Do you live in California?
Are you a creative kid in kindergarten througn 12th grade?
If so, read, or have an adult help you enter this year's California Coastal Art and Poetry Contest.
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A Maze of Jellyfish
Catherine Cui, 5th grade, Tustin
Honorable Mention in 2013
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WHO:
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All California residents in kindergarten through 12th grades are invited to participate.
There are five categories for awards
in both art and poetry:
K-1st, 2nd-3rd, 4th-6th, 7th-9th,
and 10th-12th grade.
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WHAT:
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Entries must have a California coastal
or California marine theme (e.g. no tropical or Arctic settings or species -- for help with California species,
click here.) Poems and artwork must be student's original work. If using a photo model taken
by someone else, image must be significantly altered to avoid plagiarism. Art should be no larger than 11
inches by 17 inches. Acceptable art media are paint, pencil, markers, ink, crayon, chalk or
pastel (fixed), and collage. Three-dimensional pieces, computer printouts, photography, or photocopies are
not eligible in this contest. All entries must include a completed contest Entry Form.
Winners will be selected in each of five grade-level categories (K-1st, 2nd-3rd,
4th-6th, 7th-9th, and 10th-12th)
in both art and poetry to receive a gift certificate for $100 to an art supply store (for winners in art)
or book store (for winners in poetry). Winners and honorable mentions will receive tickets to
Aquarium of the Pacific, courtesy
of the Aquarium. Each winner's sponsoring teacher will receive a gift certificate for $50 for educational materials
from Acorn Naturalists.
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WHEN:
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Entries must be postmarked by January 31, 2014.
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HOW:
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Review and complete the Guidelines and Entry Form and submit it
with your art or poetry to:
COASTAL ART AND POETRY CONTEST
California Coastal Commission
45 Fremont Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94105
Students may have their work featured in California Coastal Commission materials and
webpages. Students may enter multiple pieces. Artwork will only be returned if it is submitted with adequate postage
and an address label for reuse of your original packaging (preferred) or a self-addressed, stamped
envelope of the correct size. Entries that do not include these items at the time of submittal can not
be returned. Poetry will not be returned. Winners and honorable mentions may be retained by
the Commission for approximately one year for public exhibit.
For more information, or to request to have an entry form emailed,
mailed, or faxed to you, contact the California Coastal Commission at
800-COAST-4U or coast4u@coastal.ca.gov.
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• 2014 Entry Form and Guidelines in English
• 2014 Entry Form and Guidelines in Spanish
(Poetry entries must be in English)
You can download the
Contest Flyer as a PDF.
Teachers: Find free resources to help you teach about the coast and ocean.
Inspiration Brainstorming:
Below are just a few questions that might help encourage artwork or poetry. Entries
need not be about anything in particular except the California coast or ocean. Create whatever
our coast inspires you to create.
- Have you ever been to a California beach?
- What do you do at the beach?
- What do you see at the beach?
- What animals live on the coast or in the ocean off California?
- How are people connected to the ocean?
- What colors can you see at the beach?
- What sounds do you hear at the beach?
- What textures do you feel at the beach?
- Why do you love the beach or the ocean?
- What things may harm the California coast?
- What does the ocean make you think of?
- How does the ocean make you feel?
- How can we protect the ocean?
- Do you have a memory of being at the coast that was special/powerful/sad/comforting/mundane…?
- What would California/your life/your community be like without the ocean?
- What is California/your life/your community like because of the ocean?
CALIFORNIA SPECIES
If you depict specific species or habitats in your entry, they must be
California species and habitats. (Of course, you are welcome to be more abstract in your
work, and particular species need not be identifiable; but you are discouraged from submitting
obviously non-California images such as clownfish, coconut palms, walruses, penguins, etc.) Below are some sites to educate
you about the many native species of the California coast. If you know of another website to add to this list,
please
email us.
These sites
should be used for habitat and species information only. If using a photo model taken by someone else, the image must
be significantly altered to avoid plagiarism.
