Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or a budding painter, here’s your opportunity to show off your talent and use your artwork to honor Veterans. VA and the Veterans Day National Committee are now accepting submissions for the 2023 Veterans Day Poster Contest. Submissions are due by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on April 1, 2023.

This contest is open to all. Your art should reflect this year’s theme of “Service.” Veterans have shaped the American character, giving us an extraordinary legacy of patriotism and honor. Their service represents the highest form of citizenship.

Briana Cummings, creator of the winning 2022 design, entered the contest because “I believe in the VA mission, not only as a VHA employee but as an indebted citizen of our nation. The sacrifices our service members and their loved ones endure to secure our freedoms astound me. As a designer, I entered the contest to express my utmost gratitude for our Veterans and to help honor them on Veterans Day.”

The winning poster will be distributed to VA facilities, military installations worldwide and across cities and towns in our nation. It will also serve as the cover of the official program for the Veterans Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery, scheduled for Nov. 11, 2023.

Although creativity has no rules, there are a few submission guidelines:

  • Artwork must be 18” x 24” at 300 dots per inch, with scaled down submissions to 9”x12.”
  • The design will be used for a 1” x 1.5” lapel pin. Simple designs look best scaled down to lapel pins. If you’d like to submit a modified design for the lapel pin based on the original poster design, you may do so.
  • Submissions are not restricted to “human-centric” images, such as a joint color guard. Images of American icons, monuments or scenery can qualify.
  • Submissions must be representative of all Veterans who served. The Committee may select a particular submission but ask the artist to modify the original design. Additional changes may be required prior to printing.
  • Each design must include the words “Veterans Day,” “November 11, 2023,” and “Honoring all who served.”
  • All submissions must include sufficient information to demonstrate that the image is the artist’s work and is not copyrighted material (i.e., photos and concepts).

Successful designs are very simple, with minimal imagery and verbiage. To view examples of past winning submissions, visit The Veterans Day Poster Gallery.

Submit electronic versions as jpg images or PDF files by email to vetsday@va.gov.

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9 Comments

  1. Lanzie Brown February 3, 2023 at 22:17

    Send me some more information at this formation

  2. Laura Hix February 1, 2023 at 22:49

    Please make sure to update this page.

  3. Donovan Nash January 30, 2023 at 20:34

    They should advertise the final on TV and the local papers front page.

  4. Donovan Nash January 30, 2023 at 20:32

    The ones on the web site are very nice.

  5. John Sierra January 27, 2023 at 11:37

    Never forget those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to defend and protect our country. I believe our country was chosen by God to protect this planet. May God bless America

    • Kenneth M. Brown Sr January 30, 2023 at 21:47

      Amen’ Brother….

  6. Charles Woolwine January 27, 2023 at 11:01

    Can I get a copy of the the posters that are shown

  7. Michael Ramos January 27, 2023 at 04:43

    Love this competition, I just may have to participate! Thanks for sharing the news about this, much appreciated.

  8. Kristie Smith January 26, 2023 at 22:58

    Very creatively art work

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