Ocean Awareness Student Contest
Deadline June 9 (must be received by this date), formerly June 10. Highly recommended free contest gives prizes up to $1,000 in each genre for poetry/spoken word, creative writing (fiction and essays compete together), performing arts (music/dance), film, visual art/handcrafted, visual art/digital, and interactive/multimedia by students aged 11-18 about climate change and ocean conservation. 2025 theme is "Connections to Nature: Looking Inside, Going Outside". Junior division is for students ages 11-14; Senior division is for students ages 15-18. See website for length limits in various genres for each age division. To qualify, works submitted must have been created during the current academic year (September 2024-June 2025). All entries must also include a brief reflection/artist's statement, 100 words minimum, on your work, along with contact information for an adult sponsor. Enter online. Contest sponsor Bow Seat is a nonprofit that fosters the next generation of environmental activists.
Source: https://bowseat.org/programs/ocean-awareness-contest/contest-overview/
Published: May 16, 2025
