Have you heard the latest breaking news? “Zombie Nutritionist Recommends ‘All-Brain Diet!’” “Area Grandmother Comes Forward As 'Banksy.’” And in sports, “'04-'05 NHL Lockout Enters Ninth Year.”

Since 1988, The Onion has made it their mission to be the first to break these compelling news stories. Their high-quality headlines give readers deep, meaningful insight into the state of our world.

Few can match the cutthroatness of The Onion reporters, who have a penchant for squeezing sources for insider information no one else can get. No matter how chaotic the newsroom gets, this publication can always be trusted to deliver up-to-date news about what the area man is up to these days. For their cutting edge work, they’ve won many prestigious awards you’ve probably never heard of.

And now’s your chance to win a major award in the form of cash and other swag by designing a t-shirt inspired by any headline on theonion.com. Your design can be word-free, as long as it’s an interpretation of one of The Onion's headlines. Be sure to mention which headline inspired you in the “about your design” section of your submission.

Visit the challenge page to review the prizing and submit your design.

If you think you've found a headline on The Onion and want to share it with an artist, post it below!

After 37,816 votes on 147 designs, Animal Yogis by Kelly Larson was chosen as the winner of the Power Tank Challenge.

As promised for prizing, here's a video of the Threadstaff doing a workout created by her. As it turns out, the workout was already created on her design!

Go pick up her design on a tank or a tee and start your workout.

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants! Who’s starring in the design on your next tee? SpongeBob SquarePants!

Dive into the world of Bikini Bottom to create a t-shirt design that celebrates SpongeBob and the colorful crustaceans and other sea creatures that frequent the Krusty Krab. Whether he’s cleaning up the slime trail left by his pet snail Gary, seeking adventure with his best bud Patrick, or trying to get his grumpy coworker Squidward to have a little fun, SpongeBob is always filled with optimism and enthusiasm.

Bring that sunny outlook to a design that will make waves. Are you ready, artists? “Aye aye, captain!”

Share this challenge with the world!

Check out the prizing and submit.

The Internet has changed more than how we work, shop, and socialize. It has also disrupted the promise of a safe childhood for victims of child trafficking. Technology has made it easier for child predators to create and share exploitative content and connect with like-minded individuals. More can be done to stop them.

It's the mission of Thorn, an organization continuing the work started by the Demi and Ashton (DNA) Foundation in 2009, to be the digital defenders of children. Thorn aims to use technology to combat the behavior of online predators and sex traffickers. By creating a design for this challenge, you can help raise awareness for the organization’s mission to make the web safer place for kids. 25% of net sales from the winning tee will benefit the organization.

Take inspiration from how we can be better digital defenders for children who can’t defend themselves. Create a hopeful design about a predator-free future where kids can just be kids, both online and offline.

Check out the prizing and submit your design

We surprised You Are Beautiful design challenge winner Jeremy Pettis at his job with his prize winnings!

Pick up the winning design, YOU.

Every second of the Flaming Lips experience is an intoxicating fever dream—from the spaced out melodies and hazy guitars of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots to the uncharted dusky terrain of their latest album, The Terror. If you’ve ever watched frontman Wayne Coyne crowdsurf inside a giant plastic bubble at one of their ethereal live shows or hooked up four stereos to give a spin to Zaireeka, an album of four discs meant to be played simultaneously, you know: No band blends psychedelic imagination and pop euphoria quite like The Flaming Lips.

Channel the mind-bending trip that is The Flaming Lips to create a weird, wonderful t-shirt design.

Take cues from the sunny optimism of “Do You Realize?” and “Race for the Prize,” the immersive shadows of The Terror, or the acid-streaked elements of their legendary live shows to design a tee worthy of Wayne & co. You can use an existing Flaming Lips logo, no logo at all, or get creative and make your own.

Be fearless, freaked out, absurd—anything but conventional.

Visit the challenge page.

Aren’t the outsides and insides of greetings cards just so… blah? Let’s put an end to that. We already have great designs for outsides of cards, and we wanna see what you think would make for great insides.

Check out this selection of designs we think might be great for cards. If any of these designs evoke a funny one-liner within you, write your clever words underneath the design. You can do one, a few, or all of ‘em if you feel so inspired! The writers of our top 5 lines will win $25 Threadcash.

Artists, you may see some of your printed and/or submitted designs in there. Don’t worry, we’d always clear everything with you if we decided to print some of these on greeting cards.

Get your ideas in by 5/17/2013. If we print a card with your one-liner, you’ll be compensated on the card.

Commence wittiness.

Many of us were our most awkward selves in high school. Social misfit Jenna, the main character of MTV’s Awkward., is no exception. Even if you haven’t followed Jenna’s saga*, chances are you can relate to the drama, confusion, and downright awkwardness that comes with being a teenager and human being in this world.

