SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest
The SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest runs year round: enter at any time. Entries received after November 1st get judged in the following year’s contest.
Amphibian populations worldwide are in the midst of a mass extinction crisis, yet many 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!
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 (April 28th Every Year)!
The SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest invites you to create your coolest frog artwork. The contest raises awareness of the amphibian extinction problem by getting people involved and interested, and the artwork is used on t-shirts, stickers and posters, and in greeting cards and books, to both publicize our cause and raise money for SAVE THE FROGS! amphibian conservation efforts.
Prizes | Rules | How To Enter | Terms & Conditions
“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, Teacher, Ohio
The 2025 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest received 2,151 entries, from 1,998 participants in 72 countries!
View The 2025 Winners Here!
Art Contest Worldwide Impact
Between 2009 and 2025 we received 28,011 frog art entries from 121 countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikstan, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, the USA, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. We look forward to receiving your entry!
Surfing Frog Art by Frank Beifus
“A total of 700 students at my school participated. This was such an awesome idea and my students learned a lot. Their homeroom teachers were really pleased with all that they learned and now my students can’t stop talking about frogs and what they can do to help them.”
– Candace Greene, Sevilla West School, Phoenix, AZ
Who Can Enter
Anybody! People of all ages, nationalities, and skill levels are encouraged to enter the contest.
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!
Art by 2024 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest Finalist Junie Fang of the USA.
“Dear Dr. Kriger, Thank you for your important work to save our frogs! As a school librarian at an elementary school, I was delighted to come across your website, and held a schoolwide art contest patterned after yours. Our winner’s work is enclosed, plus a few extras. The contest truly raised awareness among my students, and I know some of these kids will now have a greater respect for frogs and animals as a result.”
— Kelly Posey, San Marcos, TX
Did We Mention That There Will Be Prizes?
- The Grand Prize Winner will:
- Win $100 cash (well, it may be a check or wire transfer…)
- See their winning artwork featured on the SAVE THE FROGS! website and across our social media networks.
- Win a year long SAVE THE FROGS! Membership
- Receive frog fame.
- The 2nd and 3rd Place Artists will receive all of the above but NOT the cash prize.
- Many honorable mentions will also be acknowledged on this website, along with their artwork.
Frog art from 2012 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest by Ho Yu Yan, Age 19, China
Emily Moskal with Planet Of The Frogs at the SAVE THE FROGS! Education Center in Berkeley, CA, 2014
The Contest Is Free To Enter
You heard that right: the SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest is FREE to enter.
We do encourage all contestants to donate to SAVE THE FROGS! as that helps us organize and promote this contest as well as our other frog-saving programs around the world.
To donate securely online, just click the image below. If you are mailing your art to us, you can include a check or postal order made payable to SAVE THE FROGS! in your envelope (cash is appreciated as well!).
Contest Rules
(1) The Contest runs through November 1st, 2026 at 11:59pm Los Angeles time. Late entries are not accepted (though they will be automatically entered into the following year’s contest).
(2) Submitted artwork must be your original creation!
(3) No tracing of others’ artwork.
(4) You may submit up to three entries per person. Teachers can submit art on behalf of all their students.
(5) Do not submit photos. Do not include any form of photography in your art. Visit the SAVE THE FROGS! Photo Contest page if you like photos.
(6) All artwork must refer to SAVE THE FROGS! by including, visibly and legibly:
EITHER
(a) the phrase SAVE THE FROGS!
(plural, capitalized, with an exclamation point!)
OR
(b) the phrase savethefrogs.com
(lowercase with NO exclamation point)
OR
c) both SAVE THE FROGS! and savethefrogs.com
(as in the logo below).
(7) 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.
(8) On the entry form you must inform us how your art was created:
– By Hand
– Graphic Design Software
– AI Software
If you use graphic design or AI software, please tell us the name(s) of the software you used (in the About Your Art section of the entry form).
Things To Keep In Mind
– Your writing is art as well, so try to make the text artistic. Whatever text you put on your art, whether it be SAVE THE FROGS!, savethefrogs.com or a line of poetry, make it look nice, not like a last minute, hurried addition.
