Visual Arts Contest 2008

"Studying Our Earth"

About the Contest

AGI is sponsoring a visual arts contest to celebrate Earth Science Week 2008. The visual arts theme for this year is: "Studying Our Earth."

Please see below for contest guidelines.

Click here to download the visual arts contest entry form

Contest Guidelines

Who can enter?

The visual arts contest is open to any interested person in grades K-5. You must be a resident of the United States to enter.

What is the subject of the contest?

Your artwork should focus on the topic "Studying Our Earth."

How do Earth scientists go about answering their questions? They use a system of inquiry in which a question is asked, and answers are proposed, then tested. Show yourself as an Earth scientist using the inquiry approach to answer a question in nature.

What do I need to submit?

A valid submission will contain the following information:

1. A two-dimensional (flat) visual arts project no larger than 24 x 36 inches, dealing with the topic "Studying Our Earth." Each visual arts project must be original, authentic, unpublished, the sole property and work of the entrant, and not previously submitted in any other contest.

2. Your personal information and a one- to two-sentence description of what the image demonstrates printed on the back of the visual arts project:

First and last name
Address
Phone number
E-mail address
Description of artwork

3. A completed and signed entry form. Print out the entry form here and mail it to us with your artwork. Entries cannot be accepted without a signed entry form.

How should I submit my visual arts project?

Submissions for the visual arts contests must be mailed.

All mailed submissions must be sent to:

Earth Science Week 2008 Visual Arts Contest
American Geological Institute
4220 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22302-1502

If you have any questions about your visual arts project, please e-mail the Earth Science Week staff at info@earthsciweek.org.

When is the deadline?

All mailed submissions must be postmarked no later than Friday, October 17, 2008.

How will the visual arts projects be judged?

The visual arts projects will be judged by a panel of geoscientists on creativity and relevance to and incorporation of the topic.

What are the prizes?

The selected entry will win $300 and a copy of AGI's Faces of Earth DVD. All finalists' entries will be posted to the Earth Science Week Website. The winner and finalists will be posted on the Earth Science Week Website. No cash substitution for prizes will be permitted, and prizes are nontransferable

Disclaimer: By submitting an entry, an entrant agrees to allow the American Geological Institute to use his or her name to post on the AGI Web site, without compensation unless prohibited. All entries and all rights of ownership in and to the entries, including all rights to use, reproduce, publish, modify, edit, and distribute the same will become the exclusive property of AGI and will not be returned. AGI reserves the right to edit, modify, adapt, copyright, publish, use, and reproduce any and all entries without further compensation. The American Geological Institute, its agents and contractor, are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, or postage-due entries. Contest void where prohibited or restricted by law.