Girls Aloud Media banner competition

The Girls Aloud Media banner competition is a monthly contest held to find the banners that will grace the top of the GAM forums for the next month. It is well known for being IMPOSSIBLE to win if you don't rip Shelby off.

How to win
Here are a few tactics you can use to improve your chance of winning:
 * Follow the basic rules of graphic design- that means NO high contrast, NO stretched images, NO blurred pictures, NO low quality formats and so on. PLEASE REMEMBER THIS PEOPLE.
 * Use recent pictures, ideally some that have come out pretty soon before the contest. Pretty much a must.
 * Stick a gif on your banner. GAM members fucking love this.
 * Edit the colour of their clothes in Photoshop. People will be forced into voting for you by their amazement.
 * Be Shelby.
 * Rip-off Shelby.

Things to avoid

 * DON'T use a picture that's not from the current year. Seriously, so many people do this but it only leads to fail.
 * DON'T stick the words 'Girls Aloud Media' over a coloured picture and enter it.
 * DON'T make it clear you used MS Paint to create your lovely work.