Before submitting posters to the contest, please look at past winners and familiarize yourself with the campaign. Winning posters will be chosen based on how well they counteract the media’s use of narrow, unrealistic, negative images of women and/or challenge advertisers that profit from women’s dissatisfaction with their bodies.

Posters should be graphically attractive and use dynamic messaging. We especially look for images that demonstrate beauty is not limited by body size, body type, ethnicity, age or physical appearance. The winning posters will be displayed in schools and other public settings, so please consider this when designing your poster.

IMPORTANT: Each entry must include the artist’s full name, address, phone number, valid e-mail address and category number on the back of each poster. See the prizes section below to determine what category you are in.

Digital Artwork: Digital submissions are accepted in PNG or PDF formats. The poster must include the words 2019 Love Your Body Campaign and the NOW Foundation web site address, www.nowfoundation.org. Digital submission should be sent to [email protected].

Physical Artwork: Poster should be no larger than 9″ x 12″. The poster must include the words 2019 Love Your Body Campaign and the NOW Foundation web site address, www.nowfoundation.org. If you are a category winner, you will be asked for an electronic file of your poster at that time.

Artists may submit multiple posters in the same category, but may not submit posters in different categories. Categories are determined by the age of the designer/artist. If submitting multiple entries, please send them all in one envelope or package.

Entries are accepted from all countries and are open to all gender identities.

Only original artwork will be considered.

Copyrighted Images/Subjects: Original signed release forms are required for copyrighted images or materials. Release forms are also needed for “subjects,” whether public or private citizens. Release forms are not provided by NOW Foundation.

1. Don’t submit collages or posters that mimic ad campaigns (e.g. MasterCard “priceless” commercial) or use images of celebrities, models or others who have not granted you permission to use their image.
2. Don’t send an electronic entry.
3. Don’t include three-dimensional elements that cannot be reproduced on paper.
4. Don’t mount, frame or laminate your entry.
5. Don’t send copy larger than 9″ x 12″.
6. Do include requested information on the back of the poster.
7. Do put the year (2019) on your entry, not the full date (e.g. October 18, 2019).

All submissions must be mailed to:
NOW Foundation LYB Poster Contest
1100 H Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005
Deadline: Postmarked April 21, 2019

Category I: $250 prize for open competition (non-student)

Category II: $200 prize for college (undergraduate or graduate student)

Category III: $150 prize for high school student

Category IV: $100 prize for elementary or middle school student

Categories apply to the age of the designer/artist. This contest is open to all gender identities.

One poster will be selected as the grand prize winner* to serve as the official 2019 Love Your Body Campaign poster and will be featured on the NOW Foundation web site. The grand prize winner will be chosen from among the four category winners and will receive an additional prize of $100.

• *The NOW Foundation reserves the right to alter the final poster design or to reject all submissions for the final poster design. All category prizes will be awarded even if no design is accepted for the official poster.
• All submissions become the property of the NOW Foundation and may be used for commercial purposes. No entries will be returned, so please keep all your files and/or scan your work.