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T-shirt design
Wear your message.
One bold graphic. A message someone can take into the world.
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Your art.
Your impact.
What do justice, safety, and community look like through your eyes? Turn your answer into original art. Then take your shot at a $1,000 division prize.
Your view of justice.
Your way of showing it.
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Comic cover
Make a first impression.
Create a cover that makes someone want to open the story.
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Comic pages
Tell the whole story.
Bring your idea to life, one original panel at a time.
Choose this challengeThe creative challenge
Show us what it means to you.
Think about a moment when someone stood up for what was right, helped another person feel safe, or made their community stronger. Show us what that idea means to you. It can be bold, hopeful, serious, funny, personal, or completely unexpected. It just needs to be original and unmistakably yours.
Find your inspiration
From your point of view to the spotlight
Imagine it.
Make it.
Share it.
Choose the idea you want people to see.
Justice can mean fairness. Safety can mean protection. Community can mean people showing up for one another. Start with the meaning that matters most to you.
Make it unmistakably yours.
Turn that idea into a T-shirt design, comic cover, or comic pages. Make physical artwork, then take two or three clear final photos, or upload two through six finished comic pages. Save two or three progress photos so we can see your creative process. Digital illustration is not permitted.
Put your message in the running.
Once approved, your artwork can reach the public gallery, compete for a $1,000 division prize, and chase the $500 Crowd Favorite award.
$3,500 in prizes
- Elementary overall winner
- $1,000
- Junior high overall winner
- $1,000
- High school overall winner
- $1,000
- Crowd Favorite · all divisions
- $500
The road to the winners
Make it. Enter it.
Mark your calendar.
- Entries due
- 11:59 PM Arizona time
- Voting closes
- 11:59 PM Arizona time
- Winners announced
- Time to celebrate.
Get a head start. Voting starts as soon as your approved entry goes public. Enter early to give your artwork more time to collect votes.
Crowd Favorite · Chosen by you
See the art.
Find your favorite.
Make your vote count.
Be part of the story. Explore the work of young artists and help choose the $500 Crowd Favorite across all divisions.
Explore the art & voteA note for parents & guardians
Their creativity.
Your support.
Open to Arizona students in elementary, junior high, or high school. Help your young artist share something they are proud of. Parent or guardian consent is required for minors.
Arizona · Elementary · Junior high · High school
Your idea could be the one everyone remembers.