Prize Card Runner-Up Badge
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A runner-up digital badge drawn as a claret pleated rosette with 2nd on its silver button and a RUNNER-UP band. For contests, shows and sports days.
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Updated 12 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
- Runner-Up
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
Colours
- Paper#fbf8f3
- Ink#261d22
- Accent#8e1f2f
- Second accent#a9afb7
- Muted text#6b6166
Change any colour in the studio.
Design notes
The badge is a show rosette on its own: a ring of claret knife pleats with a silver foil edge, an ivory inner ring and a silver button that carries a bold Didone "2nd". Two swallowtail streamers hang below, crossed by a silver band that reads RUNNER-UP. There is no gold, so it never reads as first place, and the rosette stays clear at the small size of a profile thumbnail.
About
Runner-Up Badge Template, Second Place Rosette
A digital badge lets a second-place finisher share the result online the same day it is announced. Contest organisers, sports clubs, schools and companies issue it to the runner-up of a tournament, a show class, a hackathon or a sales challenge, so the placing appears on a profile, in an email signature or in a portfolio next to the full certificate.
More wording ideas for runner-up certificatesWords that go with it
The email and the post, written for you
Email to send with it
Subject: Second place, name: your runner-up certificate is ready
Hi name,
Congratulations on finishing second. It was a strong field and a close result, and the judges noticed the quality of what you brought to the competition.
Your runner-up certificate is ready. Open it to see your result, download a copy to print and frame, or share it on LinkedIn so your team, family and friends can celebrate with you.
Thank you for taking part, and well done on a result to be proud of.
Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.
Post for the recipient to share
I am happy to share that I finished as runner-up in this year's competition. The field was strong and the final was close, and I learned a lot from the other entrants. Thank you to the judges and organisers, and to everyone who helped me prepare. On to the next one. #RunnerUp #Competition
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
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.
The badge is a round image on a 470 × 470 px board, drawn to stay readable at 120 px, the size of a profile picture.
Abril Fatface (title), Hanken Grotesk (text, labels). All are Google Fonts, free for personal and commercial use, and you can swap any of them in the studio.
Yes. Every text, colour and drawing is its own layer in the studio. Add your logo in the logo spot; the design keeps its balance with a wide or a square logo.
Each person gets the badge with their own verified record. They add it to LinkedIn or an email signature, and anyone who clicks it sees who earned it and who issued it.
Yes. This design is part of a set: Prize Card Runner-Up Certificate and Prize Card Runner-Up Certificate, Portrait. Issue them together so the certificate and the badge read as one award for runner-up.
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