Due December 16

Rules

Make your favorite holiday treat! Entries either need to be turned in at your school by 8:00 a.m. OR brought to the 4-H Office by 10:00 a.m. You will need to include a copy of the recipe and the completed the contest tag (provided on this handout). Please send treats on disposable plates/containers (covered securely) or in zippered bags.

Categories

Fudge, Chocolate Dipped Candy, Other Candy, Cookies, and Something Salty.

Due December 16

Rules

Use your creativity to make a piece of holiday art! Entries either need to be turned in at your school by 8:00 a.m. OR brought to the 4-H Office by 10:00 a.m.

Categories

Ornament, Wreath, Christmas Card, and Other Decoration.

Due December 16

Entries either need to be turned in at your school by 8:00 a.m. OR brought to the 4-H Office by 10:00 a.m.

Winners will receive cash prizes! There will also be a “Best of Show" winner this year!

Rules

• All pictures must relate to Agriculture
• Open to all 4-H youth 4th —12th Grades
• Divisions: 4th - 6th and 7th - 12th
• Picture must be taken by individual listed on entry label
• Entry label must include: name, parish, school, grade, and category
• Photograph entered must have been taken during 2019 and in Louisiana
• All entries must be 8”x10” (color or black/white) (No other sizes will be accepted)
• All 8”x10” pictures must be mounted on a 10”x12” thin matboard. This will allow a 1” border. (Please no foam board)
• Each photograph must include a one-line title mounted on thin matboard below picture
• Ink jet prints are acceptable.
• You are limited to enter only one picture in each of the categories that are listed below.
• Entries cannot be duplicated.
• All photographs will be displayed during the Ag Expo in West Monroe on January 17 & 18, 2020.

Categories

Farm Animals, Horticulture/Plants/Crops, Any Other Agriculture

Due January 20

Theme: Better with Beef

Rules

• Posters must be on “22 x 28” poster board only. Place your name, address, age, grade in school, and parish/chapter on back, upper right corner of poster.
• Digital entries must be designed using one of the following programs: Microsoft Publisher, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Canva. Digital designs should be formatted for “22 x 28” poster size prints. All digital entries must be saved in high-resolution 300 DPI in ALL of the following: original design file, .png file format, and .pdf file format. Digital designs should be saved to a blank jump drive, placed in a 3 ½ x 6 blank envelope labeled with name, address, age, grade in school, and parish/chapter on the front.
• Posters and digital designs should generate positive images and promotion of beef (not live cattle production) using the indicated theme. Posters should promote beef without projecting any negative messages towards other agricultural commodities (chicken, pork, etc.).
• Do not use copyrighted materials • You may develop ideas from magazines, parents, friends, nutrition bulletins, Beef Ambassador Fact Sheets and meat publications but the end concept should be original and not copied material.
  • No templates may be used in the digital division. All design work must be original and from scratch, just as a poster would be designed.
  • Pictures, clip-art and materials (i.e. cartoon characters, advertisements, logos, etc.) that are copyrighted may not be used on the poster. The poster will be disqualified if copyrighted materials are used.
  • Computer generated clip-art may be used on the poster if it is not copyrighted material.
  • Materials to pull ideas from are also available from your local supermarket, butcher, the American Meat Institute and National Livestock and Meat Board.

Divisions

Division 1: 4th-6th grades
Division 2: 7th-9th grades
Division 3: Poster 10th-12th grades
Division 3: Digital 10th-12th grades

Awards

First place: state winning posters in each division will receive $200.00 sponsored by the Louisiana Beef Industry Council

Second place: state winning posters in each division will receive $100.00 sponsored by the Louisiana Beef Industry Council

Third place: state winning posters in each division will receive $50.00 sponsored by the Louisiana Beef Industry Council