SPRINGFIELD — Fifth and sixth grade writers and artists from around Illinois are invited to compete in this year’s Poster, Poetry and Prose Contest sponsored by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA).
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SPRINGFIELD — Fifth and sixth grade writers and artists from around Illinois are invited to compete in this year’s Poster, Poetry and Prose Contest sponsored by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA).
This year’s contest theme is “Celebrating 200 Years! How Can You Be an Environmental Pioneer?” to focus on helping to preserve and protect our air, land and water for the next 200 years in honor of Illinois’ bicentennial. Educators are asked to introduce historic environmental problems and how Illinois laws and citizen actions have helped make a healthier environment. Students are challenged to answer the question: What would a modern environmental pioneer do to ensure Illinois has a sustainable future?
Each school can enter up to eight works, four posters and four written. Entries must be postmarked and sent to the Illinois EPA by Feb. 1. An in-house panel from the Illinois EPA will judge all entries to select the finalists, whose entries will then be judged by an outside panel of authorities to determine the top 12 winners.
The top winning entries will be exhibited in the atrium of the Illinois EPA’s headquarters building in Springfield from April 23 through May 21, and the top winners will be featured on the Illinois EPA homepage at www.epa.illinois.gov.
All finalists, together with their families and teachers, will be invited to an awards ceremony and reception scheduled for April 21 at the Old State Capitol Historic Site in Springfield. After the awards ceremony, participants will be invited to attend the City of Springfield’s Earth Awareness Fair on the Old State Capitol’s lawn.
Information about the annual event can be obtained on Illinois EPA’s website at http://www.epa.illinois.gov/topics/education/contest/index or by contacting Kristi Morris, Environmental Education Coordinator for the Illinois EPA, at (217) 558-7198, or by mail at 1021 North Grand Avenue E., P.O. Box 19276, Springfield, IL 62794-9276.
Information on the Illinois Bicentennial Celebration can be found at https://illinois200.com/.
