Cultivating critical thinking and activism in our media culture. Building a healthy world through media justice.
New Mexico Media Literacy Project - www.nmmlp.org
Media literacy - the ability to critically consume and create media - is an essential skill in today's world.

Are you a middle school or high school student?

Are you mad at racist, sexist and other offensive messages in advertising?

Do you resent big corporations telling you how to live?

Enter our contests!

Bad Ad Contest

Find a bad ad in a magazine, newspaper, or other print source. 
Write an essay about why it's bad and how it could be better.

Winners in each category receive $100. 
Runners-up receive $50.

See the winning entries in this year's contest!

The next Bad Ad Contest will be held in Fall 2010.
Please bookmark this page and visit us again in the fall.

 

Counter Ad Contest

Take an ad and change it into a counter ad, delivering a more truthful or
constructive message using altered images, words or persuasion techniques.

Winners in each category receive $100. 
Runners-up receive $50.

See the winning entries in this year's contest

The next Counter Ad Contest will be held in Fall 2010.
Please bookmark this page and visit us again in the fall.

 

Talk Back to Big Tobacco!
Script & Storyboard Contest

Write an original script or storyboard for a 30-second radio or television ad aimed
at preventing commercial tobacco use among young people.

Visit the contest website

 


Questions?

505-858-8896 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm MT)


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