Expert Overview

Traffic-safety poster competition for high school students, run by the Los Angeles nonprofit Streets Are For Everyone, with no entry fee. Students submit a 12-by-18 portrait poster, alone or as one team, on a transportation safety topic, with special categories for e-bike safety and encouraging walking, biking, or transit. Winners are honored at an April ceremony in Los Angeles.

Format

Individual, Team

Judging Format

Jurors, Criteria based: Design industry professionals and street safety experts judge based on Creative and Original Concept, Photography, Research and accuracy of stats and/or facts or accurate portrayal of a situation, and Effectiveness of message

Monetary

Grade Eligibility

Rising Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors

Geographic Eligibility

US, International

Discipline

Visual ArtsGraphic DesignPublic ServiceResearch

Entries

Not published

Percent Awarded

Not published

Important Dates

Registration Opens

August 24, 2026

Final Submissions Open

January 28, 2027

Registration Deadline

February 5, 2027

Final Submissions Close

February 28, 2027

Passed

Open

Approaching: < 1 mo.

Priority: < 2 weeks

Urgent: < 1 week

Registration Cost

No entry fee

About

Students register online, may request a mentor, and submit up to three posters: one on a listed topic and one for each special category entered. Each student may appear only once, as an individual or as part of a single team, and schools may enter as many students or teams as they have. Nominees are announced in March. Grand Prize and Special Award winning teams, with their teacher, receive a trophy and grants for the school’s art department; finalists receive certificates, and special categories carry cash prizes.

The organizer publishes no entry totals and lists no cash amounts, and the awards ceremony is held in Los Angeles, so national standing cannot be stated. The grants go to the school’s art department, which makes the teacher’s involvement part of the prize.

A finalist or winner shows a student’s design was chosen to carry a public safety message.