"What Home Means To Me" Poster Contest

It is that time again ....

"What Home Means to Me" Poster Contest Entry Rules

We will be judging this year's posters at the Spring Conference that will be held on Jekyll Island May, 16 & 17th.  Judging will take place during the scholarship luncheon.

Rules

• Theme - "What Home Means to Me"

• Size -All posters must be 22" x 28" and have a LANDSCAPE/HORIZONTAL orientation to be considered for national judging and may be featured in the 2023 "What Home Means to Me" calendar.

• Media - Contestant may use any of the following art media: marker, crayon, paint, or color pencil. Please consider that posters will need to be packaged, mailed and reproduced.

• All contestants must sign a release making their entry the property of GAHRA/NAHRO and permitting duplication/publication thereof. The release should be secured to the back of the entry.

• All regional finalists and national winners must sign a photo release waiver giving NAHRO permission to use their picture for online and print publication.

• All contestants are asked to provide a short narrative on the inspiration, vision, and importance of their poster design. The narrative should be secured on the back of the entry.

•Contestant's name, grade level, age, and housing authority must be. Written on the back of each poster entry in addition to being listed on the release form also attached to the entry.

• GAHRA is only responsible for returning the original poster to the national grand prize winner. GAHRA is not responsible for returning posters except for the grand prize-winning poster.

• National winners will be selected based on how well the artwork uses the "What Home Means to Me" theme.

Eligibility and Selection Categories:
Contest participation is open to all children in grades K-12 residing in affordable housing assisted directly, supported under community development, or participants in affordable housing programs administered by a NAHRO member authority (i.e., public or Section 8-assisted housing CDBG, HOME, LIHTC.

Age Categories:
Elementary: K to 5th grade
Middle: 6th to 8th grade
High: 9th to 12th grade

Local Chapter/State Competitions:
Housing authorities must be active NAHRO members in good standing to participate in the "What Home Means to Me" poster contest.

Housing authorities submitting entries to the national poster contest must first send entries to their local/state NARRO chapter or NARRO regional council.

NAHRO will not accept submissions from individual housing authorities or state associations. Any submissions sent directly to NAHRO will be disqualified.

National Prizes
The grand prize cover winner will receive an iPad and a framed copy of their original artwork. The cover winner and one legal guardian will also get a trip to Washington D.C. and attend NAHRO's Washington Conference where he or she will be honored. The 12 national winners will each receive a $100 Visa gift card and a copy of the calendar.

 

IF YOUR CHILD OR CHILDREN ARE INTERESTED IN ENTERING OUR POSTER CONTEST

"WHAT HOME MEANS TO ME"

PLEASE CONTACT:
Ms. Helen Knighton
hstemp@albanyha.com
229 43-4505 ext. 1063
          or
Ms. Mary Ann Josey
mjosey@albanyha.com
229 434-4505- ext. 1044

All posters must be turned in by May 05, 2022, by 3:00 pm to 521 Pine Ave or your Property Managers office. If you need supplies, please call the above contacts to schedule a time to pick them up.