So conjure up all the social grace and assurance you (think you) lack, and channel it into an awesome and awkward t-shirt design! Pull out your most awkward family photo for inspiration. Reminisce about the good ol’ days of braces and the horrible haircut you gave yourself once. Think very hard about an embarrassing experience you tried to forget. And get to work creating your most awkward design yet!

*Jenna meets Matty, then meets Jake, then cheats on Jake with Matty, then her best friend starts dating Jake, and now Jenna’s with Matty.

Let's get the creative juices flowing....

Post an awkward story of yours below!

Then, check out the prizing and submit your design!

A unicorn and the Tooth Fairy having a tea party. Little Red Riding Hood and George Washington competing in a decathlon. The Loch Ness monster and Genghis Khan doing a jigsaw puzzle together. These pairings don’t make a lick of sense. And we freakin’ love ‘em.

Your challenge is to pick any two unrelated characters or figures and show us how they’d interact. Would they be BFF or mortal enemies? Would they fight? Hug? Compete? Quilt? You’re the only one who knows.

Make sure to obey the rules of parody in this challenge. If you’ve got a question about a certain character and whether or not we’re able to print them, ask Rachel and Dan below.

If you're not the artist type, but have a great pairing idea, post your idea below to find a designer collaborator!

Check out the prizing and submit on the challenge page.

We've got 6 copies of A World Without Mothers?, written by Ced Funches with illustrations by Halldor Andri Bjarnson - signed by the author! In celebration of Mother's Day coming up, we want to give these to you, the tumblr, the tweeter, and the instagrammer.

Tell (or show) us why you love your mom and use the hashtag #threadlesslovesmoms.

We'll pick 2 winners from each channel at 5pm CST tomorrow, Tuesday May 7! Share the word and love your moms.

winners announced!

1211 of you scored 50+ designs! Congrats to APatfan for snagging the grand prize and bryan_snow for gettin' second.

Fraggle lovin’ friends, score 50 Fraggle Rock designs and you’ll be entered to win one of two prize packs!

The first place prize pack includes a giant plush of Red Fraggle, a 30th anniversary Fraggle Rock Collector’s edition DVD pack and a pack of limited edition Fraggle Rock playing cards.

The second prize pack includes a 30th anniversary Fraggle Rock Collector’s edition DVD pack and a pack of limited edition Fraggle Rock playing cards.

You are automatically entered when you score 50 designs so get to it!

Congrats to Matt Hoch! His design, World of Bike is the big winner from the World Bicycle Relief challenge! His design is now available on a tee and 25 limited edition messenger bags. Meet Matt!

Where are you from?
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

What’s your day job?
Member Service Representative at Royal Credit Union, but I am an aspiring artist.

This is your first design submission. What about this challenge made you to decide to submit?
I was drawn to this design competition because I enjoy biking and thought the cause was a good one.

It took a whole lotta bikes to create the world in your design. Tell us a little bit about your creative process for this submission.
I wanted to design something that incorporated the entire world. I had some troubles along the lines, but I was able to push through and I'm glad I'm able to share this design with the world. I hope others use this to promote biking and to be more conscious about our planet and ways to preserve and take care of it. We only get one.

25% of the proceeds from your design will support World Bicycle Relief to bring more bikes to more communities. Is this cause one close to your heart?
Honestly, this was the first time I've heard of the cause and was very intrigued by it. I’m glad my design can help those in need and make others' lives better. I think it would be wonderful to travel to the different countries and see how much the bikes have benefited those who have received them so far.

You’ve won a ton of biker SWAG including a custom made bike! Congrats! What’s your favorite part of the prizing?
The handmade bicycle sculpture by Charles Mwanjeleka! I've already got it in a display case!

Are you a biker yourself? What’s your favorite thing about biking?
I enjoy biking and can't wait for the weather to become nice again. Living in Wisconsin is very trying at times, especially these past few days where we've gone from no snow and 70 degree weather to 30 degree weather and 8 inches of snow. I'm very excited to work with Iron Cycles to have a custom bike built! I'm planning a trip to Chicago to get everything in order!

Do you commute via bike or just ride for fun?
Currently, I like to ride for fun. However, this summer, I would like to start commuting to work. Our city is very bike friendly and prides itself on it's yearly additions and improvements to the trails for those who enjoy biking and are conscious about the planet.

Congrats again to Matt! Pick up the tee or messenger bag now!

The bicycle-themed poster show Art Crank is coming to Chicago for the first time on May 17! The show will feature handmade, bike-inspired posters created by Chicago-area artists. Limited edition, signed and numbered copies of all posters will be available for $40 each. Admission is free.

