The Texas State-Fish Art Contest is open to all Texas students in grades 4 through 12. To enter, students must create an illustration of the Texas state fish or one of the other state fishes and write a composition on its behavior, habitat and conservation.
Rules & Regulations
The Texas State-Fish Art Contest is open to all Texas children in grades 4 through 12.
Only one entry per child per year.
The artwork must depict any official or recognized state fish. The fish must be depicted in its natural habitat. Information about each state fish is available on Wildlife Forever's Teacher Resources website.
All artwork must be the contestant's original, hand-done creation. Photographs and computer-generated artwork will not be accepted.
All artwork must be horizontal, 8.5" x 11" without a mat, frame, cover sheet, or border. Art techniques may include scratch-board, pointillism, chalk, charcoal, dry brush, watercolor, crosshatch, lead, collage, linoleum printing, or crayon. (Please note: if contestants use chalk or lead they should seal it with an adhesive).
No lettering, signatures, or initials may appear on the front of the artwork.
Completed entries must include a typed or handwritten composition not to exceed one page in length. Essays should be related specifically to the characteristics of the fish, its state, habitat, behavior, or efforts to conserve it. The composition must include the student's name and address.
