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SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest

The 2012 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest runs from January 15th, 2012 to October 15th, 2012. People of all ages, nationalities, and skill levels are encouraged to enter the contest, and we hope all schools will draw frog art on Save The Frogs Day!

View the 2011 winning frog art here!
Congratulations to 2011 Grand Prize Winner, 19 year old Kara Timmons of San Antonio, Texas! Thanks to the 2231 contestants from 31 countries who took part! Entries came from Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Canada, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the USA.

View the 2010 winning art here!
Congratulations to 2010 Grand Prize Winner, 24 year old Elizabeth Hinson of Conroe, Texas! The 2010 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest received 886 awesome frog art entries from 17 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Germany, India, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom and the USA.

View the 2009 winning art here!
Congratulations to 2009 Grand Prize Winner, 19 year old Kaitlyn Hunter of West Vancouver, British Columbia! The 1st Annual SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest received 394 entries from 10 countries: USA, Canada, India, Brazil, United Kingdom, South Africa, Switzerland, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Australia.

Introduction

Amphibian populations worldwide are in the midst of a mass extinction crisis, yet most people are completely unaware! We need your help in getting the word out: we encourage all nature lovers to seek out their inner frog artist and participate in the SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest!

The SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest invites you to create your coolest frog artwork. The contest will raise awareness of the amphibian extinction problem by getting people involved and interested, and the artwork will be used on t-shirts, stickers, posters, coffee mugs, hats, and in greeting cards and books, to both publicize our cause and raise money for SAVE THE FROGS! amphibian conservation efforts.

"We had a whole unit on this. The kids learned SO MUCH science along with the history of frogs all in the name of art!"
-- Karen, Ohio

Watch this Art Contest Video

Please watch this cool video, then help spread the word by embedding it on your own website, emailing a link to your friends, and/or posting to your social networking page.

Thanks to SAVE THE FROGS! volunteers Cori Elwood and Jeremy Pelsinski for putting this video together!

Who can enter?

Anybody! The SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest serves as an excellent method for getting students interested in both frogs and art, and gives them a productive and enjoyable diversion from their normal school activities, while educating them about frog extinctions. We encourage students and teachers to get their art classes involved on Save The Frogs Day. We encourage amateur and professional artists and graphic designers to take part as well. And the more countries represented the better! Did we mention that it is indeed FREE to enter the contest?

Prizes

Did we mention that there will be prizes?

The Grand Prize Winner will:

(1) Receive $100 CASH (or check!).

(2) Receive $50 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.

(3) Become an official judge of next year's SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest.

(4) See their winning artwork placed at the top of this page for the duration of their reign (until next year's contest winner is announced).

Frog Art by Mauro Grazianni de Carvalho (5) Receive frog fame.

(6) Receive a Critter Skimmer (US and Canadian residents only!)

Category Winners will:

(1) Win $35 CASH (or check!).

(2) Receive $30 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.

And to top it off: the Grand Prize Winner and Category Winners may all see their artwork featured on products we sell in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center . Contest winners and honorable mentions will also be acknowledged on this website, along with a picture of their artwork.

Great thanks to Critter Skimmer for providing the cash for these prizes! If you own a pool, please save some frogs by using a Critter Skimmer!

Rainbow Frog by Hannabobanna
Frogs bring color to our lives: Rainbow Frog by Hannabobanna.

Contest Rules

(1) Submitted artwork must be your original creation!

(2) No tracing of others' artwork.

(3) You may submit up to three entries per person.

(4) All artwork must refer to SAVE THE FROGS! by including, visibly and legibly:

EITHER

(a) the phrase SAVE THE FROGS! (capitalized, with an exclamation point!)

(b) the phrase savethefrogs.com (lowercase with NO exclamation point)

c) both SAVE THE FROGS! and savethefrogs.com (as in the logo below).

Please remember that your writing is art as well, so try to make the text artistic. Please note that both SAVE THE FROGS! and savethefrogs.com are PLURAL meaning the letter "S" must appear at the end of the word FROGS. We are NOT SAVE THE FROG! and we are NOT savethefrog.com.

(5) Submission of artwork constitutes your agreement to the Art Contest Terms & Conditions. Please read these over, as they describe your rights to the submitted artwork as well as ours.