– 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.
– Artwork may be hand-drawn or digitally produced.
– For hand-drawn art, take a great photo of it or scan it and submit it digitally.
– Your art can feature frogs, toads, salamander, newts or caecilians.
– Your art can be full-color or black & white (for example, one-color frog outlines of the type used for a coloring book).
Litoria caerulea frog art by Matthew Bryan, UK
– You can draw the SAVE THE FROGS! logo if you like…or you can opt to not include a logo at all.
– The possibilities are endless. Use your artistic license and enjoy!
“A total of 700 students at my school participated. This was such an awesome idea and my students learned a lot. Their homeroom teachers were really pleased with all that they learned and now my students can’t stop talking about frogs and what they can do to help them.“
— Candace Greene, Sevilla West School, Phoenix, AZ
Suggestions For Frog Artists
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.
– Follow ALL the instructions on the entry page.
– 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 they may get chopped off during the scanning or printing process. 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! The same goes for any writing on your art: don’t put it too near the edge.
– Mail-in entries can be any size you wish. We do though suggest that you stick with 8.5 x 11″ or A4 paper unless you truly have a reason to go larger. Big art is harder for us to deal with.
– Have fun!
“Thanks for all that you and your organization do for amphibians worldwide.“
— Daryle Mishina, Art Teacher, Hawaii
Frog World, Art by Abbey Salvo, Baltimore, MD. 2009 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest
Frog art by Chatsuree-Lebsing, Age 19.
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. Inform your local newspaper.
– If you have a website, please link to this page. You can use any image from this page to drive interest.
If you are a professional artist, tell your colleagues.
If you are active on an art website, post this announcement ->
SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest:
Calling all frog artists and nature lovers! SAVE THE FROGS! nonprofit organization 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 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!
Grand Prize Winner of the 2012 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest. By Michele Hamill, USA
Mushroom Frog Art by Suman Paul, Age 17, 2011 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest
Post This Flyer Around Town
Download this flyer and post it at your school, office, or favorite cafe to help get the word out. Click on the image to open the PDF. You can also download the image as a .jpg and share it on your social media or website.
Art Contest Terms & Conditions
View The Art Contest Terms And Conditions
“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
Frog art by Sarah Kim, Age 11.
2014 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest
How To Enter
You can find thorough entry instructions by clicking the button below.
Visit The Art Contest Entry Page
Da Vinci Frog Art from Nayarit, Mexico, 2013 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest
Hong Kong frog art by Yip Ka Yan, Age 18, 2013 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest
View The Past Years’ Winners
Get some ideas and inspiration from the past years’ winners. Remember though: be original with your art entry!
View The 2025 Winners | View The 2024 Winners | View The 2023 Winners | View The 2022 Winners | View The 2021 Winners | View The 2020 Winners
Frogs On A Stick, by Alena Hisamova, Russia, Grand Prize Winner, 2021 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest
Rainy day frog art by Julienne Zhao, Age 16, Canada, Grand Prize Winner, 2020 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest
SAVE THE FROGS! Art in Baltimore-Washington Airport
Thanks to BWI for providing us free ad space to help spread amphibian awareness! Thanks to Elizabeth Hinson for the awesome art. Thanks to Lisa Shieh for the photo.
SAVE THE FROGS! 2012 Art Show
On September 7th, 2012 we held our inaugural SAVE THE FROGS! Art Show at Art du Jour in downtown Santa Cruz, California. At this free event we displayed and auctioned off some of the greatest frog art ever created. Most of the art was submitted to us through the first three years of our SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest. Thanks to all who contributed art, volunteered, donated and otherwise helped out!
Watch These Art Contest Videos
Please watch this cool video, then help spread the word by embedding it on your own website, emailing a link to your friends, or sharing it on your social networking page.
Thanks to SAVE THE FROGS! volunteers Cori Elwood and Jeremy Pelsinski for putting this video together!
Another art contest promo video that we would appreciate if you shared!
