Anything relating to brachial plexus injuries or pick one of the following themes— “Hand in Hand, Together We Can”, “Bring Brachial Plexus Injuries to Light”, “Uniting in Awareness”, “Ringing in Awareness.”

1. One poster per child/teen/adult.

2. Age groups: (a) 5-10 (b) 11-13 (c) 14-18 (d) 18+

3. Submitted poster ideas must be on plain white 8 ˝" x 11" paper or standard international A4 size, one side only.

4. Entrant’s name & age, parent's name (for child), address, phone number, e-mail and theme chosen should be printed on back.

5. Poster must be an original art work: no tracing, stencils, photographs or clip art. Art work may be pencil, pen, marker, crayons, watercolor or poster paint.

6. Individual entries or entries created at a brachial plexus picnic can be mailed by the picnic coordinator in a 9" by 12" (or standard international A4 type) envelope to: UBPN, Inc. 1610 Kent Street, Kent, OH  44240. (email address: info@ubpn.org) The deadline for submitting a poster is ______________________.

7. Entries will be judged by a U.S. jury. Three semi-finalists from each age group will be chosen and then a final selection will be made.

8. Entries will not be returned to participants but will remain the property of UBPN, Inc..

9. Winners will be notified by __________________________ by telephone or by email.

10. The winning entry might be featured in an upcoming Outreach Newsletter issue, shown on the www.ubpn.org website and, possibly, as an awareness poster for future publicity.

11.  Criteria for poster contest winners include: (a) must meet guidelines set for the contest (b) reproducibility for publication (c) clarity of artwork [must be bpi related] (d) a majority consensus by a panel of professionals with an interest in bpi. UBPN reserves the right to not declare a winner if there aren’t any suitable entries in a given age group.