The National Conservation Poster Contest is open to kindergarten through twelfth grade students. Artwork entered into the national competition must have been judged in a local or area conservation district sponsored poster contest and a state conservation association or state auxiliary sponsored contest.
To find who in your state is in charge of the NACD poster contest, visit the NACD Conservation District Directory and contact your state association of conservation districts.
All Participating Districts MUST have the poster submitted to the WVACD Education Chair, Mark Fitzsimmons by the morning of the July Quarterly Meeting
The state conservation association, auxiliary or state poster contest sponsor selects a poster to enter in each grade division (K-1; 2-3; 4-6; 7-9; 10-12) and submits them to NACD by email. The state is not required to enter a poster for every grade level.
Contest Rules
- Only digital posters (photographs or scanned copies of the hand drawn posters in a JPEG
format) will be accepted at the national level. Photographs must be clear and well framed. It is
the local district/state association/auxiliary/agency's decision what size and what kind of poster
(hand drawn or digital) they accept for your local or 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.
- In addition to the traditional hand-drawn poster contest, the NACD now offers the Additional Assist poster contest, the Braille Poster Contest and the Digital Poster contest. Read in detail about each of the contests' rules at THIS LINK
- The theme must be included on the front side of each poster submission to be eligible for the national poster
contest.
- Each poster submitted electronically should be named in the following format:
State_Grade Level_Last Name of the winner.
- Each entry for the national contest must be submitted to NACD with an entry form to be
eligible for judging. The form must be completed and signed by a parent or guardian.
Download the entry form from THIS LINK
- Although younger students will most likely receive help in planning from parents or
teachers, NACD encourages each student to do their own work. Note: Entries with
student handwriting and coloring will score better than those designed, drawn,
and colored by adult assistance.
- State coordinators must upload all state winners through the NACD online submission form beginning on March 30, 2025, through midnight, December 1st, 2025, (local time).
Poster Evaluations
National Poster Contest hand-drawn entries are reviewed based on the following criteria:
- Conservation message (50 percent) (Poster uses correct theme)
- Visual effectiveness (30 percent)
- Originality (10 percent)
- Universal appeal (10 percent)
- The Additional Assist contest, the Braille contest and the Digital Poster contest have different poster evaluation criteria. See the criteria in THIS LINK
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 NACD's 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 email stewardship@nacdnet.org or visit the NACD poster contest webpage at this link: https://www.nacdnet.org/general-resources/stewardship-and-education-materials/contests/
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