Condom Case Competition

Hey EVERYONE This is cool.

As part of the Australian Government’s ongoing National STI Prevention Program: Sexual Health Campaign,
a competition aimed at young people to design limited edition condom tins is now open.

As you know, the campaign aims to raise awareness about the risks of infection and encourage safe sexual behavior, including using condoms and seeing a doctor about testing after unprotected sex.

To encourage condom carrying, we are asking young people to design a condom tin that will appeal to their peer group. This competition will build on the achievements of the campaign to date by encouraging interaction and participation from the target audience and further promotion of campaign messages.

The competition is open for a period of four weeks and entry is via the campaign website www.australia.gov.au/sti. Entrants can use the design tool provided to create and upload their design or they can use their own design software. Visitors to the site can view all of the submitted entries and vote for their favourite design.

Two winning entries will be chosen by our panel of judges including visual and performance artist Ben Frost, Australian rock band Bluejuice and expert on dating, sex and relationships, Samantha Brett. The judges will choose one winner from all of the entries and a second winner from the top ten designs as voted on by the public.

The winners will each receive $1000 and have their design produced on condom tins.
The competition is being promoted directly to universities and design colleges, and to the general public through online advertising, public relations and promotional activities.

We would appreciate your assistance with promoting the competition by embedding the ‘vote/enter widget’ on your homepage, blog or facebook page. This can be found by clicking on ‘enter’ on the white competition box on the website www.australia.gov.au/sti. Once you are in click on ‘Share’ at the top of the page and click on either ‘embed on your blog’ or ‘share with facebook’. The widget is an interactive way to promote the competition and enables people to vote for their favourite designs or enter the competition. Alternatively, you can provide a link to the campaign website www.australia.gov.au/sti.