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Call For Entries This competition invites students to design a poster that communicates to young adults (18-24 years old) about the health risks of using tobacco products. Current research indicates that the most effective strategy to promote the cessation of tobacco use among young adults is in the combination of visual imagery and educational information; and a poster is the most immediate form of graphic communication. Research also shows that most young adults have a negative perception of anti-smoking programs; they consider them to be demeaning, belittling, and/or annoying. Thus, peer-designed visual media is a recommended strategy to increase attractiveness and effectiveness of tobacco cessation programs. Eligibility The competition is open to any currently enrolled undergraduate or high school student in Delaware who is between the ages of 18 and 24. All submissions must be signed by the entrant’s professor or teacher. All entries must be submitted according to the requirements listed. Any submission that does not follow these requirements and guidelines will not be entered into the competition. Entry Requirements All submissions must include a conceptual statement that explains the merits of your poster related to the competition theme in 100 words or less. Quality of writing and relevance to theme will be considered in the judging. There is no fee for entering this competition. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person. All poster submissions must be between 16 and 18 inches wide and between 20 and 24 inches high for vertical posters, or vice-versa for horizontal posters. Posters can be black and white, grayscale or full-color. All entries submitted to this competition will become the property of the University of Delaware Nursing Center. Entries cannot be returned. All products produced from the submissions are the property of University of Delaware Nursing Center. Entrants agree to hold the University of Delaware Nursing Center and its parent organization harmless of any claims made against it by reason of such reproductions. Entries that are in any way incomplete will be disqualified. Entrance into this competition is an acknowledgement of these terms. All artwork must be either original creation or from copyright-free sources. Students may only employ existing art or text with approval from the source to avoid copyright infringement.	Deadline Extended to 4:30pm, March 7th! Click Here to Download an Entry Form. How to Submit You Poster Posters must be submitted digitally as a “.pdf” file with all fonts and images embedded, or as a “.jpeg” file. Submissions must be actual size (100% scale), no more than 300 d.p.i. (dots per inch). Drop off or mail your poster, conceptual statement, and completed entry form on a CD-Rom or DVD-Rom (Mac or PC compatible) by 4:30pm on March 7 to: Dr. Evelyn Hayes University of Delaware Nursing Center 391 McDowell Hall, 25 North College Avenue Newark, DE 19716 Selection For Exhibition A panel of judges consisting of professors from the University of Delaware Department of Art and a student from the School of Nursing will review all completed submissions. 15 posters will be selected for exhibition based on originality, relatedness to smoking cessation theme, visual appeal, quality of conceptual statement, and relevance to the 18-24 year old age group. Individuals whose poster is selected for exhibition will be notified by email or telephone and must deliver a physical hard copy (print out) of their poster to McDowell Hall on the University of Delaware campus. Specific drop-off information will be provided to those selected individuals. The 15 selected posters will be exhibited at the Trabant University Center on the University of Delaware campus on March 21st as part of a the Nutrition and Dietetics Club Annual Health Fair. Awards During the poster exhibition, People’s Choice Awards will be determined by secret ballot and awarded as follows: 1st Place (Gold): $750.00 2nd Place (Silver): $500.00 3rd Place (Bronze): $250.00 All others whose poster is selected for the exhibition will receive an Honorable Mention Award of $100.00. Individuals whose posters are selected as People’s Choice Award winners will be notified via email or telephone. People’s Choice Awards will be presented at a reception on April 20, 2007 at the University of Delaware. Details related to the exhibition and the awards ceremony will be available on this website.
Brought to you by the University of Delaware Nursing Center in association with the Department of Art

Call For Entries
This competition invites students to design a poster that communicates to young adults (18-24 years old) about the health risks of using tobacco products.

Current research indicates that the most effective strategy to promote the cessation of tobacco use among young adults is in the combination of visual imagery and educational information; and a poster is the most immediate form of graphic communication.

Research also shows that most young adults have a negative perception of anti-smoking programs; they consider them to be demeaning, belittling, and/or annoying. Thus, peer-designed visual media is a recommended strategy to increase attractiveness and effectiveness of tobacco cessation programs.

Eligibility
The competition is open to any currently enrolled undergraduate or high school student in Delaware who is between the ages of 18 and 24. All submissions must be signed by the entrant’s professor or teacher.

All entries must be submitted according to the requirements listed. Any submission that does not follow these requirements and guidelines will not be entered into the competition.

Entry Requirements
All submissions must include a conceptual statement that explains the merits of your poster related to the competition theme in 100 words or less. Quality of writing and relevance to theme will be considered in the judging.

There is no fee for entering this competition. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person. All poster submissions must be between 16 and 18 inches wide and between 20 and 24 inches high for vertical posters, or vice-versa for horizontal posters. Posters can be black and white, grayscale or full-color.

All entries submitted to this competition will become the property of the University of Delaware Nursing Center. Entries cannot be returned. All products produced from the submissions are the property of University of Delaware Nursing Center. Entrants agree to hold the University of Delaware Nursing Center and its parent organization harmless of any claims made against it by reason of such reproductions. Entries that are in any way incomplete will be disqualified. Entrance into this competition is an acknowledgement of these terms. All artwork must be either original creation or from copyright-free sources. Students may only employ existing art or text with approval from the source to avoid copyright infringement.

Deadline Extended to 4:30pm, March 7th!
Click Here to Download an Entry Form.

How to Submit You Poster
Posters must be submitted digitally as a “.pdf” file with all fonts and images embedded, or as a “.jpeg” file. Submissions must be actual size (100% scale), no more than 300 d.p.i. (dots per inch). Drop off or mail your poster, conceptual statement, and completed entry form on a CD-Rom or DVD-Rom (Mac or PC compatible) by 4:30pm on March 7 to:

Dr. Evelyn Hayes
University of Delaware Nursing Center
391 McDowell Hall, 25 North College Avenue
Newark, DE 19716

Selection For Exhibition
A panel of judges consisting of professors from the University of Delaware Department of Art and a student from the School of Nursing will review all completed submissions. 15 posters will be selected for exhibition based on originality, relatedness to smoking cessation theme, visual appeal, quality of conceptual statement, and relevance to the 18-24 year old age group.

Individuals whose poster is selected for exhibition will be notified by email or telephone and must deliver a physical hard copy (print out) of their poster to McDowell Hall on the University of Delaware campus. Specific drop-off information will be provided to those selected individuals.

The 15 selected posters will be exhibited at the Trabant University Center on the University of Delaware campus on March 21st as part of a the Nutrition and Dietetics Club Annual Health Fair.

Awards
During the poster exhibition, People’s Choice Awards will be determined by secret ballot and awarded as follows:

1st Place (Gold): $750.00
2nd Place (Silver): $500.00
3rd Place (Bronze): $250.00

All others whose poster is selected for the exhibition will receive an Honorable Mention Award of $100.00.

Individuals whose posters are selected as People’s Choice Award winners will be notified via email or telephone. People’s Choice Awards will be presented at a reception on April 20, 2007 at the University of Delaware. Details related to the exhibition and the awards ceremony will be available on this website.

Brought to you by the University of Delaware Nursing Center in association with the Department of Art