We’ll be there raffling off some amazing SWAG including a custom Threadless bike provided by Leapyear Project, a World of Bikes World Bicycle Relief limited edition messenger bag and t-shirt, a Don't Door Me messenger bag and an Infinity MPG t-shirt.

RSVP and find out more.

WIN TICKETS TO Semi-permanent!

Like the Semi-Permanent page then post "I want tickets!" in the blog below by Tuesday 5/21 at 11:59PM CT. We'll pick winners this Wednesday. Good luck!

Back in Sydney for its 11th year, Semi-Permanent will once again bring a large dose of inspiration to those sunny shores on May 24-25. They fly, or drive, over some of the world’s most talented creatives, from a range of different industries, to present their work, their lives, and their progressive ideas with you. Yes, you!

Semi-Permanent combines speaker presentations from talented international and Australian creatives, plus exhibitions, workshops. and parties into a festival of creativity. A refreshing look at the current state of the art and design world — both educational and inspiring. A not-to-be-missed event on your creative calendar.

The founders of SP are big Threadfans. Murray Bell’s favorite design is Zissou of Fish by Moysche. Andrew Johnston’s is God Save the Villain by Enkel Dika. And since they dig Threadless, they’re offering a 10% discount code to the Sydney event! When you register, use code SPTHREAD. They’ll even be highlighting a few Threadless videos at the event!

Pick up your tickets now, and make sure to post below if you plan to attend!

Put on some tunes and take a look at the designs artists submitted to be used with UV ink for Plain White T’s designs!

Score 50 designs for your chance at a signed single of "Should've Gone to Bed" by the Plain White T’s and a $25 Threadless gift code. 5 people will win!

Start scorin’.

Live art battle event Cut & Paste is on tour visiting cities around the world. Every year, noted artists join together to compete in creating the most awesome art before your eyes. This year’s theme is “characterized.” Artists who specialize in the creation of creatures, characters, “hes,” “shes” and its” will duke it out for one night only in front of a live audience.

Here’s a sneak peak.

Sneak Peek of CHARACTERIZED Tour 2013 from Cut&Paste on Vimeo.

In between battles, Threadless videos will be featured! So make sure to cheer your heart out for those.

Check out the schedule and click through to buy your tickets (Chicago date to come):

Singapore - 25 Apr 2013 Seoul - 27 Apr 2013 Kuala Lumpur - 30 Apr 2013 Bangkok - 02 May 2013 London - 05 May 2013 Los Angeles - 09 May 2013 New York - 16 May 2013 Miami - 18 May 2013

BERLIN RESULTS

Congrats to champion team 1 from Berlin, Roland Brückner and Threadless artist Martin Krusche aka MartinK.

In this competition 3 teams of 2 designers were challenged to develop a pair of metaphorical characters based on elements that have a complementary relationship like “Bread & Butter,” “oil & water” or “yin & yang.” Over the course of 3 rounds, designers developed these characters and a scene that represented their complementary relationship. In the first 10-minute onstage round, competitors prepared a black & white sketch of two characters. In a second 15-minute round, they fully detailed their characters with color and texture. In the final 20-minute final round, the teams created a final scene containing the two detailed characters to express how they complemented each other.

London RESULTS

Congrats to London champions Aleksei Bitskoff & Threadless artist Aaron Jay aka Randyotter3000

In this competition, the 3 teams of 2 designers were challenged to create two characters that serve as RIVALS or FOILS to one another. The competition was made up of 3 onstage rounds, each intended to create a product to be used in the following round. In the first 10-minute onstage round, competitors prepared a black & white sketch of your first Rival character. In the second 10-minute round, they prepared a second black & white sketch of the 2nd Rival character. In the final 15-minute round, the teams created a scene composition fully detailing a scene that features both characters and expresses their relationship.

Tune in now at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpv83t3B6Oc&feature=youtu.be

Great news! Aaron Jay aka Randyotter3000 is our next MADE artist! His collection will be released in just a few hours and we’ll be streaming a live interview with the MADE man live via Google Hangout On Air.

Bob & Jess will be conducting the interview and we want your help to ask questions! Post them below so we can use them for the chat.

Tune in now at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpv83t3B6Oc&feature=youtu.be

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

805 people scored 50+ Dead Island designs. Congrats to BRIAN ROB, JadeJemz, Bruny, parrish.lauren, gabras, Scareb, amanda.b.hoffman & Luinelen for winning the codes.

Zombie designs have run amok on Threadless! Ahhh! Knock out...err, score 50 of ‘em by 4/25 and you’ll be entered to win one of 8 Dead Island Riptide steam codes and a $25 Threadless gift code!

Steam codes can be redeemed to play Dead Island Riptide on your PC!

