January 22, 2021: Are you a Black woman or person of trans experience living with HIV or involved in the HIV community? Get your creative juices flowing and enter an original piece of artwork for PWN’s inaugural Celebrate & Honor Black Women in the HIV Movement Art Contest!

Three talented and inspired individuals will win prizes and will be featured in a special Facebook Live on March 11, the day before our first-ever Celebrate & Honor Black Women in the HIV Movement Day. All eligible submissions that follow the guidelines will be shared through PWN’s website and social media.

The prizes will be $200 for first place, $100 for second place, and $75 for third place, via gift cards that can be used anywhere that accepts credit cards.

Submit your art here!

Forms of art eligible for entry in the contest include:

  • Original visual art (e.g., drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, graphic design, etc.)
  • Original writing (e.g., poem, song, essay, or short story)
  • Performance art (e.g., video of you performing spoken word poetry, singing, dancing, etc.)

In order to be eligible to participate in the art contest, you must:

  • Self-identify both as Black and as a woman, person of trans experience, or gender non-conforming person.
  • Be living with HIV OR actively involved in HIV care, prevention, advocacy or activism.
  • Agree that your submission can be shared publicly through PWN’s website and social media platforms.

Your artwork should reflect your vision of what it means to you to celebrate and honor Black women in the HIV movement.

Visual and written artwork submissions should be original and must be submitted as digital files (e.g., in order to submit a painting, you will need to take a photograph of the painting and submit as a JPG or PNG file). Performance art submissions may include original interpretations of poems or songs written by others; these must be submitted as video files (e.g., mp4 or mov files).

Submit your art here!

Please note that you may only submit ONE entry into the contest. Multiple entries from a single individual will result in only the first being judged.

Instructions to submit your entry:

  1. Make sure that your submission is saved in one of the following file formats:
    1. Visual artwork: as a .jpg or .png file.
    2. Original writing: as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file.
    3. Performing art: as an .mp4 or .mov file.
  2. Name the file exactly as follows: firstname-lastname-artworkname.
    1. For example, Jane-Doe-My life as a Black woman.jpg, or Lynn-Smith-WhyISing.mp4.
  3. Complete all required fields on this form.
  4. Upload your submission as a digital file here or by emailing it as an attachment to [email protected].

Winners will be notified by email and/or phone ahead of the March 11 live announcement.

Questions? Contact Evany at [email protected].