Your Art in Print
Your design could be featured in the annual 2023-24 school calendar and other prevention materials. Enter now to win cash and fame!
Prize Packages
- 1st place: $100
- 2nd place: $75
- 3rd place: $50
All winners will be featured on the calendar with full recognition and artistic credit. Plus, special hot off the press
copies!
Open to Youth 5-18
Navajo and Apache County youth, ages 5 to 18 are invited to submit original art work for consideration.
2023 Art Contest Theme:
“Love Yourself Be Drug Free!”
Navajo County 2022 Teen Substance Use
| 8th grade | 10th grade | 12th grade | |
| Alcohol | 20.3% | 28.3% | 27.2% |
| Marijuana | 15.6% | 35.8% | 30.5% |
| E-Cigarettes | 17.6% | 24.8% | 31.2% |
| Rx Pain Meds | 4.5% | 10.4% | 7.2% |
Navajo County teens who have ever used alcohol, marijuana or RX drugs in their lifetime.
According to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission 2022 Arizona Youth Survey for Navajo County:
Nexus Coalition partners with other community leaders and organizations to help reduce substance use among youth.
Find out ways you can help on NCDP.rocks
Artistic Elements
August 2023-June 2024 school calendar. 12 images will be selected for calendar pages.
Artwork will be considered by a panel based on appropriate theme, application and artistic properties and age. All judges decisions are final. Winners will be announced on or before May 31, 2023.
Rules & Regulations
- Acceptable artwork must include theme “Love Yourself Be Drug Free”
- Only original artwork accepted.
- Crayon, markers, paint, pencil, multi-media, photos, etc., accepted.
- Maximum size 8.5×11” unlined paper.
- One complete and signed entry form required with each entry.
- Group/class submissions welcomed.
Submission Deadline
Mail submissions must be postmarked by 5 pm on April 28, 2023.
Do Not Fold!
Send flat artwork entries to:
Nexus Coalition PO Box 948
Taylor, AZ 85939
Or turn in artwork and entry form to your school by April 28, 2023.
No late submissions accepted.