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Entry Period

The “Keep Your Eye on the Prize” Student Art, Photo and Poetry Contest will begin accepting submissions on February 2, 2009. Entries must be received no later than midnight on May 15, 2009.

Eligibility

The contest is open to Louisiana students enrolled in grades K-12

Entry Categories

Each participant may enter one or more of the following categories:

• Poetry
• Art
• Photo

Age Groups

• Group 1: K-3
• Group 2: 4-6
• Group 3: 7-9
• Group 4: 10-12

Poetry Entry Requirements

• The subject of the entry must be “Why the coastal wetlands in Louisiana – a region known as America’s WETLAND – are a national treasure worth saving and protecting."
• The entry should be no more than 300 words.
• The entry must be original work of the contestant.
• All of the poems that meet contest requirements will be posted on the America’s WETLAND Web site.
• The official entry form must be completed for each entry.
• Each entry must be submitted online.

Art Entry Requirements

• The artwork must be original work by the contestant.
• The artwork must depict “Why the coastal wetlands in Louisiana – a region known as America’s WETLAND – are a national treasure and a work of art.”
• All forms of artwork are accepted, but submissions must be digitally scanned.
• Official entry form must be completed for each entry.
• To upload the image of your artwork to the Web site, the image should be saved in a jpg or gif that is 450 pixels wide at 72 dpi. The image height is not specified in order to accommodate images of all shapes. (450 pixels height is recommended, but horizontal or vertical images are also accepted.) Another way to think of the size 6 ¼” x 6 ¼” square.
• The file should be no more than 150 KB.
• All of the artwork that meets contest requirements will be posted on the America’s WETLAND Web site.
• Each entry must be submitted online.

Photo Entry Requirements:

• The photo must be original work by the contestant.
• The subject of the photo must depict “How I see the coastal wetlands in Louisiana – a region known as America’s WETLAND – as a national treasure.”
• Photos can be in color or black and white.
• Official entry form must be completed for each entry.
• To upload the image of your artwork to the Web site, the image should be saved in a jpg or gif that is 450 pixels wide at 72 dpi. The image height is not specified in order to accommodate images of all shapes. (450 pixels height is recommended, but horizontal or vertical images are also accepted.) Another way to think of the size 6 ¼” x 6 ¼” square.
• The file should be no more than 150 KB.
• All of the artwork that meets contest requirements will be posted on the America’s WETLAND Web site.
• Each entry must be submitted online.

Prizes:

There will be 12 winners, one for each category and age group. First-place winners will receive a $300 U.S. Savings Bond, second-place winners will receive a $200 U.S. Savings Bond, and third-place winners will receive a $100 U.S. Savings Bond. Winners will also receive special recognition at the America’s WETLAND Storm Warning Concert to be held at the Port of New Orleans on May 30.

Publicity:

By submitting an entry in any category, all participants give unlimited permission to the America’s WETLAND Foundation, Youth Wetlands Week and America’s WETLAND Conservation Corps to use the names of the participants, their teachers, their schools, the participants' age and grade, as well as the submitted work for publicity purposes. That consent includes permission to post that information on the Foundation’s Web site and in media materials.