Pinned On Contest Participation Badge

Matching certificates

Contest Participation Certificate Template, Pinned On Landscape: landscape certificate preview

Contest Participation Certificate Template, Pinned On Portrait: portrait certificate preview

A digital badge for every contest entrant, shaped as a pinned-on number card with PARTICIPANT in the number field, the organiser's name and the contest year.

Use this design

Add your logo and wording, then send it to everyone at once, each with a link anyone can verify.

Start free

Free for up to 20 recipients a year

Share this design

Save

Round badge, readable at profile-picture size
Your logo, colours and wording
Each badge links to a verified record
Matching certificates in the same design

Updated 7 November 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio

See it where it lives

Drawn to read at small sizes

A badge is mostly seen small. These are its real sizes on screen.

On a profile

120 px

In a list of badges

64 px

In an email signature

40 px

What is on it

A badge people are proud to show

You write once

The same for everyone. Keep the template’s words or change them.

Badge words: Contest Participation

Filled in for each person

Hyperstack fills these from your list when you send.

The recipient’s name and the award, in the badge’s verified record
The issue date and a credential ID
A link anyone can click to verify it

Specifications

Sizes, fonts and colours

Sizes

Badge: 470 × 470 px, round · Reads at 120 px on a profile

Fonts

Barlow Condensed: Title, Labels, Recipient name

Google Fonts, free for commercial use.

Colours

Paper#fbfaf6
Ink#16191f
Accent#1f56c8
Second accent#e0482c
Muted text#5d6570

Change any colour in the studio.

Design notes

The badge is the contestant's number card on its own. A blue header band carries CONTESTANT, the organisation's name and two steel safety pins, the white number field shows PARTICIPANT in heavy condensed capitals above the year, and a grey strip behind a perforated tear line holds the logo and the words OFFICIAL ENTRY. The card stays clear at small sizes, which suits a social profile, and it matches the landscape and portrait certificates of the same set.

About

Competition Participation Badge Template, Pinned On

A participation badge is the part of the award that travels: contestants add it to a LinkedIn profile, a student portfolio or an email signature after the judging. Art and essay contests in schools, hackathons and pitch challenges at companies, quiz nights and talent shows run by clubs and community groups all use one, so every entrant can show that they took part, alongside the certificate they keep on paper.

More wording ideas for contest participation certificates

Words that go with it

The email and the post, written for you

Email to send with it

Subject: Thank you for taking part, name: your certificate is ready

Hi name,

Thank you for entering this year's contest. The judges saw every entry, and yours was part of what made the event worth running.

Your certificate of participation is ready. Open it to see it, download a copy to print, or share it on LinkedIn and with your family so they can see what you took part in.

We hope to see your next entry.

With thanks from the organising team.

Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.

Post for the recipient to share

This year I entered my first design contest. I did not win, but I finished an entry I am proud of and learned a lot from seeing the other contestants' work. Thank you to the organisers and judges for running it so well. Here is my certificate of participation, and I am already planning next year's entry. #Competition #Design

Recipients share it with one click from their credential page, with the badge attached.

Certificate or badge?

Send both. They do different jobs.

Certificate

A full record: name, statement, skills, dates and signatures
Printed and framed, or kept as a PDF
Opens to a page anyone can verify

See the matching certificate →

Digital badge

A small image people put on LinkedIn and in email signatures
Carries the verified details inside it (Open Badges 2.0)
One click shows who earned it and who issued it

How to send it

From template to everyone’s inbox

01
Make it yours
Open the template, add your logo and change any colour or word.
02
Add your people
Upload a spreadsheet, or connect your LMS, HR tool or form.
03
Send it
Each person gets an email and their own credential page, in one go.
04
They share it
Recipients add it to LinkedIn; anyone can verify it from the QR code.