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The National Rifle Association is now accepting entries for
its 2007 Youth Wildlife Art Contest. The contest, the 20th in the annual
series, is open to students in grades 1 through 12 (including home-schooled
children). NRA membership is not required. The deadline to enter is October 8,
2007.
Winners in each grade category will receive $500. Second-place
finishers will receive $250, and the third-place award will be
$100.
Entries may be submitted in one of four categories, based on
school grade. Category I includes grades 1 through 3. Category II is for grades
4 through 6. Category III covers grades 7 through 9, and Category IV includes
grades 10 through 12. Entries may portray any North American game bird or
animal that may be legally hunted or trapped. Endangered species and non-game
animals, such as eagles and snakes, are not eligible subjects. Call (703)
267-1531 or email artcontest@nrahq.org if you need to confirm whether a certain
animal or bird is eligible.
Contestants are limited to one entry each.
Entries may be in a medium of the artist’s choice (oil, water color,
pastels, pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, etc.). Submissions should be on good
quality bond or drawing paper, or illustration board. Preferred sizes for the
image are 8-1/2" x 11" or 11" x 14"; matting is optional. Entries need not be
framed. Composition must be original. Photographs may be used for reference,
but artwork determined to have been traced or copied from an existing
photograph or work of art will be disqualified.
Entries must arrive at
NRA by October 8, 2007, and must be accompanied by a brief statement signed by
the student’s parent, guardian, or teacher attesting to the originality of
the work and verifying the artist’s grade level as of October 8, 2007. In
addition, the artist’s name, age, home address, phone number, and grade
must be printed on the back of the entry or on a note attached to the back of
the entry. Entries will be judged on effort, creativity, anatomical accuracy,
and composition.
Send entries to: NRA Youth Wildlife Art Contest, 11250
Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030. Entries will be returned only if
accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. NRA assumes no
responsibility for lost or damaged artwork, and reserves all rights to
reproduce entries. The immediate families of NRA staff members are not eligible
to enter. Questions regarding the contest may be directed to (703) 267-1531 or
artcontest@nrahq.org, or visit
www.nrahq.org/youth/wildlife.asp.
The
contest is supported through a generous gift from Jim Broering, President of
AcuSport Corporation, for the creation of the James and Kathleen Broering
Endowment. |
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