The winning Kid President tee is now available! Kid President 2040 was designed by Joe Bradley of Columbia Missouri. Find out about Joe’s design, how he is inspired by Kid President and how he’s going to use that $1,000 to make someone’s year more awesome!

Tell us a little about yourself! (interests, favorite cartoon, least favorite pizza topping, song you can't get out of your head) When it's nice out and I'm not working, you’re most likely to find me chasing a little white ball on the golf course. I get hooked on a new TV show just about every week, most recently being House of Cards. Other favorites include The West Wing, How I Met Your Mother, LOST, Parks & Rec and Modern Family. I’ve gotten pretty good at making homemade pizzas… just don’t ask for any vegetables on it. I love playing pub trivia, goofing off in a sand volleyball league and shouting the words to any Michael Jackson song when it plays on the jukebox in public. Currently though I can’t stop listening to Mirrors by JT. That song is so catchy! I’m a sports fanatic and love rooting on my alma mater, the Mizzou Tigers, as well as cheering on the Creighton Bluejays and Chicago Cubs from afar.

Joe’s victory celebration

What drew you to the Kid President Challenge? I don’t remember where I first discovered the Kid President Pep Talk video, but I immediately sent it on to my sister who lives in D.C. We’ve been Kid President fanatics ever since. We both set our computer backgrounds to Kid President quotes. Mine says “It’s everybody’s duty to give the world a reason to dance.” It helps me get going in the morning. The kid is doing such amazing things at a young age, inspiring people 10 times his age to get up and do something. Hopefully the t-shirts can help spread Kid President’s message to just a few more people. My parents really instilled in me from a young age a desire to volunteer in the community and do something meaningful with your life. I’m glad Kid President is sharing that message with a new generation of kids.

Joe’s desktop

Besides submitting to this challenge, are you doing anything special to make the world dance? I currently have the privilege of mentoring four Little Brothers in Columbia through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Three of them I meet with once a week at their schools where we get to play basketball, board games, iPad games and work on homework. But most importantly we get to build our friendship and talk about any problems they might be having at school or home. My fourth Little Brother is part of the community-based program and we get to do a lot of fun things around town together like bowling, golfing, roller skating, and watching our favorite movie Despicable Me over and over again. I never had any biological little brothers growing up (although I did have one fantastic sister) and so it’s really cool to have so many of them now. They mean the world to me. I’m also really lucky to have a boss who allows me to take off in the middle of the day to meet with these kids. Thanks Rebecca Gordon!

Besides mentoring, I also teach a religious education class for kindergarteners at the St. Thomas More Newman Center. It’s such a blast. We mostly read Bible stories, play Saints Bingo and make crafts (including Pope puppets not long ago!). I also get to play Santa Clause in the Christmas pageant every year, which is awesome!

I also enjoy volunteering at the local Food Bank, Ronald McDonald House and Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen.

Whose year will you be making better by giving them $1,000? When I sent out an email to all my friends and family asking them to vote for my t-shirt in the contest, I told them that if I won, I’d award the $1,000 I get to give away to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri. I’m sticking to that. It costs roughly $1,000 to support each Big/Little match. Obviously with my Little Brothers, it's an organization that's very dear to my heart. I had the opportunity to work there for two years as an AmeriCorps Member and got to interview new volunteers and match them with their Littles. It was a special job. If the money can help match just one more kid in the community with a caring mentor, then it’s totally worth it. Maybe they can put on a fun event for the kids, too.

What does winning this design challenge mean to you? I can’t even describe for you how excited I was to receive the news that my t-shirt had been selected. It was the first Threadless contest I had entered, so I wasn’t really holding my breath. I’ve got to admit, I was a little disappointed that I didn’t receive the news from Kid President on his tin can phone, but maybe that’s because my tin can phone has been disconnected since 1995. My sister was able to talk to Kid President briefly at the White House Easter Egg Roll, so I’m still pretty jealous of that. But really, I’m just so thankful to Threadless for teaming up with Kid President for this awesome competition. I’d also like to thank my buddy Victor Tran for giving me the idea for the t-shirt design. I’m really hoping this encourages more people to look into getting involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters because there are thousands of kids across the country waiting on mentors. I’m hoping that in a few years maybe me winning this t-shirt contest means more to a kid I’ve never met before than it did to me.

Pick up your tee now!

Fellow comic geeks and freaks, Join us at Threadless HQ on April 27 for a night of live music, drawing and merriment. ShowYouSuck and Auggie the 9th will perform live! We’ll dance to sweet jams, draw on a mural wall and raffle off tons of awesome prizes! Come for the free Finch’s beer*, and stay for the special guest appearances from some of your favorite comic peeps!

Your $10 donation at the door will benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense fund.

RSVP now. Admission is limited.

*You must be 21+ to join us at this event.