2025 Creative Contest Returns for its 5th Year

Cure CMD is excited to welcome back its annual Creative Contest for the 5th year!

The contest was created to showcase the unique gifts of people living with congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) and other neuromuscular conditions, offering a platform to share their stories through visual, physical, or performance art.

We celebrate the community’s creativity and encourage you to participate. Unleash your imagination in any medium — painting, digital art, photography, writing, sculpture, or beyond. Show us how you see the world and share your unique vision!

Contest Guidelines

• Eligibility: Artist must be an affected individual with a neuromuscular condition and at least 6 years of age.

• Entries: Each artist may submit up to two entries but can only win once. A separate submission form is required for each entry.

• Originality: Submissions must be original works created solely by the artist. Previously submitted entries will not be accepted. Artwork generated or significantly assisted by artificial intelligence (e.g., AI-based image generators or writing tools) is not permitted.

• Accepted Formats:

  • Visual or physical art: Upload a high-resolution image (JPG or PNG).

  • Performance art: Upload a high-resolution audio or video file.

  • Written pieces (poems, essays, short stories): Maximum 500 words, in English, uploaded as a PDF.

• Fair Play: The contest celebrates creativity and community. Poor sportsmanship, plagiarism, copyright infringement, or entries not created by the submitting artist will result in disqualification.

• Voting & Categories: Entries will be grouped into two or three age categories for public voting, and may also be separated into format-related categories depending on the number of submissions received.

  
  

  Check out the winning entries from 2024!