Photo: Iowa Department of Agriculture/Noelle Craver
(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture is asking students to submit artwork for the 2023 Choose Iowa Calendar Contest. Submissions should feature at least one aspect of Iowa agriculture. Artwork is due June 1st. Winners will be announced at this year's Iowa State Fair.
“Iowa farmers have a longstanding tradition of producing high-quality food. Choose Iowa is all about connecting consumers to the great products that Iowans are growing, raising, processing, and marketing every day,” said Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig. “All Iowa students are positively impacted by agriculture in their daily lives and the Choose Iowa Calendar Contest is a fun way to showcase agriculture while giving recognition to some of our state’s most creative students.”
Artists chosen will be recognized at a ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 15 in the Agriculture Building at the 2023 Iowa State Fair.
Winning submissions will also be included in the 2023/2024 Choose Iowa calendar distributed at the Department’s booth in the Varied Industries Building during the Iowa State Fair and online at ChooseIowa.com all year.
School-age students up to 18-years-old are invited to participate in the contest. Pictures should be drawn on plain white, 8.5 by 11-inch paper in a horizontal orientation using only black lines. The pictures should not be colored in. For creative inspiration, previous calendars may be viewed here.
Entries can be emailed to chooseiowa@iowaagriculture.gov or mailed to:
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Attn: Choose Iowa Calendar
502 E 9th St.,
Des Moines, Iowa, 50319.
Each submission should include basic information about the artist (on the back of the entry or a separate sheet), including the artist’s name, age, grade, school, and hometown, as well as the name, email and phone number of a parent or guardian. For consideration, entries must be postmarked or e-mailed to the Department by June 1, 2023.