KissBank’s General Competition Rules.

How to register

Simply complete and submit the registration form.