LG and crowdSPRING have joined force to launch a contest to get as many people as possible to submit their designs for a future LG mobile phone.

The top prize for coming up with the winning design will be $20,000, 2nd place is $10,000 and 3rd will be $5,000 with LG giving out 40 honourable mentions to the tune of $1,000 and an LG US mobile phone.

LG are looking for cool new concept designs or even a big idea and can be submitted in any format, renderings, hand sketched, digital drawings and the like. Only snag is you have to e a US resident and 18 or above.