Suggestions

Use your artistic license and do what you think is best, but bear in mind these suggestions:

-- No glitter please -- it's messy!
-- No religious content.
-- No tracing of other people's content.
-- Your art does not need to be large. We actually like art about 8.5" x 11" (22cm x 28cm) in size. 12" x 18" (30cm x 46cm) is alright as well if you like a larger format. You are welcome to make larger art...if your art is amazing!
-- Package your art well so that it does not get bent up. Definitely write DO NOTE BEND! on both sides of the package.
-- Whitespace does not look very appealing. We suggest putting color on the entire piece.
-- Do not put your frogs at the extreme edge of your art, as that would result in them getting chopped off if they went to print. Try to leave at least 0.25in (6.5mm) of "other art" such as leaves, grass, river etc...we would rather chop the river edge than the frog's leg!

Frog Artist
Russian Frog Art by Polina Mishina, Age 9

An Optimistic Thought

Featuring Kaitlyn Hunter's Grand Prize winning artwork from our 1st Annual Frog Art Contest, this t-shirt is 100% organic cotton and will certainly brighten up your day. All proceeds support SAVE THE FROGS' worldwide amphibian conservation efforts, so please order one today!

Mushroom Frog Art

The 2011 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest received so many cool mushroom frog art drawings from around the world that we were inspired to create this Mushroom Frog Art webpage dedicated to our favorite amphibians and fungi.

Sreehari Ramdas Art
Mushroom Frog Art by Sreehari Ramdas, 13, of India.

Please spread the word!

To make this contest successful we need your help spreading the word! If you are an art teacher, please inform your fellow art teachers. This makes a great class project for Save The Frogs Day. If you are a student, tell your friends and teachers. Please put this flyer up around your school (just click on it and a PDF will open):

If you are a professional artist, tell your colleagues. If you are active on an art website, post the announcement in the following paragraph. Inform your local newspaper. If you have a website, please link to this page. You can use the icon on the right, or the one atop this page, linked to: http://savethefrogs.com/art

Please email this to your friends & post on your website

Frog Art Contest:
SAVE THE FROGS! Nonprofit Organization (www.savethefrogs.com) has announced its international Frog Art Contest. The goal of the contest is to raise awareness of the mass extinction of amphibians that is currently taking place worldwide. There are cash prizes and the best art will be used on eco-friendly SAVE THE FROGS! merchandise and in books to raise funds for their amphibian conservation efforts. Please spread the word to any artists or teachers you know, and feel free to submit your finest frog art. Please visit www.savethefrogs.com/art to learn more. Thanks!

Chatsuree Lebsing Frog Art
Frog Art by Chatsuree Lebsing

Ready to submit your artwork?

Have you read the Rules and the Art Contest Terms & Conditions? If not, please do so now.

Digital Submissions

If your artwork was digitally created, then you should follow these two steps. Please fill out this form ONLY if your art was CREATED using a computer. Please do NOT scan your paper artwork. Summary: this is where you submit DIGITAL art.

(1) Fill out this entry form and click submit.

(2) Then you MUST email your HIGH RESOLUTION file (in .jpg format ONLY) to art@savethefrogs.com with subject line Art Submission.
-- The art must be an ATTACHMENT -- not embedded in the email, not linked to from the email.
-- Please include the native file (.psd, .ai, .eps) if you have one.
-- Include your first and last name, your age and the title of the artwork in the contents of the email!
-- If your art is over 20MB we suggest you send it to us via YouSendIt.

Thanks!

Snail-Mail Submissions:

If your artwork is on paper or any other non-digital format, please mail it in (multiple submissions should be placed in a single envelope), but PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

(1) If you are a TEACHER submitting all your students' beautiful artwork, you MUST include the Teacher's Mail-In Contest Entry Form.

(2) If you are NOT a teacher, then you MUST include this Mail-In Contest Entry Form with your artwork.

(3) Contestants' name and age MUST be written carefully on the back side of the artwork (carefully means don't poke through the paper. We suggest using a pencil, and writing softly). This step is important, as your entry form and mailing envelope will be separated from your artwork!

(4) Your Entry Form should NOT be attached to the artwork. No tape, no staples, no glue, no paper clips!

(5) Mail-in entries will NOT be returned to the contestant: SAVE THE FROGS! plans to sell the artwork at a fundrasier to raise funds for our conservation work.

(6) Give your artwork a title (be creative; please do NOT name your art Save The Frogs!)

(7) Please read the contest rules.

(8) Note that Mail-in entries can be any size you wish, and created using any materials.

