The MCA NAAD competition is held every two years and is usually a design competition. It is open to all current UK Medical, Nursing and Midwifery students.
The 2025 NAAD competition was to design an artwork and supporting infographic on the relationship between alcohol and cancer and the competition details were as follows:
Your submission should be a double-sided A5 flyer which could be used for information in healthcare or other settings, destined at the general public. The front of the flyer should display an original artwork and the back to include a supporting infographic with relevant facts and figures. The flyer can be either portrait or landscape and must be A5 size. Please use images with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi to ensure print quality. The flyer must include the MCA logo and contact details on the back (downloadable here as jpeg and png files).
Opened: 1 April 2025 Closed: 31 July 2025
Click here for full competition details.
The winners are:
1st Prize: Mark Thomas, University of Manchester
2nd Prize: Krishnika Vetrivel, King’s College London
3rd Prize: Kashmir Gaddu, University of Leicester
With thanks to our judges: Adrian Jugdoyal, Dr Chris Daly, Dr Iain Smith