Delaware Health Equity Report Art Contest
Contribute to a Healthier Delaware!
Submit your artwork to the Delaware Health Equity Artwork Contest
OPEN TO ALL ARTISTS | AMATEUR & PROFESSIONAL | Free to Enter
NINE (9) $500 AWARDS Will be awarded
The Delaware Division of Public Health, Health Equity Bureau is collaborating with Delaware State University’s IHER Center CED Core to create a Delaware Health Equity Report. The Health Equity Report will be designed for multiple audiences and will emphasize conditions for optimal health outcomes across the vital conditions: thriving natural world, basic needs for health and safety, humane housing, meaningful work and wealth, lifelong learning, and reliable transportation. Click here to learn more about the vital conditions. The Delaware Health Equity report will also emphasize efforts to improve health that can be taken by government agencies, community serving organizations, communities, and individuals. The overall theme is the joy of health and well-being. We want to supplement our data, charts, and graphs with images of real people living their best lives in Delaware.
Requirements:
All participants must adhere to the Art Contest Rules and Guidelines found within this document.
The submitted art or photography should be connected to Delaware in some way (depicting Delaware places, people, or other Delaware-related imagery), and should connect and showcase the themes of the report such as community, health & thriving, fulfillment of basic needs and vital conditions, and joy of health and well-being.
All images must be submitted by using the art contest form at the end of this document. All artwork entries must be submitted by the original artist. The subject of all artwork must be Delaware-focused. AI art will not be accepted. Artwork includes two-dimensional (2D) art, such as photos, paintings, drawings, digital art, graphic designs, etc. (3D-rendered art and images of sculptures are also acceptable.) The art must have no frames or mats and no markings or signatures, and must be submitted as a digital file. Contest artwork must be submitted with no signatures for judging purposes. If selected, artwork with signatures may be provided and all published artwork will be attributed to the artist. Normal processing of RAW image files, minimal cropping, and minor adjustments to color and contrast are acceptable. Images that involve harmful or explicit content should not be submitted and will not be accepted.
The entrant must hold all rights to the photograph and must not infringe on the rights of any other person. Entries will not be returned and become the property of the Delaware Division of Public Health, Bureau of Health Equity solely for use in the 2024 Health Equity Report without the express written consent of the artist. By submitting any artwork, entrants grant permission to the Delaware Division of Public Health, Bureau of Health Equity to edit, publish, and reuse the image.
Eligibility: All entrants must be Delaware residents. Members of the judging panel and their relatives are not eligible to submit entries. The judging panel includes Sequoia Rent, Linda Jones, Jan Castro, Dorothy Dillard, and Matthew Billie.
Submission: All artwork must be in 2D format, should be photographed or scanned, and sent as a JPEG, PNG or PDF. Entrants must complete and submit the Official Entry Form. Entries and art files are to be submitted and sent via email to Jan Castro (jcastro [at] desu.edu). Artists can expect to hear back in the following weeks after art judging has occurred.
Click here to download and complete the Official Entry Form.
The deadline for submissions has been extended: All forms and artwork submissions must be submitted by Monday, October 14th at 5 p.m.