Expires On: Monday March 31st, 2025 5:00pm
Scholarship Provider: VFW Auxiliary National Scholarship
Career Choice:
Geographic Limitations: Kenai Peninsula
Who Can Apply: Graduating Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores, Freshmen, Homeschool
Dollar Amount: 500 - 15000
Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest
Contest Eligibility :
- Student does not have to be related to a VFW or VFW Auxiliary member to participate
- Students in grades 9-12 by the March 31 deadline who are enrolled in a public, private, parochial, or home school program in the United States, its territories and possessions, or dependents of U.S. military or civilian personnel in overseas schools
- Although U.S. citizenship is not required, students must be lawful U.S. permanent residents or have applied for permanent residence (the application for which has not been denied) and intends to become a U.S. citizen.
- Foreign exchange students, students aged 20 or older, GED and adult education students are NOT eligible.
- Previous winners of this scholarship are NOT eligible.
Contest Rules :
- Entry must be completed during the current school year.
- Entry must be two dimensional.
- Entry must be on canvas or paper.
- Submit canvas entries on a stretcher frame or canvas board.
- Reinforce the back with heavy paper.
- DO NOT frame art with wood, metal, plastic or glass.
- Mats, including mounted and floating mats, may be used.
- Entries may NOT be smaller than 8″ x 10″ and not larger than 18″ x 24″, INCLUDING mat.
- Watercolor, pencil, pastel, charcoal, tempera, crayon, acrylic, pen, ink, oil, marker or other media by be used.
- If the American Flag is used, it MUST conform to the Federal Flag Code in relation to colors, number of stars and stripes and other pertinent rules of the code.
- Complete typed explanation of the entry (250 words or less) and attached to back of entry.
- Complete contest application and attached to back of entry.
- Parent or guardian signature required on contest application.
- Digital art and photography are NOT accepted.