Youth Contests

Entry Form

The deadline for submissions is October 11, 2024.

Download the Youth Art Contest Flyer here.

Participants should develop their entries around one or more of these questions:

• What is a story or myth told in your tribe/community?
• What does this story mean to you?
• Why is this story important to your community?

If you can, include words in your Native language that are relevant to the story or myth – for example, plants and animals, names, and locations.

Kindergarten – 5th grade
6th – 8th grade
9th – 12th grade

Create a drawing, painting, or mixed-media (e.g., paint and crayon) on 8.5” x 11”(standard letter size) paper. You can use colored pencils, crayons, paints, pens, or a combination of all of them.

You can submit your artwork by completing the Entry Form, or by mail. Please submit your artwork by mail to:

Viejas Environmental Department
c/o Youth Art Contest
1 Viejas Grade Road
Alpine, CA 91901

Include the following information on a separate sheet of paper:

• Artist’s Name
• Age/Grade
• Tribe
• Optional: words, phrases, or descriptions in the artist’s Native language with translation.
• Name, email, and phone number of the artist’s parent or guardian
• Mailing address for sending participation gifts

By submitting this information by mail, you acknowledge you have read and understand the Consent And Release information below.

Please thoroughly read the Tribal EPA & U.S. EPA Region 9 Youth Contests Consent and Release before submitting the entry.  Acknowledgment of this Consent and Release will be fulfilled by checking the checkbox in the Consent and Release section of the Online Entry Form.

• I consent to allow my child’s image and/or my child’s work, created for the 2024 Tribal EPA & U.S. EPA Region 9 Conference, to be displayed in public. Further, I give my full consent for the 2024 Tribal EPA & U.S. EPA Region 9 Conference to display my child’s work (drawing, painting, print, mixed-media) for the 2024 Tribal EPA & U.S. EPA Region 9 Conference to use for instructional, informational, public relations, promotion, and/or publicity purposes. 
• I understand that my child’s work and/or identifying content could appear in Tribal EPA & U.S. EPA Region 9 Conference publications, including, but not limited to social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.), newsletters, news releases, or publicity materials (print, audio, or video), in public exhibitions, or on the official Tribal EPA & U.S. EPA Region 9 Conference website. I further understand that my child’s or my work or identifying content may be used in subsequent years, at the discretion of the Tribal EPA & U.S. EPA Region 9 Conference organizers, and may be rebroadcast, republished, or redisplayed by third parties, outside the control of the Tribal EPA & U.S. EPA Region 9 Conference organizers. I understand that the Tribal EPA & U.S. EPA Region 9 Conference organizers have no control over the republication or rebroadcast of my child’s artwork or identifying content by third parties and that the Tribal EPA & U.S. EPA Region 9 Conference organizers have no control over images, recordings, statements, or photographs that are recorded by third parties.
• I acknowledge that my consent to the above conditions is fully voluntary, given without coercion or duress. I further understand that no monetary consideration is being paid to me for such display or publication. I understand that this consent is binding upon my heirs, successors, assigns, and legal representatives. If I wish to revoke this consent, I understand that I must provide written notice to Tribal EPA & U.S. EPA Region 9 Conference, c/o Viejas Environmental Department, 1 Viejas Grade Road, Alpine, CA 91901.
• I understand that this release does not create or enhance any rights to privacy or intellectual property beyond those that exist under state and federal law.