NAHMA Art Contest for yearly Calendar
2024 Art and Poster Contest Theme:
DIG INTO A NEW DAY: OUR WORLD IS A GARDEN OF DELIGHT
DEADLINE to submit to PAHMA: MAY 10th
The PAHMA Board of Directors is pleased to support the 2024 Art and Poster Contest sponsored by the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA).
The poster contest is open to children and senior residents 55 years or older who live in a community of a NAHMA or a local AHMA member company, as well as residents with special needs who live in a permanent supportive housing community or Section 811 community of a NAHMA or a local AHMA member company.
Three Regional Winners receive $100 cash reward, and the management company receives a complimentary registration to the PAHMA Fall Educational Conference in October in recognition of advancing to the National level. Deadline to submit your entry to PAHMA May 10, 2024.
A panel of NAHMA judges selects 13 National Winners from the Regional submissions whose art will appear inside the pages of the calendar and one exceptional entry for the cover.
Click HERE for PAHMA Flyer
Click HERE for Contest Rules and Entry Form.
Order 2024 Calendars HERE
2023 Contest Theme (for 2024 Calendar)
People Helping People: Promote Acts of Kindness
Grand Prize Winner
Haneen Amer, 16; 11th Grade; Winteringham Village Apartments, Toms River, N.J.; The Michaels Organization; JAHMA
National Winner
Graling Arnold, 55; Seniors & Residents with Special Needs; Bedford Hill Apartments, Pittsburgh, Pa.; McCormack Baron Management Inc.; PAHMA
Order Calendars HERE
2022 Contest Theme (for 2023 Calendar)
Healthy Is Happy: Nutrition and Fitness Propel Us Forward
Calendar Contest Finalists Slideshow 2022
Grand Prize winner:
Esme Fordjour, a ninth grader from Worcester, Mass., has been named
the grand prizewinner in NAHMA’s annual AHMA Drug-Free Kids poster and art contest. The talented artist’s creation will appear on the cover of NAHMA’s 2023 calendar. Esme, 14, also receives an all expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for a future NAHMA Biannual Top Issues in Affordable Housing conference, as well as a scholarship of $2,500 from the NAHMA Educational Foundation.
Honorable Mention goes to our own Deborah Holt, 72
Seniors & residents with special needs
Cornerstone Village Apartments, Pittsburgh, Pa.
McCormack Baron Management
PAHMA
2021 Contest Theme (for 2022 Calendar)
With Responsibility Comes Reward: Holding Ourselves Accountable
Angie Montero, an 11th-grader from Miami, Fla., has been named the
grand prizewinner in NAHMA’s annual AHMA Drug-Free Kids poster and art contest. The talented artist’s creation will appear on the cover of NAHMA’s 2022 calendar.
2020 Contest Theme (for 2021 Calendar)
MY VOICE WILL BE HEARD: “Speaking the Language of Love”
Jamaica Johnson, a 12th-grader from Pittsburgh, Penn., has been named the grand prizewinner in NAHMA’s annual AHMA Drug-Free Kids poster and art contest. The talented artist’s creation will appear on the cover of NAHMA’s 2021 calendar. Jamaica, 17, also receives an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for a future NAHMA Biannual Top Issues in Affordable Housing conference, as well as a scholarship of $2,500 from the NAHMA Educational Foundation.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER, Jamaica Johnson, Grade 12
PAHMA thanks all the participants in the 2020 art contest and congratulates our first National Grand Prize Winner! High School Senior, Jamaica Johnson – Crawford Square, Pittsburgh, PA, McCormack Baron Management Services. Jamaica has shared her talent in the calendar contest for the past six years and has been a National Winner several times. We congratulate her on this honor in her last year of student eligibility and wish her a bright and creative future.
2019 Contest Theme (for 2020 Calendar)
SHARING OUR STORIES: “Learning from Others, Young and Old”
Alexandria, Va., July 12, 2019 ― Kaia Carpenter, a 12th-grader from Summerville, S.C., has been named the grand prizewinner in NAHMA’s annual AHMA Drug-Free Kids poster and art contest. Read More
NATIONAL WINNER
Jamaica Johnson, Grade 11
Crawford Square, Pittsburgh, PA, McCormack Baron Management Svcs
NATIONAL WINNER
Nikki Gillespie, Senior
Carson Retirement Residence, Pittsburgh, PA, CMS Housing
2018 Contest Theme (for 2019 Calendar) –
HOPE IS IN BLOOM: “Nurturing Our Community”
Alexandria, Va., Aug. 8, 2018 ― Ani Keshishyan, a ninth-grader from Glendale, Calif., has been named the grand prizewinner in NAHMA’s annual AHMA Drug-Free Kids poster and art contest. Read More
HONORABLE MENTION
PAHMA wishes to thank all the participants in the 2018 art contest and to congratulate our Honorable Mention Grade 7-9: Mariah Schoening – Improved Dwellings of Altoona.
2017 Contest Theme (for 2018 Calendar)
LEARNING WILL GET ME WHERE I’M GOING: “Reaching for Knowledge”
Alexandria, Va., July 13, 2017 ― Worla Dra-Zonyrah, a sixth-grader from Worcester, Mass., has been named the grand prizewinner in NAHMA’s annual AHMA Drug-Free Kids poster and art contest. The talented youngster’s artwork will appear on the cover of NAHMA’s 2018 calendar. Read More
NATIONAL WINNER
PAHMA wishes to thank all the participants in the 2017 art contest and to congratulate our National Winner, Ninth grade – Crawford Square, Pittsburgh, PA
McCormack Baron Management Services
2016 Contest Theme (for 2017 Calendar)
WORDS THAT HEAL: “Stop Bullying, Spread Kindness”
Alexandria, Va., July 15, 2016 ― Winnie Mei, a 10th-grader from Brighton, Mass., has been named the grand prizewinner in the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA)’s annual AHMA Drug-Free Kids poster and art contest.
Read More.
NATIONAL WINNER
PAHMA wishes to thank all the participants in the 2016 art contest and to congratulate our National Winner, Grade 7-9 Category, McCormack Baron Management Services.
2015 Contest Theme (for 2016 Calendar)
OUR HANDS ARE UNITED: “Reach Out And Be A Good Neighbor”
Alexandria, Va., July 10, 2015 ― Stephanie Vázquez, a 12th-grader from Manatí, Puerto Rico, has been named the grand prizewinner in the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA)’s 29th annual AHMA Drug-Free Kids poster and art contest. Her artwork will appear on the cover of NAHMA’s 2016 calendar. Read More
HONORABLE MENTION
PAHMA wants to Congratulate both Louise Atwell, 64, & Dolores Jancay, 70, senior, Cannon House Highrise for the Elderly, Canonsburg, PA, Redevelopment Authority of the County of Washington that received an Honorable Mention for their artwork. Well done ladies!