“What Home Means to Me”

Poster Contest

2026-27 Poster Contest

Contest Rules


All posters received by SHA will be sent to the PNRC-NAHRO Regional poster contest.

One regional winner from each age category will be advance to the national competition, where 12 winners will be selected and win a cash prize, and one of those winners will be selected as a Grand Prize winner who also receives an iPad and trip to NAHRO’s Washington Conference in Washington DC.​

Full contest rules and application available at this link, at the Nora office, or PNRC-NAHRO’s official contest page.

Eligibility

All artists must reside in a household, or be provided a housing-related service, managed by Spokane Housing Authority.

Age Categories

The “What Home Means to Me” Poster Contest accepts submissions in the following age categories:

Elementary: K to 5th grade     Middle: 6th to 8th grade     High: 9th to 12th grade

Poster Requirements

Posters must:

  • reflect the theme of “What Home Means to Me.”
  • have a LANDSCAPE (horizontal) orientation.
  • be at least 8.5 x 11 paper size (letter size). Larger posters will be accepted, up to 22 inches by 28 inches.
  • Artists may use any art media (marker, crayon, paint, collage, textiles, etc.), but please consider that posters will need to be packaged, mailed and reproduced.
  • The artist’s name, grade level, and housing authority must be written on the back of each poster entry.
  • Entries must be created by only one person. Entries created by two or more people will not be accepted.

How to Enter

Attend SHA’s hosted Poster Contest event on April 7th from 1:00pm to 3:30pm or create your own poster and submit it to the SHA front desk during lobby hours by the end of day April 29, 2026. SHA will complete page 5 of the poster application and mail all entries to the PNRC-NAHRO Poster Contest.

You may also directly mail (postmark by May 1, 2026) your submission to: PNRC NAHRO Service Office, 12246 FM 1769, Graham, TX 76450. You must obtain a completed form (page 5 of the poster application) from SHA to include with the submission. Please contact Amanda Rollins at arollins@spokanehousing.org or at 509-252-7125.