NAEA – National Art Honor Society and National Junior Art Honor Society
Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Contest
This year’s theme for our award-winning Ocean Awareness Contest is Your Story, Our Ocean: How Our Ocean Sustains, Protects, and Inspires Us, where we encourage young people to explore the natural world and their place in it through the lenses of generational knowledge, human health, urban environments, resiliency, and more.
Quick Contest Details:
- Free to enter
- Open to students worldwide, ages 11-18
- Submissions accepted in visual art, creative writing, poetry, spoken word, film, music, dance, and multimedia
- Up to $1,000 in cash awards available, including the We All Rise Prize for students in the U.S. who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or Latine
- Student work becomes part of a global collection that is inspiring the protection of our oceans
- Submission Deadline June 8, 2026
More information at bowseat.org/contest
Art Contest: Stronger Together: Art for Democracy
Stronger Together: Art for Democracy
Artists of all ages are invited to enter the Stronger Together: Art for Democracy competition, with cash prizes. Two-dimensional art will be accepted until April 10, 2026, with no entry fee. This is a juried competition. The jury will be made up of art professionals and community members.
Theme and Goals:
Art is a powerful tool for social change. Unbound by age, culture or social location, it sparks the imagination and promotes meaningful dialogue. With the
goal of encouraging civic engagement, artists across New England are invited to submit works on the theme of protecting and strengthening American democracy. Artworks should express the goals of promoting unity and the common good, which underscores the American ideals that all voices are important and that our strength lies in welcoming diverse perspectives. Our goal is to spur productive dialogue; showcase the work of New England artists; and celebrate democracy.
Deadline: April 10, 2026 Learn more and submit work here.
COLLABORATING FOR BIODIVERSITY – YOUTH ART OPPORTUNITY
Collaborating for Biodiversity is a K-12 youth art project celebrating species protected by the Endangered Species Act. You are invited to submit artworks created in collaboration with two or more youth artists. We’ve created Collaborating for Biodiversity in honor of the 20th Anniversary of Endangered Species Day, Friday, May 16th, 2025.
Submission Deadline April 23, 2025
7th annual Marine corps student art competition- national museum of the marine corps
Student artwork will be judged in five grade-based categories: K-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, and special needs grades K-6 and 7-12. The competition is open to private, public, and homeschool students.
Deadline
Artwork entries must be submitted via digital copy. Email entries will be accepted starting on February 15, 2025 but will not be considered past April 15, 2025. Only the first fifty submissions in each category will be accepted for consideration.
Annual Art Competition on Extreme Weather
The 2024-2025 Challenge Questions are:
1) What will your community look like when we are not using fossil fuels for energy in 20-30 years?
2) What jobs will be needed to adapt to more extreme weather?
3) How can plants and animals adapt to a warmer ocean?