2021 Conservation Writing & Jim Claypool Art Contest
The 2021 Art and Writing Contest has begun! Please encourage your school administrators, teachers, and other students to participate.
The top three entries are selected from each school and from those the county level winners for Art and Writing are selected by a panel of judges.
1st place from each school receives $50
2nd place from each school receives $30
3rd place from each school receives $20
The two county winners for the art and writing contest will each receive an additional $25 from the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation.
Teachers of both the county art winner and the county writing winner will each receive $50.
This year's theme is about We All Need Water!
Click here to view the educational packet that may be used as a reference for entries.
Entries and Principal Reports are due to the Conservation District no later than December 1, 2021!
- Principal's Report
The 2021 Art and Writing Contest has begun! Please encourage your school administrators, teachers, and other students to participate.
The top three entries are selected from each school and from those the county level winners for Art and Writing are selected by a panel of judges.
1st place from each school receives $50
2nd place from each school receives $30
3rd place from each school receives $20
The two county winners for the art and writing contest will each receive an additional $25 from the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation.
Teachers of both the county art winner and the county writing winner will each receive $50.
This year's theme is about We All Need Water!
Click here to view the educational packet that may be used as a reference for entries.
Entries and Principal Reports are due to the Conservation District no later than December 1, 2021!
- Principal's Report
RULES
Writing: Entry may not exceed 1,000 words printed single sided. No photographs or artwork may be included with the written work. It is suggested that the written entry take the form of persuasive or informative/explanatory. Students should write from the perspective of an informed writer to a less informed reader and may be in the form of a letter, article, editorial or speech. It should persuade the reader to take action toward good wildlife conservation practices. The work should be from the student author and avoid plagiarism from this source or other sources. Sources should be cited. Do not use the Conservation Writing and Jim Claypool Art tabloid as your only source.
POINT SYSTEM FOR ARTWORK
POINT SYSTEM FOR WRITING
- Kentucky students grades 6-12 are eligible to compete in the writing contest. Students up to grade 5 may compete in the art contest.
- A student may not enter both the art contest and the writing contest during the same contest.
- An entry must be created by one and only one student. Any entry submitted by more than one student will be disqualified.
- All entries become the property of the contest sponsors. The decisions of the judges at all levels of competition are final.
- Top three writing entries and/or artworks from your school must be submitted to your local county conservation district by Dec. 1, 2020.
- The entry form below must be completed and secured to the back of your entry.
Writing: Entry may not exceed 1,000 words printed single sided. No photographs or artwork may be included with the written work. It is suggested that the written entry take the form of persuasive or informative/explanatory. Students should write from the perspective of an informed writer to a less informed reader and may be in the form of a letter, article, editorial or speech. It should persuade the reader to take action toward good wildlife conservation practices. The work should be from the student author and avoid plagiarism from this source or other sources. Sources should be cited. Do not use the Conservation Writing and Jim Claypool Art tabloid as your only source.
POINT SYSTEM FOR ARTWORK
- 50 points: Purpose/Audience (appropriate communicate style, establishes and maintains a purpose, hold to subject in community, theme is clearly conveyed)
- 30 points: Composition/Creativity/Craftsmanship (layout, originality, and quality of work, such as neatness)
- 20 points: Language/Correctness (word choice, usage, spelling, punctuation, capitalization
POINT SYSTEM FOR WRITING
- 30 points: Purpose/Audience (establishes and maintains a purpose, communicates with audience, employs a suitable tone)
- 20 points: Organization (logical order, coherence, transition organizational signals)
- 20 points: Idea Development/Support and Evidence of Research (student’s original work shows sources of research)
- 30 points: Language/Correctness/Sentences (word choice, usage, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, sentences varied in structure and length and constructed effectively
HELPFUL HINTS
The Division of Conservation acknowledges and thanks the following organizations and agencies for their support: Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation; Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts; Division of Water; Energy and Environment Cabinet; Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources; Division of Forestry; Department of Education; USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, UK Cooperative Extension Service
- Keep entry simple and sincere.
- Be creative and original. Avoid plagiarism by using original words and ideas. Plagiarism is defined as the act of stealing and passing off the words of another as your own without crediting the source.
- Consider a topic related to the theme that is important to you, your family, and your community.
- Draw from your personal interests or experiences.
- Writing entry should take the form of "informational".
- Think about issues in your community, farm, subdivision or city.
- DO NOT use the “Exploring Kentucky's Mighty Oaks” document as your only source.
- Interview people in your community about the theme for ideas.
- Find ways to support forestry in your community. TAKE ACTION!
The Division of Conservation acknowledges and thanks the following organizations and agencies for their support: Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation; Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts; Division of Water; Energy and Environment Cabinet; Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources; Division of Forestry; Department of Education; USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, UK Cooperative Extension Service
Past Winners
2019
District Art Winner: Stormy Whitehead (teacher Katie Perkins)
District Writing Winner: Haley Johnson (teacher Lee Ann Daugherty)
Morgantown Elementary School
- Lincoln Shumway, James Gomez, and Laney Bell Hampton
North Butler Elementary School
- Stormy Whitehead, Braxtan McClintock, and Emily Gregory
Butler Co. Middle School
- Mattie Clark, Bailee Proctor, and Nivia Orellana
Butler Co. High School
- Haley Johnson, Belmara Rafael, and Lexi Wilson
District Art Winner: Stormy Whitehead (teacher Katie Perkins)
District Writing Winner: Haley Johnson (teacher Lee Ann Daugherty)
Morgantown Elementary School
- Lincoln Shumway, James Gomez, and Laney Bell Hampton
North Butler Elementary School
- Stormy Whitehead, Braxtan McClintock, and Emily Gregory
Butler Co. Middle School
- Mattie Clark, Bailee Proctor, and Nivia Orellana
Butler Co. High School
- Haley Johnson, Belmara Rafael, and Lexi Wilson