Art submissions are judged by children’s book writer and illustrator, Thacher Hurd. We award four Grand Prizes in art every year to United States contestants, in four different age categories. In addition, about 50 finalists are selected from the tens of thousands of entries we receive from the US and other countries.

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You may view small reproductions of the winning artworks below, or see larger reproductions in our 2003 Art Gallery. You may also look at art from previous years by using the menu below.

International Prize Untitled Antoaneta Mitkova Demireva, age 15	Category I (Grades K-2) Conversation Ryan Rees, age 7	Category II (Grades 3-6) Today's Nature, Tomorrow's Fantasy Andrea Hsueh, age 10	Category III (Grades 7-9) Potential II Miranda Darley, age 13	Category IV (Grades 10-12) Submerged and Speechless Kristen Van Liew, age 17	Anacostia Watershed Prize Untitled Amika Rudisill, age 14
Orphans Noor Ali, age 14	Hang Out with Clean Water Denise Barron, age 12	The Great Sun Sage Marie Billy, age 7	We don’t just drink it Catherine Bird, age 17	Celebration Thanks Giving to God at Bedugul in Bali Island Sisylia Octavia Candra, age 15	Water Pollution is Unbearable Marcos Cromack, age 11
Untitled Alireza Danesh, age 7	Untitled Elham Derakhsheshpour, age 13	River By the Mountain Neema Ebrahim-Zadeh, age 10	Waiting Vekuskava Georgiueva Gecheva, age 16	Competition at the Lake Gil Greenberg, age 10	Hard Worker Ahmad Zia Hazara, age 14
Wants Peace Hayatullah Haidari, age 14	Love Face to Face Saadat Ali Hazara, age 19	River of Happiness Saadat Ali Hazara, age 19	Baikal Teal Jeffrey Herbertson, age 13	Untitled Sydney Harrison, age 9	Worker Talib Hussain, age 13
Untitled Omid Jabbari, age 16	Tiger Mohammad Jawad, age 12	Dead Trees and Stickers Kudy Love Jim, age 5	Wildcats Cassie Julson, age 12	Western Pond Turtle Sara Kraatz, age 7	River of Life Elizabeth Lamb, age 18
The Cycle of Life Yann Lee, age 17	Untitled Paige Milligan, age 10	Untitled Jesse Moore, age 16	Photographer at Work Laura Myers, age 18	New Life Jahish Nazari, age 16	Untitled Natalie Osten, age 17
River in the City Fadhil Ahmad Qamar, age 10	Untitled Azatllah Rasa, age 12	Drought Hard Labor Syed Muhammed Raza, age 16	Hard Labor Syed Muhammed Raza, age 16	Tranquilty Catherine Rivard, age 13	Close up of Nature Jessica Sage, age 13
Black Bird Trevor Schuler, age 14	River Olivia Schwartz, age 12	Childhood Rada Voyvodova, age 17	The Water Journey Rachel Sublett, age 13	Untilted Bahareh Talakoob, age 15	Tear of Orphan M. Bagir Talassh, age 11
Woodpecker Molly Tracy, age 9	The Lazy Leopards Hannah Vannut, age 6	Fulling Mill Rada Adrianova Voyvodova, age 11	Flower on a Windowsill Kristen Warbington, age 18	History and Civilization Humayun Wazajoo, age 15	Untitled Bahareh Talakoob, age 15
Source of Water Ghazale Zarah Zadeh, age 7	Untitled Angelina Ooi Wei Wei, age 9