Get ready to celebrate Braille Literacy Month with CNIB's annual Braille Art Competition!
2025 marks 200 years of braille so we are opening this year’s competition to ALL AGES. Don’t use braille regularly? Curious about braille but have never had the chance to learn? Celebrate the importance of braille literacy by entering the contest! The contest begins on World Braille Day (January 4) and ends on January 31, 2025. We are looking for tactile, fun and creative artworks which feature braille. Show us your craftiest creations!
Competition Categories
Category 1 – Braille your name: Make your name in braille in the most creative way possible. Anything goes. Be as creative as you like, Remember, you can use all kinds of objects to represent braille dots! Whatever you use to represent the braille dots should have texture or a tactile feature.
Category 2 – Change and Adapt: Show us items that can be changed and adapted into something else, the changing seasons, or how recycled materials can be reclaimed for artwork. And remember, this is a tactile and braille art competition, so please be sure your entry features both.
How to Enter
- Send a high resolution .jpeg format photograph of your artwork to karen.brophey@cnib.ca. The deadline is midnight on January 31, 2025.
- Make sure your photos show off any braille or tactile features as clearly as possible (ask someone who is a good photographer to take a picture of your art).
- Be sure to include your name, your age and your address along with your entry!
- Optional: include an Artist’s Statement or description of your entry.
Prizes
There are three age groups:
- 10 years and under
- 11-29 years of age
- 29 years and over
In Category 1 ‘Braille Your Name,’ a first and second prize will be awarded in each of the age groups. First prize is a $50 gift card for an art supply store. Second prize is a $25 gift card for an art supply store.
In Category 2 ‘Change and Adapt,’ a first and second prize will be awarded in each of the age groups. First prize is a $50 gift card for an art supply store. Second prize is a $25 gift card for an art supply store.
Terms and conditions
- This competition is open to Canadian residents eligible for CNIB service
- You may submit multiple entries but you are eligible to win only one prize.
- Entries will be judged by CNIB staff. The judge’s decision will be final.
- By entering the competition, you agree to you/your child’s first name and photo of entry being used on the CNIB website and social media. Please do not include faces in any photos that you submit.
- The competition closes on January, 31 2025 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
For more information, please contact Karen Brophey, Central Lead, Literacy at karen.brophey@cnib.ca or call 647-302-4047.