CArtREfugee – Postcard Design Competition 2025 – 青年全球網絡

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Background

Climate change is causing more people to be forced to leave their homes. This is leading to problems that harm human rights, make people poorer, and cause tension between communities. Many people who are forced to leave their homes live in countries that are very affected by climate change. These people often have to live in far away, crowded places with not enough basic services. This makes them more at risk from things like floods, droughts, storms, and heatwaves. It also makes it harder for them to support themselves. This can cause fights over important resources like water, fuel, and land, which can lead to less peace between the people who have been displaced and the communities that host them. Many refugees and people who have been displaced within their own country come from countries that are very affected by climate change. In these countries, bad weather and worsening climate conditions make it hard to achieve lasting peace and safe return. Without help to deal with the shocks and stresses caused by climate change, these people are at risk of being displaced again. So, it’s very important to address climate change to stop this cycle and find lasting solutions.
We would like to dedicate our CArtREfugee Postcard Design Competition 2025 to refugees internally displaced and stateless people are on the frontlines of the climate crisis. All artists and designers are invited to submit a creative design under the theme of ‘Climate Refugees’.
Winners’ designs will be exhibited and printed as postcards. All money raised will be contributed to support refugee and asylum seekers ministries organized by Youth Global Network – EYGD.

Category

Primary School Division
Secondary School Division
Open Division

Theme

Climate Refugees

Artwork Criteria

Interpret the theme freely as you want.
Size of artwork should be within W14.7 cm x H10cm (W5.78in x H3.93in)
We welcome graphic works of any medium, computer design, watercolor, Chinese painting, oil painting, pastel painting and hand-drawn sketches – as creative as possible.
Only one piece of artwork shall be submitted per person.

How to apply

Scan or capture the artwork and email the scan or photo (high res) of your artwork to eygd@ygn.org.hk (Write your name, competition category and phone number as the Subject of your email.) , AND
Mail your Original (except digital design) to:
Youth Global Network
EYGD – CArtREfugee Postcard Design Competition
14th Floor, Breakthrough Centre, 191 Woosung Street, Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong
(Write your name, competition category, school name (if applicable) and phone number at the back of your original hard copy.)

Rules

Please submit only one artwork per person. Repeated entries will be disqualified.
Submissions after the closing date (February 28, 2025) will not be considered.
Entries must be original, unpublished and guarantee the authorship thus raising the organizers from any liability from any third parts’ claims related to copyright and other connected issue.
The judging panel’s decision is final.
Submitted entries will not be returned.
Winning drawings will be used by the organizers for exhibition, publication, broadcasting or other publicity purposes.
Organizers reserve the right to adapt designs to suit our purposes.

Application Deadline