Creative Competiton
We are delighted to invite Secondary School communities, Youth Clubs and Young Artists (third-level students aged 18+) to take part in our Creative Competition. The Creative Competition is our annual event which takes place in October, marking Black History Month.
This year, the focus is on using art to promote anti-racism and celebrate diversity on social media.
We are accepting entries until 8 pm on 24th of October 2025.
The THEME
Social media can be an excellent tool for connecting with others or expressing our thoughts, opinions, and how we want to be perceived. However, it can also be a toxic place where we become estranged from each other and allow ourselves to be abusive and spread hate. Let's use art and creative messages to stand up to racism and create a space for love, inclusion, and solidarity on social media platforms!
Entries should meet the broad requirement of promoting anti-racism and/or celebrating diversity.
WHO and WHAT
We welcome artworks from Secondary School students, Youth Club members or Young Artists (third-level students aged 18+).
We accept submissions for visual art, creative writing, poetry, music, film, and posters embedded in a real or imagined social media campaign.
Secondary School student & Youth Club member Competition
Students and Youth Club members can only apply through their teachers or youth workers! Based on age group and level of publicity, there are four categories available.
Categories:
Social media consciousness and publicity are the central elements of the competition. Therefore, we encourage schools and youth clubs to support their students and members by offering them the institution’s social media accounts to create a “campaign” and post their artworks. To ensure children’s anonymity in the ONLINE competition, we only accept social media posts on the accounts of schools or youth clubs.
At the same time, we would like to offer an opportunity to those who do not want publicity or do not have access to social media. We suggest that they join the OFFLINE competition.
Prizes
How to apply
- We will be accepting entries until 8 pm on 24th of October 2025.
- We will only accept entries through our online application form (see the “APPLY HERE” button below)
- Regardless of the category, it is obligatory to fill out the “Social Media Campaign Plan” template (see below)
- Upload the artwork through the online application form (maximum file size 500MB).
- Submissions to the ONLINE competition need to include a link to the social media post; the link must stay active until the 7th of November
Download the “Social Media Campaign Plan” template here
Download "Social Media Guidelines" here
Winners will be announced on the 6th of November.
An independent jury will select the winners based on the following criteria:
- Artistic value: max 25 points
- Creativity of the social media post template: max 20 points
- Uniqueness: max 15 points
- TOTAL: 60 points
APPLY HERE
Young Artists’ Competition
Third-level students aged 18+ are welcome to apply to a separate competition individually, on their own behalf.
There are three categories, and the social media platforms define these. The Show Racism the Red Card Creative Competition invites entries in the form of social media posts featuring artwork (visual art, creative writing, poetry, music, film, and posters) that promote anti-racism and diversity.
You can only use the same artwork and submit it for the competition on one platform. But you can compete in each of the three platform categories with three different artworks.
Categories and Prizes
How to apply
- We are accepting entries until 8 pm on 24th of October 2025.
- We are only accepting entries through our online application form (see the “APPLY HERE” button below)
- Submissions to the ONLINE competition need to include a link to the social media post; the link must stay active until the 7th of November.
- Declare in the application form that you are above 18.
Download "Social Media Guidelines" here
An independent jury will select the winners based on the following criteria:
- Artistic value: max 25 points
- Creativity of the social media post: max 20 points
- Uniqueness: max 10 points
- Social media engagement (number of shares/reposts): max 15 points
- TOTAL: 70 points
Winners will be announced on the 6th of November.
APPLY HERE
