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Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest

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February 21, 2013
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The annual Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest will be held as part of the eighth annual national Endangered Species Day, celebrated on May 17, 2013.

Entries for the contest must be postmarked by March 15, 2013.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and numerous conservation organizations will observe Endangered Species Day to recognize conservation efforts underway across the nation aimed at helping America’s imperiled species. This year also commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act.

Started in 2006 by the United States Congress, Endangered Species Day is a celebration of the nation’s rarest plant and animal species. The Youth Art Contest provides students from kindergarten to high school with an opportunity to learn about threatened and endangered species and express their knowledge and support through artwork. Young artists who are home schooled and participate in youth groups are also eligible to submit their art. Previous winners have come from California, Minnesota, New Jersey, Louisiana and as far away as Alaska.

This year, the Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest finalists will be judged by a panel of artists, photographers and conservationists, including Wyland, renowned marine life artist; Jack Hanna, host of Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild; David Littschwager, a freelance photographer and regular contributor to National Geographic magazine; Susan Middletown, a photographer who has collaborated with Littschwager and whose own work has been published in four books; and Alice Tangerini, botanical illustrator for the Smithsonian Institution.
The International Child Art Foundation (ICAF) will select the 40 semifinalists from thousands of entries.

Winners will be chosen in four categories: K-Grade 2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8 and Grades 9-12, and will receive plaques and art supply gift packs. In addition, one grand prize winner will be honored with his or her name engraved on a special trophy and will receive a round-trip flight to Washington, D.C. with one guardian to attend a reception in May. The grand prize winner will also receive art supplies and a special art lesson (via Skype) from Wyland, the artist.

The Youth Art Contest is organized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Endangered Species Coalition, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the International Child Art Foundation. For more information, including judging criteria and an entry form, visit endangeredspeciesday.org/.

Many of the service’s field and regional offices will host events in their communities and will provide unique programs to visitors on endangered species conservation in celebration of Endangered Species Day. For more information about events, visit fws.gov/endangered/ESDay/index.html.

To learn more about the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Endangered Species program, go to fws.gov/endangered/.

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