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

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. 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 (photos, paintings, drawings, digital art, graphic designs, etc.). 2D art must be no larger than 8” x 10”, with no frames or mats and no markings or signatures on the front or back, and must be submitted in digital format. 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 or PDF. Entrants must complete and submit the Official Entry Form. Email entries to Jan Castro (jcastro [at] desu.edu).

Click here to download and complete the Official Entry Form

All forms and artwork submissions must be submitted by Tuesday, Sept. 17th at 5 p.m.