Quarterly Contest Theme: Artful Healing & Recovery
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Recovery: “Artful Healing & Recovery”
This quarter, R2V2Q invites you to share personal or community-centered stories that illuminate mental health resilience and substance abuse recovery. Through visual art, poetry, short essays, spoken-word pieces, or mixed-media projects, we encourage you to express the pathways of healing and hope that have shaped your life—or the lives of those around you.
Why This Theme Matters
- Inspire Others: By openly depicting journeys through mental health challenges or substance abuse recovery, you can motivate individuals still seeking help, as well as reaffirm strength in those already on the road to healing.
- Break Stigma: Every submission helps dismantle harmful stereotypes by normalizing discussions of mental health and substance abuse, fostering a culture of empathy and understanding.
- Build Community: Sharing personal narratives and artwork creates solidarity among participants, offering connection and mutual support in a collective space dedicated to well-being.
Submission Guidelines
- Creative Format: You may submit artwork, photography, poems, short essays, spoken-word videos, or any fusion of these media as long as it highlights a story of healing, growth, or renewed hope.
- Authenticity & Respect: We welcome submissions that bravely explore difficult themes—while respecting personal boundaries, privacy, and applicable contest rules (e.g., no explicit content).
- Empowering Focus: We encourage narratives that center on resilience, coping strategies, turning points, support systems, or transformations, emphasizing what empowered you or someone you know to seek help and thrive.
Judging & Selection
Entries will be reviewed based on authenticity, impact, and creative expression. Selected works may be showcased on our website, social channels, or community events, ensuring your message of hope and recovery resonates far beyond the initial submission.
Join us in celebrating the courage, vulnerability, and triumph that emerge when we confront mental health challenges or substance abuse and find ways to reclaim our lives. Submit your creative piece today, and help build a future where healing is shared, stigma is challenged, and transformation is embraced.
