Boulder St. Vrain Watershed Art Contest

Grand prize winners from the 2023 art contest.

Announcing the 2024 Boulder St. Vrain Watershed Art Contest

The Keep it Clean Partnership invites students in the Boulder St. Vrain Watershed to participate in a free art contest with the chance to win cash prizes and other gifts! To be notified about future art contests and other events in our watershed, sign up for the Keep it Clean Partnership newsletter.

Who Can Enter

Any student in Kindergarten through 12th grade who lives in Boulder County or attends school in the Boulder Valley School District or St. Vrain Valley School District may enter.

How to Participate

Artwork should be inspired by the following prompt: “My favorite Colorado water memory is….”
Students will submit a sentence about their memory and one piece of 8.5” x 11” two-dimensional art using the media of their choice: crayons, markers, pencils, paint, pastels, fabric, watercolor, chalk, markers, collage, etc. Photographs and digital art will not be accepted for this contest. Sentences about their memory can be in English or Spanish.
Artwork must be created solely by the student and may not include any copyrighted characters or slogans.
By entering this contest, students acknowledge that their submission may be published by the Keep it Clean Partnership and its partner communities on websites, outreach materials, or other publications.
Submit artwork by November 24, 2024, 11:59 pm.

How to Submit

Artwork must be submitted by 11:59 pm on November 24, 2024. Submissions can be scanned and submitted using the Art Contest Submission Form (Art Contest Submission Form – Spanish), emailed to [email protected], or mailed to Keep it Clean Partnership, PO Box 471, Boulder, CO 80306. Mailed submissions must be postmarked by November 18, 2024.
All emailed and mailed artwork must include the following information: student’s completed sentence to the prompt “My favorite Colorado water memory is….”, student’s first and last name, grade level, town or city where they live, school name, school district, parent or guardian name and email.
For teachers or other groups who would like to submit several pieces of artwork at once please contact Cristina at [email protected].