SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest 2020

The 2020 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest received 1,881 entries from 1,468 participants in 51 countries (Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Gambia, Germany, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Malaysia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the USA).

Art Contest Homepage

Grand Prize Winner

Julienne Zhao, Canada

Title: Rainy Days

“I approached this piece with a realistic style. It is a frog seeking refuge under a leaf from the rain. Accordingly, the words are water droplets. The attempt was mainly just to show how cute frogs can be.

“I am truly grateful for this organization to create awareness for amphibians. Not all, but some people don’t appreciate frogs because they “aren’t cute” or whatever other reason. Amphibians tend to be pushed aside compared to other [more well-known/discussed] animals such as pandas or birds. Thank you!”

— Julienne Zhao, Canada

2nd Place Winner

Ольга Кудякова (Olga Kudyakova), Russia

Title: Night songs

3rd Place Winner

Gleb Shulga, Ukraine

Title: Save Us

Art Studio Misyachne Syayvo, Center of Out-of-School Work

Teacher: Natalia Zuieva

4th Place Winner

Mengyang Pan, USA

Title: Save The Frogs

5th Place Winner

Nick Gustafson, USA

Title: Colorful Frogs on Vines

“I have always loved frogs and love to draw and photograph frogs!”

Nick won the 2014 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest Grand Prize.

“Thank you for the link to the art. I love, love, love Nick Gustafson’s entry! I just love those bright colors.”

— Nancy Lichtle, Donor, California

The Honorable Mentions

We awarded Honorable Mentions to 226 participants from 30 countries (Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the USA).

The gallery below features the Honorable Mentions, and further down this page, you can learn more about these talented frog artists.

We received a LOT of amazing art this year, not just from the Honorable Mentions. If you participated in this year’s contest and your art is not featured here, we encourage you to participate again … only 15% of entries received Honorable Mentions. Next year, it could very well be YOUR art that gets featured.

You can click on any image below to see it larger. Scroll your mouse over the art to see who the artist is and where they are from. Keep your mouse all the way in the black of the left column if you do NOT want to see artist names as you scroll. Enjoy the art!

Click inside the galleries below and scroll down to see the 2020 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest Honorable Mentions and learn a bit more about the artists.

Meet The Artists

Here you can learn about some of the artists who received Honorable Mentions.

Here you can meet many more of the 2020 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest Participants…

Thanks To The Judges!

Thank you to SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest Judges, who looked at every piece of submitted art!

All art gets reviewed without knowledge of the artists’ country, gender, age, school or any other identifying information.

Frog art by Vsevolod Serov, Russia.

Thanks To ALL The Contestants!

Thank you to everyone who participated. We are happy to have you as part of the SAVE THE FROGS! Worldwide Community and encourage you to take part again in the future and of course to spread the word about the contest!

Thanks To Our Past & Future Donors!

Your donations make this contest and our array of other amphibian conservation and education efforts possible!

Enter This Year’s Art Contest!

Art Contest Homepage

SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger, who built this webpage and has overseen the SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest since 2009.

A Word From The Grand Prize Winner

“My name is Julienne Zhao, I’m 16 years old and I’m currently a student. My inspiration for art has always been nature; I love depicting animals in scenery. I feel like we often forget or miss the beauty around us because we’re so occupied with what’s ahead. Events such as a simple sunrise or the frost on blades of grass in early morning brings me a feeling of serenity and peace that I attempt to share with others through art.

When I found this opportunity, I was ecstatic! It involved both things I adore: art and animals. I am a firm believer that the natural beauty in the world should be preserved, and conservation is a part of that effort. I am truly thankful for organizations such as this one for their contributions.”

SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest 2020

Grand Prize Winner

Julienne Zhao, Canada

2nd Place Winner

Ольга Кудякова (Olga Kudyakova), Russia

3rd Place Winner

Gleb Shulga, Ukraine

4th Place Winner

Mengyang Pan, USA

5th Place Winner

Nick Gustafson, USA

The Honorable Mentions

Meet The Artists

Thanks To The Judges!

Thanks To ALL The Contestants!

Thanks To Our Past & Future Donors!

Enter This Year’s Art Contest!

A Word From The Grand Prize Winner

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