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K-12 Coastal Art & Poetry Contest
January 17
K-12 Coastal Art & Poetry Contest
Enter by 5pm January 31
Ready to participate? Here’s what to do:
- Read the Contest Guidelines
- Create your art or poetry
- Learn How to Enter the contest
Submit your work online by January 31, 2025 at 5:00pm, or submit by mail (see #6 in contest guidelines below)
Other things you can do:
- Download contest flyer in ENGLISH or SPANISH
- Check out some Teacher Resources, including brainstorming prompts and Common Core connections
- Enjoy galleries of past winners and honorable mentions
- Sign up for the contest mailing list.
Winners and honorable mentions will be contacted directly and announced to the public (on this website and via email) by early April.
Contest prizes provided in part by generous donations from Acorn Naturalists, Blick Art Materials, and Aquarium of the Pacific. Judging assistance provided by members of the Tabula Poetica Center for Poetry at Chapman University.
Poetry was featured in the May 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015 issues of TAB, The Journal of Poetry & Poetics.
Support this contest by purchasing prints and other items featuring the artwork.
View the 2024 Coastal Art & Poetry Contest online and on exhibit at the following locations:
