Overview

The Aotearoa Poster Competition 2020 was open for submissions from 10 August to 21 September 2020. The competition was open to all New Zealand residents aged 13 years and over with three judged and one popular vote category. At the end of September, we let entrants know whether their artwork had been shortlisted. Posters that were shortlisted were displayed on our website gallery so the public could vote (08 to 22 October) to select the winner of the Popular Vote category.

An online prize-giving event was held at the end of October. Each category winner received a $500 cash prize and their winning entry was displayed in city streets nationwide by Phantom Billstickers.

Who could enter?

You could enter the competition if you were a resident in New Zealand and aged 13 and over. If you were under 16, you needed to get permission from a parent or guardian first.

There were three judged categories and a popular vote category.

Young Persons - aged 13 to 17 years

New and emerging artists - aged 18 and over who have never sold an original artwork for over NZ$500

Established artists - aged 18 and over who have sold an original artwork for over NZ$500

Popular public vote category for short-listed entries.

The Art brief

• The Art brief for the different competition categories outlined what the artwork needed to be about and along with the competition rules, and terms and conditions, specified the requirements for submitted entries.