Winning Designs

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National Grand Prize Winners

Zoriana

Age 17
San Francisco, California

For this poster, I wanted to show the history of suffrage and bring light to the importance of voting. The characters at the bottom of the page are all important figures in the biography of the vote: Malcolm X is on the far left; beside him is Martin Luther King Jr; on his left is Angela Davis; adjacent to her is Marsha P. Johnson; behind her is Alice Paul; lastly, on the far right, is Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Atop is a person meant to symbolize the younger generation of voters. They are being lifted up by everyone who had fought for their right to vote in the past. I wanted to show how much effort and collective action went into our right to vote. We must use the voice past heroes worked so hard to amplify.

CO-WINNER NATIONAL 1ST PRIZE AGES 15-18
CO-WINNER NATIONAL GRAND PRIZE IN HONOR OF JOHN C. LEWIS

Yi Nan

Age 16
San Francisco, CA

I love drawing. I think art is a great way to express emotion and also tell a message. For my design, I decided to put some real life events to persuade viewers to vote for this year’s election. I drew on the bottom left a son and his father next to the border with a border police agent. In the right, I have BLM protesters fighting for peace and justice. On top, I have the California wildfires that have started due to climate change. All these scenarios represents reasons why to vote, especially voting for those who aren’t allowed or have the freedom to.

CO-WINNER NATIONAL 1ST PRIZE AGES 15-18
CO-WINNER NATIONAL GRAND PRIZE IN HONOR OF JOHN C. LEWIS