Relationships can have a major impact on how teens view themselves and the world around them. That's why the Teen Health 360 program at EVMS Pediatrics’ Community Health and Research Division is organizing an open call contest surrounding the theme: What does a healthy relationship look like for teens?

This Open Call aims to engage the community in a dialogue to solicit voices and ideas to support teens in all types of relationships (with friends, peers, partners, parents, etc.) to improve their health and well-being. The open call addresses the following goals:

  • Guide teens to recognize a healthy (or unhealthy) relationship
  • Support teens to build and foster healthy relationships
  • Create safe spaces to empower teens to communicate, prevent, and act against bullying, harassment, and violence.

Who can participate?

The contest is open to anyone and everyone, including youth and adults. Submissions can be from an individual, a group of people, or an organization. We welcome submissions from families which include cross-generational teamwork between school-age youth, their parents/guardians, grandparents or other trusting adults.

What are we looking for?

We welcome many forms of original submissions, including:

  • Narratives - write a story or write from experience (500 words max)
  • Images - submit a picture, drawing, painting, photograph, or infographic
  • Audio or video - max 5 minutes
  • Mixed - combine storytelling, visuals, audio, or video

A total of $2,500 in prizes will be awarded for exceptional winning submissions ($50 to $200).

Judging Process:

Each submission will be reviewed by at least five judges from the judging committee, which will consist of people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Submissions will be judged using the following criteria:

  • Relevance to the open call theme
  • Relevance to program target populations (middle and high school students, teachers, parents, guardians, and other caring adults)
  • Innovation
  • Inclusivity
  • Feasibility of information for program use
  • Overall quality

Please visit the and below for more details, including the winning submissions from the 2021 Open Call.

Please contact us at TeenHealth360@evms.edu if you have any questions.

Submission link:

All submissions must be submitted by August 31, 2022. For more information, please visit evms.edu/TeenHealth360 or email TeenHealth360@evms.edu.