The Magnify Voices Expressive Arts Contest is an initiative of the Children’s System of Care (CSoC) and the contest is held each year in observance of Children's Mental Health and is part of a larger, national effort to raise awareness of how vital positive mental health is to a child's development. This event is an opportunity to change the perceptions around mental health, as we work collaboratively to reduce stigma and discrimination. It challenges all of us to recognize a child's uniqueness, rather than emphasize the characteristics associated with their disability, diagnosis, or illness.

As part of the Magnify Voices Expressive Arts Contest, youth in middle and high school (grades 5-12) are invited to submit creative pieces about their experiences with mental health in New Hampshire. We celebrate the participants each year by hosting a celebration where the current year’s artists have their artwork on display, and we acknowledge the top 12 finalists.  And we have two years’ worth of artwork that is on display throughout the entire year as part of the Magnify Voices Roadshow.  Displaying the Magnify Voices Artwork helps to raise awareness, decrease stigma and discrimination, and effect change.

The 2025 Magnify Voices Expressive Art Contest is open for submissions now through April 20, 2025.  Find out more at www.NHCSoC.org

Morgan, the 2024 People’s Choice Winner, who has written a blog that is now live on the NHCSoC.org website!  https://nhcsoc.org/the-healing-power-of-magnify-voices/

Erin Murphy, 2021 Magnify Voices Artist.  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vic-4UW3v1M