Looking for a chance to become a pro-abortion designer? Create a pro-abortion t-shirt design using the phrase “You Always Have Options” for our YAHO art contest! The first place winner will receive $1500 and the winning design will be printed on a limited run of t-shirts. Two runners-up will each receive $250, and the designs will be printed on a limited run of stickers. With this contest, we hope to elevate lots of pro-abortion artists and proliferate the YAHO message far and wide. A selection of submissions will be chosen by the YAHO cohort (SYA, I Need an A, Plan C, and Charley Chatbot), and the winner will be chosen by an online popular vote.
What kind of art are we looking for?
Broadly, we’re looking for creative depictions of the phrase “You Always Have Options.” The phrase should be highly readable and designs should avoid minute detail, as they don’t translate well to screen printing. The design itself is up to you! It’s totally ok if it’s just text, but it can also include additional graphic elements.
Helping people understand various safe paths to abortion access is really the whole point of YAHO! Additionally, we’re hoping that YAHO comes to be shared and relied upon by all sorts of people, not just folks who are traditionally concerned with getting pregnant; so we’re not particularly interested in anything that feels traditionally gendered.
One other stylistic note: SYA avoids coat hanger symbolism, because we prefer not to elevate an outdated, unsafe abortion method as opposed to a current, safe method like abortion pills.
Please note that winning artwork may be altered with the artist’s permission to fit screenprinting standards.
When do submissions close? Online submissions will close on May 1, 2025; online voting will be available soon afterwards. Please check back here after May 1st for information on online voting.
- Category: visual art
- Eligibility: International, no age limit
- Deadline: Submissions close May 1
- No application fee
- Shout Your Abortion is an international reproductive rights/activist organization dedicated to sharing safe abortion information and changing the culture around abortion.
- First prize: $1500 + winning design on a t-shirt; two runner up prizes receive $250 and design on a limited run of stickers
- Contact: erin@shoutyourabortion.com
Website link: https://shoutyourabortion.com/you-always-have-options-art-contest/
