Poster Making Competition (April)

Empowering youth to engage in civic issues and creating avenues for their increased political
participation is essential for a strong and sustainable democracy. Civil20 (C20), under India’s
G20 Presidency, provides a platform for youth voices on how they and their peers can be
motivated to involve themselves in governance and democracy at all levels from personal
engagement at the grassroots to holding offices of accountability.

As part of the C20 Youth Voices campaign, a poster competition is being conducted, details
of which are as follows:

Eligibility & Rules:

• Any youth between the ages of 15 and 29 years
• Each participant can submit only one poster per theme - as an individual submission
• Participation is valid if poster is not submitted by their University / Institution under the Campus 20 track (Track B).

Themes for the Poster:

• Inclusive Democracy: How can we involve the marginalized in democracy and
  governance
• Increasing Political Participation of Youth: Barriers/ Solutions

Last date of submission: April 30th 2023

Judging Criteria:

Posters will be judged based on creativity/novelty of the idea or solution (50%), aesthetic elements of presentation (30%), and relevance to the theme (20%).

General Instructions:

• Don't clutter your poster: The themes are broad and allow participants to leverage
  their creativity, but participants are requested to focus their poster on any one specific
  message under the broad theme, which they would like to convey through the poster.
• Participant’s name should be mentioned clearly at the bottom right corner of the
  poster.
• Participants can make the poster with handmade art or digital art or a combination of
  the two.
• Inappropriate or offensive language and images will automatically disqualify the
  submission. The poster should be solution-oriented.
• All content must be original. No trademarked images, logos, or copyrighted images
  may be used.
• Poster size: A3 (11.7” x 16.5”) with 0.5” margins on all sides drawn with a black
  pen/ marker.
• Digital art should be in jpeg format with 300 DPI (Dots per inch) or a print resolution
  of 3508 pixels x 4961 pixels.
• All mediums (pencil, sketch pens, watercolours, crayons, oil paint, etc.) can be used
  for handmade art) and a variety of textures may be used for digital art.
• Infographics are allowed.
• Any photo-editing program may be used for digital art.
• Each artwork must be submitted along with a short description of the idea presented.

Format of the PDF should be as follows:

• Page 1: Name of Artist, Age, Email address, Phone Number, Institution, Course Name,
  Theme, Title of the poster, Short description
• Page 2: Poster
• The poster should also be uploaded on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn after
  submission via a google form. The caption of the post should contain the following:
• C20 Working Group - Delivering Democracy - Poster-Making Competition #C20DelDem #GRAAM #youthfordemocracy #postercompetitionC20

Please note: It is mandatory to tag GRAAM's official social media handle on the respective platform.

If you have any queries, you can reach out to Ms. Rashmi or Mr. Jatin at:

• Email: g20democracyposter@graam.org.in
• Phone: +91-8088750580

Social Media:

• LinkedIn: GRAAM India | LinkedIn
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• Twitter: GRAAM (@graamresearch) / Twitter