California K-12 students are invited to enter the California Coastal Art & Poetry Contest.
Winners in art and poetry will be selected in each of five grade-level categories (K-1, 2-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12) to receive a $100 gift certificate to an art supply store or a bookstore. Each winner will also receive four tickets to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California. Each winner’s teacher will receive a $50 gift certificate from Acorn Naturalists. All winning and honorably mentioned art and poetry will be part of a traveling exhibit throughout the state.
You will be able to upload your poetry and your art (scanned or photographed) and complete the entry form online. We encourage you to enter online if possible, but we will accept mailed entries should the need arise. Find out all the details, download flyers in English or Español, and get teacher resources at www.coastal.ca.gov/art-poetry. You can also access instructions and entry form in Español.
Enter online by 5pm January 31, 2023
Prints of past art are available for purchase online, supporting this contest. THANK YOU to Chapman University’s Tabula Poetica for judging assistance, and to the Aquarium of the Pacific, Blick Art Materials, and Acorn Naturalists for their generous prize donations.