Healthy Mentality
A Free Poster Program Design Contest!
Help Free Poster Program design its next poster focused on promoting mental health for young people aged 10-14 years old. The winning poster will be printed and distributed to our school-based education partners in Oakland, California. In addition to getting 3 full sized copies of the poster, the winner will also receive $1,000 as a cash prize. 6 runner-ups will receive $200 in gratitude for their efforts and inspiration. (If budget and timing allow, we may also print versions of selected runner-ups as well. Our team will try to make the winner and all finalists’ designs available as a poster via our print-on-demand service for the public.)
NOTE: for this contest, we are prioritizing contestants that are peers!
How It Works:
1. Ideas Only!
All applicants must fill out the form on this page before August 31. At this stage we are only reviewing poster ideas, not completed poster artwork. Applicants may send portfolios, example images, or rough sketches in addition to the entry form below (please email to freeposterprogram@primeproduce.org), but this is not required. Submitted ideas will be considered on:
Age appropriateness - Will it speak well to our middle school audience?
Memorability - Will it make an impression that the audience will remember?
Message - Knowing what you know now, what mental health message do you wish you had on a poster back when you were in middle school?
Visual Flair - How will you make the poster eye-catching and intriguing?
Not sure what to propose? You can use some of these ideas! Just describe what else you would add or how you would make the poster come to life!
It’s OK to be NOT OK!
How to bring up your challenging experiences (who can you talk to? what are examples of what you could say?)
How to listen to someone who is having a hard time
How do you stop bullying?
How can we fight the stigma around mental health, starting with our young people?
2. Finalists announced! Time to make your poster!
On September 14, seven finalists will be invited to create their visual poster for the contest. The poster submission details will be shared at this time.
3. The winners are…
Finalists will create and submit their finished poster designs by October 14. Our judges will review and announce the winning poster design on Novermber 1st! All six finalists and the winner will be awarded their well-earned prize money.
4. Finishing touches! Off to the presses!
Our faculty will work with the artists to finalize the posters in preparation for print. The final winning design will be printed and sent for printing before being mailed to our educational partners. All other winning designs will be offered as part of Free Poster Program’s print-on-demand service.
Good luck! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email us at freeposterprogram@primeproduceorg!
This 2023 Mental Health Awareness initiative is brought to you in partnership with South Bay Project Resource, a California Bay Area based grassroots collective supporting dialogue and education about mental health. Project Resource draws its inspiration from a range of national and international psychosis-related projects and approaches, including family systems theory, the international hearing voices movement, intentional peer support, trauma-informed care, and mindfulness and compassion-based intervention.