24th Annual Trash Poster Contest 2015 ENTRY FORM Contest Begins: December 10, 2014 Students could win $250, $150 or $100 in cash *prize money! *Prize Awards are for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each grade division. $200 is awarded to one additional poster as “Promotional Poster of the Year”! Teachers of the 13 state winners will receive a voucher for a twonight stay at a State Park along with the “Promotional Poster of the Year” and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards of $100, $75 or $50 to purchase classroom art supplies! Deadline: Friday, January 30, 2015 Jeron Kilcullen, 10th Grade, Tillman County, Manitou, OK CONTEST DIVISIONS: All students attending school in Oklahoma, in the following divisions: K - 2nd Grade, 3rd - 5th Grade, 6th - 8th Grade, 9th - 12th Grade RULES: * * * * * * Please use 12 x 18 or 11 x 17-inch heavy paper or poster board ONLY. Must be student's original slogan and artwork. No signatures on posters! No syndicated, copyrighted, or clipart images! No computer aided or copy-machine poster entries. A completed entry form must be attached on the back in the "upper right corner" of each poster submitted. Reproducibility of poster will be a factor in judges' decisions, so use good lettering, high contrast, and bright colors. DEADLINE: Send poster entries to your local Department of Environmental Quality Office by: January 30, 2015. See this form for county locations. THEMES: Must be an original concept. The poster should be artistic, “POSITIVE” in approach, and focus on solutions to Oklahoma's litter problems. FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.okladot.state.ok.us/beauty COORDINATED IN PARTNERSHIP BY: Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department - Division of State Parks, Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, Oklahoma State Department of Education, Keep Oklahoma Beautiful, Oklahoma Arts Council, Oklahoma City Beautiful, and the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office. “The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) ensures that no person or groups of persons shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex, age, national origin, disability/handicap, or income status, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any and all programs, services, or activities administered by ODOT, its recipients, sub-recipients, and contactors. Here's a chance to show off your talent with your original poster/slogan design about solutions for Oklahoma's litter problems. Win CASH and help Oklahoma "Keep Our Land Grand!" Just complete the entry form below (may be copied) and give it to your teacher for submission to the local County DEQ Office. County winners will receive certificates! State winners are honored at an April Awards Luncheon and receive a cash prize, design T-shirt, recognition at the State Capitol by the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and a joint House/Senate Award Citation. Winning posters build the upcoming 2016 Trash Poster Calendar! 24th Annual Trash "Poster Contest 2015" Please Print Legibly and Complete Entire Form. Student Name _____________________________________________ Grade ______________ Parents __________________________________County ____________________________ Home Address ____________________________ Town__________________ Zip _________ Home Phone # ____________________________Teacher____________________________ Home Email______________________________ Teacher Email _______________________ School __________________________________ School #____________________________ All entries become the property of Oklahoma's Trash Poster Contest. (Photocopies of the Entry Form are acceptable.) The right to modify any poster for reproduction is reserved.