This fall is your chance to show off your artistic talents, and learn about Ontario's native fish and their habitats!
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, along with its corporate sponsors, will hold its 9th Annual Kids’ Fish Art Contest from October 3 to December 16, 2011, when our contest species will be the American eel and the brown trout. The winning design will be used for the 2012 Young Angler's Licence.
The ninth annual contest entry form will be available starting October 3, 2011.
Lake trout and burbot were the official fish of the 8th annual contest. Our judges were looking for artwork that depicted these fish in their natural habitat. The winning designs appear on the 2011 Young Angler's Licence.
Have a look at the winning entries from the 8th Annual Kids' Fish Art Contest, as announced at the Toronto Sportsmen's Show on March 18, 2011. UPDATE: In May our three grade group winners were named International First Place Winners at the 2011 STATE-FISH ART CONTEST sponsored by Wildlife Forever. Congratulations Catherine, Bernice and Liane!
Contest Rules
The Kids' Fish Art Contest is open to all students who live in Ontario and are between grades four and 12. Here are details on the 9th annual contest. (PDF, 130 kb)
Here is what you need to know:
- Entries will be judged on the quality of the artwork and artistic interpretation.
- All artwork must be the contestant's original, hand-done creation. Photographs, tracings, computer-generated artwork and freehand copies of other people's work will not knowingly be accepted. We are interested in your artistic interpretation of the fish in its habitat.
- All artwork must be horizontal, 8.5" by 11", without a mat, frame, cover sheet or border.
- Art techniques may include scratch-board, pointillism, acrylics, oil, dry brush, watercolour, pencil crayon, crosshatch, collage, linoleum printing or crayon. Artwork must not exceed 1/4" in total thickness.
- Please - no lettering, signatures or initials on the front of the design. Any artwork with such markings will be disqualified.
- Only one entry per student will be accepted.
- Entries must be postmarked no later than December 13, 2011.
This is what you need to include:
- a completed entry form (Download Contest Entry Form (PDF, 132 kb) -- NOTE: For best results we recommend that you save the entry form to your own computer for viewing and printing. Windows/Linux users: right-click on the link and select your web browser's save option; Mac users: hold-click on the link and select your web browser's save option.)
- the artwork
- a one-page essay about your fish (American eel or brown trout), its habitat, and how to protect it for future generations. Please include your name and address on your essay.
If submitted artwork does not meet these requirements, it will not be considered.p>
Starting on October 3, 2011, you can mail your entries to:
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Kids' Fish Art Contest
Fish and Wildlife Branch
P.O. Box 7000, 300 Water Street
Peterborough ON K9J 8M5
Attn: Jeff Standaert (e-mail: jeff.standaert@ontario.ca)