(9) We strongly advise inserting a sturdy piece of cardboard into the package to keep it from getting bent (mailmen like to bend packages). Used cereal boxes work well for this, or cut a piece off a box you're getting rid of.

(10) Write DO NOT BEND on the outside of your package, front and back, with large writing!

Mail your entry form and artwork to:
SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest
303 Potrero Street #51
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

If you would like to donate to SAVE THE FROGS!, that would be fantastic! Your check can be made out to SAVE THE FROGS!.
Thanks!

Catherine Chen

Art Teachers

This is a great classroom activity for Save The Frogs Day. If possible, please also have your class make a large banner that says either SAVE THE FROGS!, Save The Frogs Day, or savethefrogs.com (or a combination thereof). Take a photo of your class holding the banner, and email it to us. Then hang the banner in school as a permanent reminder of Save The Frogs Day, and as a call to action for all the school's students.

FUNDRAISER IDEA: Put all the kids' artwork in a book and sell the books to parents at the next PTA meeting, as a fundraiser for SAVE THE FROGS!

"I've been telling everyone about the contest and I am so interested in frogs now!"
--Robin Alba, Art Teacher, Theills Elementary, Theills, NY

"We were excited to draw for your cause here at the Eastwood Boys & Girls Club. We wish you the best of luck with your foundation and welcome any educational materials you may have to further expand our knowledge of frogs. My members encouraged me to apply for the contest as well, so we hope you enjoy the wide range of artistic pieces from Salem's youth!"
-- Allison Weaver, Teacher - Eastwood Boys & Girls Club - Salem, OR

I want to support SAVE THE FROGS! - How can I help?

Help us guarantee that we never have to experience a world without frogs! Please support SAVE THE FROGS! worldwide amphibian conservation efforts:

(1) Become a member of SAVE THE FROGS!;

(2) Donate to SAVE THE FROGS! We cannot exist without your support, and every donation matters, regardless of size. Please show your support! We are a 501(c)(3) public charity, so all donations are 100% tax-deductible. Thanks!

(3) Order a SAVE THE FROGS! t-shirt, tote bag, wristband, bumper sticker or other cool frog merchandise from the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center; or

Become an official partner of the Frog Art Contest

SAVE THE FROGS! seeks art museums, galleries, art organizations and art-related websites to partner with and help us promote the SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest. Partnerships do not require much time on your organization's part. The primary goal of the partnership is to use your pre-established connections in the art world to help us spread the word about the SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest and encourage your supporters to take part. Learn more about what partnerships entail, and how both our organizations benefit, on the Art Contest Partnerships page.

Frog Art Fundraiser: September 7th, 2012

Please join us at Art du Jour in downtown Santa Cruz, CA for our first ever SAVE THE FROGS! Art Fundraiser, a free event where we will be displaying and selling some of the all-time greatest frog art ever created. Much of the art was submitted to us through the first three years of our SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest, which last year received over 2,231 entries from 31 countries. This event coincides with Santa Cruz' First Friday art tour. Please bring some friends, enjoy the cool frog art, and help us raise funds for our worldwide amphibian conservation efforts. Art du Jour is located in downtown Santa Cruz, at 1013 Cedar St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060; phone: 831.621.0672.

SAVE THE FROGS! Art in Baltimore-Washington Airport

Thanks to BWI for offering us free adspace to help spread amphibian awareness! Thanks to Elizabeth Hinson for the awesome art!

BWI Frog Art
Photo by Lisa Shieh

Brown Frog - by Barbara "I just wanted to let you know I so admire your work & dedication to preserving our wildlife! I'm not a professional artist but just wanted to help get the ball rolling with your art contest--I had a lot of fun with it & if you can use anything to help please do. It's very frustrating to watch the abuse of nature & wildlife & not be able to do anything about it so it was a wonderful feeling to support your work:) I wish you the best!"
-- Barb Jannicelli

Subha Chakroborty Frog Art
Frog art from India by Subha Chakroborty

"I am an educator and like for my students grades K-12 to compete locally, regionally and nationally. I find that these contests help to reward student efforts and are cross curriculum issues. Our second grade class enjoyed doing these posters very much and await word of how they competed." -- Carole; Greenfield School, Wilson, NC

"Thank you for this great opportunity for the kids and for raising awareness for the preservation of our land." -- Elizabeth Linder; Art Teacher, Houston, TX

Catherine Chen - Await In Hope

Questions or Suggestions?

If you have any questions not answered here, or suggestions, please send a note to art@savethefrogs.com

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