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POSTER CONTEST 

National Winner
2023 Poster Contest

2023 Tuscola Conservation District

National Winner

Betty Neff

10-12 grade category

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IMPORTANT!

The deadline for submitting posters for the

2025 State Competition is

October 15, 2025.

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See directions below for submitting posters.

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The NACD Poster Contest provides students from kindergarten through 12th grade a chance to have their art displayed nationally.  Winning posters reflect the annual NACD Stewardship theme and highlight the work of conservation districts and their associations in protecting and enhancing natural resources.  The contest starts locally, advances the the state levels, then to the national level.  National winners receive recognition at the NACD's annual meeting.

Teacher Resources
2025 NACD Poster Contest

Click the buttons to view a presentation for your classroom use for the 2025 Poster Contest

  • State Contest Deadlines

  • ​I am the State Coordinator for the NACD poster contest and can be contacted by phone at 989-673-8174 x 136 or by email at patty.mcninch@macd.org.

  • The deadline to enter posters for the state competition is October 15th. Please email an electronic copy of the district winning poster for each grade category to me before the deadline.  Make sure the electronic image is clear and provides a view of the entire poster or it will not be judged at the state level.  Also, the form linked to the button below must be sent with each poster being entered for the state poster contest.

  • NACD Guidelines

  • The National Association of Conservation Districts Poster Contest is open to K-12th grade students.  Artwork entered in the national competition must first have been judged in a local or area conservation district sponsored poster contest and a state conservation association or state auxiliary sponsored contest.

  • Posters must be uploaded through the online submission form found on the NACD Education Hub Contests page (click button below) and I will enter the posters once I receive all the information from each district.

  • Your local district can select the winning posters for each grade division and the posters can be entered in the state competition for each of the grade divisions (K-1; 2-3; 4-6; 7-9; 10-12) States are not required to enter a poster for every grade level.

  • Contest Rules

    • Traditional painted or drawn posters should be scanned and uploaded as a PDF.

    • Size: The poster design size should meet the requirements of the state contest.

    • Any media may be used, including paint, crayon, colored pencil, charcoal, stickers, paper, or other materials.

    • All posters must be created by an individual student, rather than a team of students.  Entry must be contestant's original creation and may not be traced from photographs or other artists' published works.

    • The 2024 Stewardship theme “MAY THE FOREST BE WITH YOU, ALWAYS” must be included on the front side of each poster submission to be eligible for the national poster contest.

    • Although younger students will most likely receive help in planning from parents or teachers, NACD encourages each student to do their own work.  Posters of students with assistance can be judged in the "Assisted" categories.

    • Only official state poster contest sponsors can submit entries for the national contest. Entries must be uploaded by December 1, 2024.

    • NACD 509 Capitol Ct, NE ⦁ Washington, DC 20002 ⦁ (202) 547-6223 ⦁ www.nacdnet.org

  • Poster Evaluation

    • National Poster Contest entries are reviewed based on the following criteria:

    • Conservation message (50 percent) (Poster uses correct theme)

    • Visual effectiveness (30 percent)

    • Originality (10 percent) and

    • Universal appeal (10 percent)

    • Local and state contest awards and sponsors will differ from state to state. Depending on the sponsoring state’s conservation association, auxiliary, or agency's preference, the national awards will be presented at a national, regional, state, and/or local conservation ceremony.

    • The winning posters will be featured at the 2026 NACD Annual Meeting.  Each state conservation association, auxiliary or agency contact will receive notification of the judging results and a news release announcing the winners.  

    • For more information, please click the button or email stewardship@nacdnet.org

For More Informtion

Click the Button to check out more information on the NACD Website about the Poster Contest

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