Designers do get all bent out of shape on spec work for commercial clients, with many considering it immoral (really). http://www.nospec.com/ http://www.nospec

Designers do get all bent out of shape on spec work for commercial clients, with many considering it immoral (really). http://www.nospec.com/ http://www.nospec.com/ http://www.aiga.org/position-spec-work/ http://www.aiga.org/position-spec-work/ A free job for a non-profit is a little less bad, as presumably the motivation is to help the non-profit, rather than to make money. That said, a free contest is going to waste a lot of effort.