Schools Creative Writing Competition 2013

The annual Creative Writing Competition for Victorian schools, organised by the Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Victoria), is again being held in the lead up to Mental Health Week between 6-12 October 2013.

Involvement in the competition helps to raise awareness of mental health issues. In previous years, teachers have found preparing students for the writing competition can open up discussions about mental illness and the stigma associated with it.  Classes have been encouraged to think about what contributes to good mental health and wellbeing in their own lives.

Every school that enters students’ work will receive posters, brochures and fact sheets to display during Mental Health Week. Additional resources are also available for purchase.

Three prizes can be won and will be awarded at the Victorian Launch of Mental Health Week in 2013.

The three levels for entry are:

  • Upper Primary (Years 5 & 6) with a prize of $100.00
  • Lower Secondary (Years 7, 8 & 9) with a prize of $125.00
  • Upper Secondary (Years 10, 11 & 12) with a prize of $150.00.

Download an entry form and forward to English co-ordinators and class teachers.

All entries must be received at the Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Victoria) by 5pm on Friday 2 August 2013.

For further information, please contact:

Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Victoria)
Suite J, 450 Chapel Street
South Yarra, VIC, 3141
Phone: 03 9826 1422
Email:  admin(at)mentalhealthvic.org.au

Please click here for the Schools Creative Writing Competition 2013 Entry Form and Conditions of Entry.


Consumer Art Competition 2013

Each year as part of the Consumer Art Competition, the Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Victoria) invites artists across Victoria to create an innovative piece of artwork that portrays an optimistic and positive image of mental health. The artwork is judged on its suitability for reproduction on a poster that will promote Mental Health Week throughout Victoria.
 
Last year's entries once again displayed the varied creative approaches of individual artists from all over Victoria. Some are working alone. Others have been supported in their endeavours by joining art therapy groups of all kinds. Our thanks are extended to all the artists who entered. Their efforts, as well as being personally rewarding, help to  promote awareness of mental health and wellbeing.

The Consumer Art Competition is for anyone with an experience of mental illness. All works received will also be displayed in the Mental Health Week Consumer Art Exhibition.

In addition to being featured as the official poster for Mental Health Week in Victoria, a major prize for the winning artwork can also be won and will be awarded at the Victorian Launch of Mental Health Week in 2013.

  • Major prize of $500.00 and having your artwork featured as the official poster of Mental Health Week 2013 in Victoria

All entries must be received at the Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Victoria) by 5pm on Friday 24 May 2013.

For further information, please contact:

Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Victoria)
Suite J, 450 Chapel Street
South Yarra, VIC, 3141
Phone: 03 9826 1422
Email:  admin(at)mentalhealthvic.org.au

Please click here for the Consumer Art Competition 2013 Entry Form and Conditions of Entry.