Application Deadline: November 1, 2024, 12 midnight EST
Applications are now open for the 2025 ICAW International Poster Contest. Each year, the International Compost Awareness Week Committee holds a poster contest to pick a design for the annual poster. There is always a new theme for ICAW, which is highlighted on the poster as well as that year’s dates. ICAW is always held the first full week of May. The dates for 2025 are May 4 – 10. The poster contest is open to anyone from anywhere in the world age 14 or older.
Requirements
REQUIREMENT CHECKLIST
Entries will be eliminated if requirements are not followed exactly.
Please read before you enter and make sure your poster has everything it needs.
- Only One Entry Per Person
- Size is 12” wide X 18” vertical (this is in inches)
- Resolution is 300 dpi in jpg format
- Poster contains the theme name: Sustainable Communities Begin with Compost!
- Poster contains the words: International Compost Awareness Week
- Poster contains the date: May 4 – 10, 2025
- Do not add additional words to your poster. Only the theme and International Compost Awareness Week and May 4-10, 2025 are allowed. Any changes to those words or additions will automatically eliminate your entry.
- If you have a photograph as part of your poster, please confirm that either you took the photo or you have obtained legal rights to use the photo.
- Important to know before you start your design, posters cannot be an AI generated design. Any AI designed posters will be eliminated.
Submission Requirement
You must complete the online entry form application and checklist, and submit your poster online. Please include a short paragraph on why you chose to participate in the ICAW 2025 poster contest and give an explanation of your poster concept.
The poster must include the following:
International Compost Awareness Week
May 4 – 10, 2025
Sustainable Communities Begin with Compost!
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the ICAW International Poster Contest.
