Worldwide 2026 CHOP Global Health Youth Arts Competition
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Global Health Center in partnership with Penn Nursing, Penn Center for Global Health, The Pincus Family Foundation, and St. Christopher’s Children’s Hospital seek to mobilize the creativity, passion, and energy of youth around the world to create a world where all children have access to quality healthcare regardless of where they are born.
About the Competition
If you are between 12 and 19 years old, we invite you to share your thoughts, drawing from your experiences, in response to the following prompt:
"Compelling stories are powerful tools to transform health. Share your story or create a story that inspires others to improve the health of youth around the world."
We invite you to get creative! Use any of the following formats to respond to the prompt above.
- Creative writing (an essay that is no more than 1,000 words long or a poem)
- Visual artpiece (e.g., photography, drawing, painting)
- Performing arts (e.g., dance, singing, spoken word)
- For visual art pieces and performing arts, you will be asked to provide a brief explanation of your submission.
Competition Rules
- The competition is open to 12-19-year-olds from anywhere in the world.
- Submissions will be accepted in English, French, and Spanish.
- Thesubmission deadline is Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
Click here to submit your work.
Submissions will be evaluated by category. Once all submissions have been evaluated, a panel of judges will select two winners in each category. Each winner will receive $75 USD and have the opportunity to have their work and interview featured at the 18th Annual CHOP Pediatric Global Health Conference (Oct. 23-25, 2026).
The Future is Now. Your voice is important.
Questions or concerns can be submitted via email to globalhealthcenter@chop.edu.
Hear from last year’s winners.
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Anysius: A message to young people who may be facing illness or sickness is that they are strong and brave. They should keep fighting and they will surely win the battle. Thank you.
Natalie: I see a future where young people transform mental health dialogue into something as ordinary as talking about physical health. A future where openness and compassion becomes the norm.
Ella: What gives me hope for my future and future generations is that along with new advancements of technology, the youth are keeping up and are learning to use technology in productive ways. I strongly believe that as a society we can make technology work for us rather than against us.
Yoonje (Philip): Blending science with tradition doesn't necessarily weaken medicine.
I think it makes it, I think it actually makes it stronger and more compassionate when it's integrated successfully. Yet I think more work should be done in order to facilitate the connection between the two.
