Competitions & Contests
COMPETITIONS & CONTESTS
Check Out these Competitions & Contests for your KIDS!
(Middle & High School Students): The Sugar Rush Poster Design Contest (middle & high school students)
“Calling all artists! The Sugar Hill Arts Commission invites you to participate in an exciting opportunity: The Sugar Rush Poster Design Contest.”
Ages: The Sugar Rush Poster Design Contest is open to middle and high school students, with a deadline of September 8.”
“We are looking for one design from a student in the local community to create our 2024 event poster. This design will be screen-printed LIVE on hundreds of posters as a commemorative giveaway at Sugar Hill’s annual Sugar Rush Festival in October 2024! The lucky winner will also receive a $150 cash Grand Prize”
(Ages 5-12): Mott’s & Crayola Back to School Design Contest
Enter for an opportunity to win
a grand prize of up to $55,000 in tuition!
STEP 1
Download the template, print it out, and have your kiddo create an original drawing by hand using art supplies.
STEP 2
Take a photo of your kiddo’s artwork and upload it to enter. Please make sure to take the photo in landscape mode.
For Ages 5-12
Learn More & Enter Your Child’s Design Here
DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 30
(Ages 5-12): 2024-2025 Little Jurassic Genius Art
Artwork submissions must be Jurassic/Dinosaur-related in subject or theme.
Outstanding submissions receive prizes, including copies of the finished book.
For Ages 5-12
DEADLINE OCTOBER 1, 2024
All Ages ~ Rube Goldberg Playground Contest
“This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity invites kids, college students, professional designers and anyone who dreams big to design a Rube-inspired playground, or even just one component of a playground, and submit their ideas to enter the competition.”
Who can Participate: K-12 students, college teams and professional inventors and engineers.
Winning submissions will receive: a US$500 cash prize and trophy; social media coverage on the Rube Goldberg and Miracle Recreation sites; permanent acknowledgement on the physical structure once complete; a published story and/or ad in a trade publication; and winners will also be invited to attend a collaborative design session with Miracle Recreation and Rube Goldberg teams.
See More Here
DEADLINE: Submit your artwork online by October 17, 2024.
Grades 6-8 ~ The Metro Water District’s annual Middle School Essay Contest
“The Metro Water District’s annual Middle School Essay Contest is now open! This year’s topics are all about the Georgia Water Virtual Learning Journey, in partnership with Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Open to sixth, seventh, and eighth graders from 15 counties plus the City of Atlanta, one winner from Gwinnett County will receive $100. The District-wide winner will be selected from among the county and city winners to receive an additional $400 for a total prize of $500.
The deadline to submit is October 18, 2024. Visit HERE for more information and to submit essays.”
DEADLINE: The deadline to submit is October 18, 2024.
Georgia K-12 ~ GLET Cybersecurity Awareness Secure Our Schools Poster Contest 2024 – 2025
“All Georgia K-12 public, private, and home-schooled students are eligible to participate in this year’s GLET Cybersecurity Awareness Poster Contest. First-place finalists will receive prizes and a chance to meet State School Superintendent Richard Woods.
The theme is Secure Our Schools.
Questions? Contact email address: [email protected]
DEADLINE: Submit your artwork by November 1, 2024
All Ages ~ Rube Goldberg Machine Contest: Feed A Pet
The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest (RGMC) is a worldwide competition where teams create machines from found or discarded household items. The 2025 task is: Feed a Pet!
First Q&A Session: Sept 4
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Team Registration Closes January 17, 2025
(Ages 2-12): U.S. Kids Annual Cover Contest
This year’s Theme: Make My Dream Come True! – tell us about a dream you had with your art.
“Winners will receive prizes, and first-place winners will have their art featured on the May/June cover of the appropriate U.S. Kids magazine. In addition, U.S. Kids will make a donation to the art department of the winner’s preschool, elementary, or middle school or other 501(c) 3 nonprofit art program.
First place: $500.00
Second place: $250.00
Third place: $100.00″
For Ages 2-12
DEADLINE FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Kids 13+ – Ranger Rick Photo Contest
Kids 13 and under can enter any nature-themed photo they’ve taken on their own using a camera or phone camera app. Every month, winners will be selected by the judges and posted on the contest homepage in the Recent Contest Winners slideshow. Online winners will be in the running for Ranger Rick’s “Your Best Shots” Magazine Award. Magazine Award winners will be selected three times each year for publication in Ranger Rick magazine’s December–January, April, and August issues.
DEADLINE: ONGOING
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