Enter our Artist of the Month Contest!

Grab your paints, clay, pencils, camera—whatever medium you use—and turn up your creativity! We're looking for teen girls to publish in Teen Voices! Compete with teen artists around the world to become one of 12 Teen Voices Artist of the Month semi-finalists. Then go head-to-head for the title Teen Voices Artist of the Year!

Teen Voices is teaming up with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA) for our first-ever art contest. Compete for a chance to win a full scholarship (tuition, room, and board) to the renowned SMFA's Pre-College Summer Art Studio—a $4,000 value! Spend three weeks living in Boston immersed in nine different artistic disciplines and begin to build a professional art portfolio.
The contest begins on January 1, 2012. Each month has a different theme, such as sisterhood, power, beauty, or heritage. Amplify your creative voice—you can submit up to three pieces of your work EACH month.

What's in it for you?

• The chance to receive instruction and college credit at the SMFA's Pre-College Summer Studio. Students come from all over the world to immerse themselves in an interdisciplinary approach to artmaking. Upon completion, you will receive three college credits!
• $250 worth of art supplies from Blick Art Materials-Boston if you win.
• Group exhibition opportunities—viewing of your work through multiple venues.
• An audience of more than 1,600 Facebook fans.
• Feedback on your work from our panel of judges and Teen Voices voters.
• Publication—your artwork could be published in our online and/or print magazine, with exposure to 102,000 annual web visitors and 45,000 print readers!
• Motivation to explore new media, improve your skills, and develop a portfolio of work that could help you get into the school of your choice.
• Inspiration from peers and their work.
• Prizes!

Each Artist of the Month winner will be awarded:

• Teen Voices Artist of the Month T-shirt
• One-year membership to Teen Voices (includes two issues of the print magazine, monthly e-communications, and more!)
• Publication in our online magazine
• Exhibition opportunity at Blick Art Materials in Boston

The final Artist of the Year will be awarded:

• Full scholarship to SMFA's three-week Pre-College Summer Studio in 2013
• Consultation with professional artists working in a variety of media
• $250 gift certificate to Blick Art Materials-Boston
• Participation in a group exhibition at SMFA
• Publication in our print magazine
• Use of your artwork as the catalyst for a Teen Voices writing contest.

Eligibility:

You must be a girl between the ages of 13 and 19.

You must be at least 15 years old to participate in the SMFA 3-week Pre-College Summer Studio. A deferral for one year is available.

You must have a working email address.

You must be willing to consent to our submission policy. (See the "Get Published" section of the homepage on our website.)

Guidelines:

1. All work must be original.
2. Only online submissions will be accepted. Please do not mail original artwork to Teen Voices.
3. Your work must have a resolution of 300 dpi and be in .jpeg format. Image should be no larger than 360 x 504 pixels. (Size of original artwork may be larger.)
4. Name your file in this order: "Theme_Last Name, First Name" example: "Girls in School_Doe, Jane"
5. Artwork can be of any medium and style.
6. Artwork will be judged based on the following criteria:Relevance and artistic connection to themeOriginality and creativityHandling of mediaDepth of conceptOverall effectiveness of work as an artistic pieceExpressiveness and personality
7. Include an artist's statement of no more than 150 words that reflects something about you and the meaning or inspiration behind your artwork.
8. All photos of individual faces will require written consent from the person pictured, or their parent, if the person is under age 18. Subject consent forms are available on our website.
9. Limited to three entries per month per person.
10. There will be no repeat winners in the 12-month contest period, but please feel free to continue to submit your artwork to Teen Voices for consideration of publication in other realms.
11. Most important, BE CREATIVE and HAVE FUN!

Entry Schedule:

• The call for submissions opens on the first of each month and runs until the end of the month. Example: The first call for submissions opens January 1, 2012, at 12:00 am and closes January 31, 2012, at 11:59 pm.
• The top 10 submissions under consideration for Artist of the Month will be posted on our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/teenvoices) by the 5^th day of the month under an album titled after the month. Example: "Girls in School {January Art Contest}"
• Online judging by our 1,600+ Facebook fans will run for 10 days. Voting begins on the 5^th day of the following month. (Example: February 5 will be the start of January voting.) Simply "Like" your favorite artwork to cast your vote.
• Artist of the Month will be announced on the Teen Voices website, Facebook page, and Twitter feed on the 16^th day of each month.
• Artist of the Month contest ends December 31, 2012.
• December's monthly winner will be announced and online judging for Artist of the Year will begin on January 15, 2013.
• Online voting for Artist of the Year ends on January 25, 2013.
• Artist of the Year will be announced on February 1, 2013

Thank you to our sponsors: