2025 Drug Free Poster Contest
The Power is Mine: Taking Responsibility for Our Choices
Official 2025 Art Contest Rules & Forms
2025 JAHMA Calendar Contest Flyer
The National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA) is proud to kick off the annual art/calendar contest. We anticipate that more than 5,000 children, seniors, and residents with special needs nationwide will participate in the calendar art contest this year.
We have added a subtheme to reinforce a more positive use of time and encourage a broader range of submissions. The contest’s underlying message will continue to have a drug-free theme, but we also wanted to open the door for more avenues of expression. The subtheme for the 2025 contest is The Power is Mine: Taking Responsibility for Our Choices.
Below are contest rules and tips from various Affordable Housing Management Associations (AHMAs), property management companies, and on-site property managers on how to hold an art contest. If you require additional information on NAHMA’s national finalists’ contest, please contact Brenda Moser at the NAHMA office at 703-683-8630, ext. 114.
2025 CONTEST RULES
Cash Prizes! Resident National Recognition!
Grand Prize Winner: $2,500 check and a trip to Washington, D.C.
National Winners: $1,000 check
Honorable Mentions: $100 check
Who is eligible to enter the calendar contest?
Children
Children who live in a family community of a NAHMA and/or a local AHMA member company.
Seniors
Residents who are 55 years or older who live in a community of a NAHMA and/or a local AHMA member company.
Residents with Special Needs
Residents who live in a permanent supportive housing community or Section 811 community of a NAHMA and/or a local AHMA member company.
How does the contest work?
Local AHMAs will select up to three winning posters, photographs*, websites*, computer art* or other media*—such as tile, macramé, needlework, etc.—which must be submitted as a photograph from each category (i.e., seniors, residents with special needs and each children’s grade level). *See detailed descriptions for format and size in another section of the contest rules.
The five grade categories for children are based on the grade level the contestants have completed by June 2025:
Kindergarten-first grade
Second-third grade
Fourth-sixth grade
Seventh-ninth grade
10th-12th grade
Ask your resident manager for more details. Complete rules, entry forms, and required releases are available for download above.
Questions: Contact the JAHMA office at (856) 786-9590 or admin@jahma.org
Winning posters are sent to NAHMA to be included in the National Contest. National winners will be featured in the 2026 NAHMA Calendar and will receive separate prizes as designated by NAHMA.
SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE TO THE JAHMA OFFICE BY:
Friday, May 23, 2025
Send to: JAHMA
535 Route 38 East
Suite 123 J
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
