May 2023 – Winners

I drew a digital news article which discusses the bad treatment Palestinians are facing. For the main “article” art piece I drew the Palestinian flag, with the keffiyeh pattern, which …

My entry shows a girl releasing a bird, which flies out from her hands. This drawing conveys how I felt when one of my close friends moved away few years …

My submission Angel Peer vs. Devil Peer compares and contrasts the effects or accepting, or denying peer pressure. One side features an angel peer where the teenager rejects peer pressure …

My entry is a poem that talks about the struggles of going through any rough part in someone’s life. It serves as a reminder to those who need it that …

My poem tells a story of someone who struggles with anxiety and gets anxiety attacks frequently, but when they go get help, they start to realize they aren’t alone.

The poem is a motivational piece about taking action for mental health. It encourages the reader to seek help and support, to exercise their body and mind, and to adopt …

This writing is dedicated to my mothers friend. My mothers friend has a daughter and she has cancer. I hope she sees this. I want her to know that she …

In this entry, I was hoping to convey a sense of anxiety, struggle, and the difficulty of maintaining a facade of happiness despite inner turmoil. I wanted to show different …

My submission is about the different emotions and situations that life throws at you.

My animation, “Reach Out”, is about a person reaching out to another person who is in a dark place due to stresses and anxieties, and brings them into the light …

Millions of teens, including many at our own school, struggle with their mental health and we want to tell them that they are not alone. With this video, we want …

Our film submission is all about taking action for mental health. The opening scene includes the lime green ribbon which is the symbol for mental health month. We feel that …

A high school student struggling with ADHD discovers a support group that is able to help him. ADHD

is portrayed as a physical person to represent the student’s changing attention …

In this entry our video shows you the importance of reaching out (like the title suggests) and follows the story of a boy who on the outside seams happy but …

It’s about this young adult named Deangelo who’s experiencing depression. He pushes people away not wanting to waste people’s time and believes he probably deserves to experience these symptoms. There’s …

This is a story about how a girl’s bestfriend began to notice that she started acting strangely and unlike anything he has ever seen before but starts to realize that …

The red-haired character picks up on her friend’s anxious and stressed body language. because of this, she gently confronts her friend about the tension she has noticed. She even offers …

As someone who struggles with mental health disabilities, this prompt really spoke to me. I know what it’s like to have depression, anxiety, and ADHD, it can feel overwhelming, as …

My artwork shows one person handing a “text HOPE” card to another person. The piece is meant to show how offering help, or where to get help and noticing when …

I know that a lot of people experience mental health differently and the things holding people back from being happy can be one thing or many. People can’t just “be …

My submission shows how mental health can change daily. You can do the same thing everyday but you can still feel like you’re in different worlds. Every day you can …

My art work shows the different sides of mental health. One side is about when I am feeling strong and confident, I feel invincible. BUT behind that I have lots …

My art reflects upon the idea of young people being seen and heard with their mental health. I feel as though many young people aren’t taken seriously when it comes …

Growing plants is a big part of a world that supports my mental health so I drew a person gathering dirt around a new plant that curls into a green …

My piece aims to depict a common mental strain that students in particular face a lot of; anxiety. Pressures are piled upon many students, largely from expectations from parents, society, …

It is a poster with graphics of people talking to each other, along with a Green ribbon representing mental health awareness, a quote from Lauren Fogel Mersy, and a text …

My project shows the green ribbon, representing mental health awareness, and on it are ways that I help my mental health. It shows ways to calm down and how to …

My entry shows a mental health toolbox. This is supposed to reflect ways/ tools to help improve mental health. I drew a toolbox with tools in it to represent the …

My poster is about how to make sure you stay mentally healthy and what to do to stay healthy. My poster provides 4 ways to stay healthy and it has …

My submission is about two friends sitting on a bench and one is going through mental health problems. The one on the right struggles with stress and anxiety which has …

My submission, “Floating into Better Health” details a community striving to connect and help those around them. As depicted, community members are giving those in need balloons in the shape …

This is how I see me, and how I see my friends. Instead of how they look, see them as they are. Some are quiet, some are shy, but we …

My entry is titled, “Mental Health Matters.” My entry demonstrates that life can be extremely busy, and many things can be overwhelming. Many people don’t realize what may be going …