Design for a Cause: Join the Amazon Aid Poster Challenge!

The Amazon rainforest is one of our planet's most important ecosystems, but it is constantly under threat, from illegal gold mining to deforestation and climate change. Now, you have the chance to use your creativity to make a difference!

In honor of Earth Day coming up in April, we have an exciting new challenge for you. Amazon Aid charity is calling on creatives like you to design a set of three impactful posters to raise awareness about critical issues affecting the Amazon.

How to enter?

  1. Read the design brief here  (also further down on this page)
  2. Submit your designs here Midnight 28th April 2025 (12am BST)
  3. Join our YouTube livestream on Thursday 1st May; 2025, 2PM BST  to see the winners*

*We will be doing a live review on the design submissions and up to 3 winners will be announced live on our YouTube Channel on 1st May 2025, 2PM BST

The Brief:

Design a total of 3 posters to raise awareness about critical issues affecting the Amazon.  Issues are listed on the Milanote Board.

Visual Style

Feel free to explore your unique styles or pick one of the 4 recommended directions listed on the Milanote Board.

Size & Dimensions

Use the Amazon Aid Poster template provided on the Milanote Board

Target Audience

High school students (ages 15-17)

Deliverables:

You can submit up to 3 entries. Simply put all designs into one PDF (max 100 Mbytes). Details of how to submit included on the Milanote Board.

Deadline:

YouTube live Review: 

Midnight (12am BST) 28th April 2025

1st May 2025, 2PM BST 

Click here to access the Milanote board for some useful references to kick start your creative ideas


The Prizes

1st Place

  • Being featured on our YouTube channel and on our website.

2nd Place 

3rd Place

  • Being featured on our YouTube channel and on our website.

Contest sponsored by:

Milanote is an easy-to-use tool to organize your ideas and projects into visual boards. Our entire team at Yes I'm a Designer have been using Milanote to organize all of our projects since 2020.


Upload your designs here!

You can submit up to three entries. Your PDF should be labeled with your full name and include all designs in one PDF (max 100 Mbytes).

Winners will be announced
live on our YouTube Channel

We will do a live review of the design submissions
and reveal the winners.
We can't wait to your awesome designs.

Subscribe to our channel to be notified  

Disclaimer :

All design assets have to be created by the contestant or they need to be royalty free photos, illustration, fonts, etc.

Generative AI can be utilised for the posters, but for not more than 50% of the artwork.

Any designers under the age of 18 whose work is selected as a finalist or winner, must provide parental permission to showcase the work.

Amazon Aid will be given full distribution and copyrights of winning designs. Winners will need to provide fully layered, editable working files to Amazon Aid.

During the live review, all participants receive general feedback on how to improve their work. Due to time restraints we may not be able to give individual attention to all submissions



Find out more about all our
past Open Design Contests here!


About the author 

Shumi Perhiniak

Shumi is a self-taught graphic designer and illustrator who has worked for Toni&Guy, Renaissance Learning, Baker Ross, and many others.

Additionally, she owned a brick-and-mortar stationery shop selling her art prints and now sells wholesale to retailers and online shops under the brand name www.herdesignworld.com.

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