Joel Myres Melanoma Awareness Project

Design a poster promoting safer sun enjoyment, skin-cancer self screening, the ABCDs of melanoma, or any other ideas encouraging melanoma/skin cancer awareness.

There will be a 1st prize, 2nd prize, and 3rd prize.

With your permission, all submitted posters may be eligible for public display and/ or publication in a newspaper, magazine, journal, or book to help increase melanoma awareness. (This will not happen without your permission; see bottom of entry form).

Use the link on the right to download the poster entry form.

(Posters not meeting these rules will be disqualified from the contest):

• Students in grades 6-12 at any Orange County school participating in the Joel Myres Melanoma Awareness Project may apply.
• Posters must be 81/2 by 11.  Posters larger than this will be disqualified.
• Posters must be submitted by June 30, 2006 to:
  Melanoma Awareness Project,
  6404 Adobe Circle Road,
  Irvine, CA 92617
• All posters must have an official entry form firmly attached to the back of the poster,with all required information properly completed, for prize consideration. (see below).
• The winning posters will be selected by the Joel Myres Melanoma Awareness Project Leaders and the Myres Family. Posters will be selected based on creativity, aesthetic value, and strength in communicating skin cancer awareness.