Tūhura Otago Museum is developing the Smokefree Science Showcase. The showcase will tour around Aotearoa New Zealand, sharing the facts behind smoking and vaping in a hands-on and engaging fashion.

https://www.greatkiwiposter.com/Escape-the-Vape?fbclid=IwAR0MYK7a2YJCfXSLaO44KR2aXCFE0VWi_ccFa5q6x55V1DkbQZGsiJ2_jQs  (Link to enter the poster competition)

We are inviting you to become part of the showcase. Design a poster that speaks to or portrays the reality of vaping and/or vaping culture and enter it in the Escape the Vape Poster Competition.

Winners of each section winners will receive $1,000 and their poster featured on digital media and toured around Aotearoa New Zealand as part of the showcase.

Your poster can cover any aspects of vaping or vaping culture. It should also contain a slogan, tagline, or other means of conveying a clear message. For example, posters could aim to:

• Call-out the fake information and/or misplaced perceptions around vaping.
• Empower young people to stand up and respond to marketing and peer pressure to start vaping.
• Bring attention to the true health effects of vaping.
• Highlight the impact vaping has - this could be on you or your whanau, or your friends, school, or community.
  

The following websites may be helpful to learn more about the prevalence, risks, and realities of vaping:

• Protect Your Breath Campaign
• Don’t Get Sucked In Website
• Youth Vaping, Smoking & Nicotine Use - Truth Initiative
• Kicking It - Vapes: Marketing an Addiction by Kauffman Museum

Competition Details

Entries must be submitted through the form on this web page. Be sure to read the competition rules and terms & conditions and then submit your entry before the competition closes.

• Opens: 31 May 2023
• Closes: 31 July 2023

Sections

• Youth - Up to 15 years old (as of 31 July 2023)
• Open - 15 years or older (as of 31 July 2023)

Judging

Judging will be undertaken by Tūhura Otago Museum staff, together with a panel of research and creative professionals. Judges will consider:

• Relevance to the competition theme
• Originality of concept
• Creativity
• Technical art and design execution
• Poster impact – the ‘wow’ factor that engages people.

Entries must:

1. Be your own work and 100% original. Artwork can be hand-drawn, painted, mixed-media or can be digitally illustrated using photos but all images must be created by yourself and not copied from elsewhere. No AI artwork will be accepted unless all original elements have been created by the entrant.
2. Be in an A4 or A3 portrait (upright/vertical/portrait) format.
3. Scanned at 300dpi resolution if created by hand.
4. Be saved as a JPG formatted file between 2-10MB in size and uploaded directly onto our competition website.
5. Be received by the end of 31 July 2023.

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Terms & Conditions

1. If you are under 15 years of age you must obtain permission from your parent or guardian to enter.
2. The competition is only open to New Zealand residents or people living here during the competition period.
3. The Escape the Vape Poster Competition will only use your personal details for the purpose of administrating this competition and will not publish or provide them to anyone else without your permission.
4. By entering you grant the Escape the Vape Poster Competition permission to feature your artwork on our website and social media, as well as print copies of all entries for possible public display, including in the Smokefree Science Showcase which will tour around Aotearoa New Zealand in 2023/24.
5. Your intellectual property belongs to you. There will be no reproduction beyond that mentioned above, and your artwork will not be used for any commercial purposes by Tūhura Otago Museum.
6. Escape the Vape Poster Competition winners agree to their names being published and for them to be potentially photographed &/or interviewed by the media about the competition. All artists also give the Escape the Vape Poster Competition permission to use such photographs and interviews for publicity purposes.
7. The deadline for receiving entries is final. No late entries will be accepted. We will not accept any responsibility for late or lost entries due to internet issues or emailing errors.
8. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the results. Winners will be contacted personally before being announced online.
9. No responsibility is accepted for ineligible entries which breach the terms and conditions of the contest.
10. The Escape the Vape Poster Competition is not open to anyone immediately connected with the competition or their family members.
11. The Escape the Vape Poster Competition reserves the right to cancel the competition at any time if it’s deemed necessary and/or due to circumstances outside of our control.
12. Prizes unclaimed 14 days after notification will be deemed to have been forfeited and the prize money will be put towards the showcase.