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Friday, March 18, 2005

Montana State Parks Annual Poster Contest For Fifth Graders Announced

2003 State Parks Poster Contest - 3rd Place-2003 State Parks Poster Contest, 3rd place winner, Shelby Strang.Montana’s fifth grade students will have an opportunity to test their artistic skills this spring by participating in the 2005 Montana’s State Parks poster contest. This year’s theme for the annual contest is "State Parks: Montana’s Masterpeices" and the deadline to enter is April 30.

"Our state parks encompass many of the most beautiful and unusual features in our state and we’re hoping they offer a lot of inspiration for these young artists to create a masterpiece of their own," said Linda Howard, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks parks division.

Contest materials including an activity page that provides a virtual tour of the parks, a "gallery" of past winning posters and the 2005 contest rules and entry form are on the FWP web page, State Parks Poster Contest page.

The poster artwork may involve all mediums, such as crayon, ink or pencil.   Bright colors and dark outlines are strongly encouraged for better reproduction. Judges will assess creativity, imagination, theme, originality, design, and use and control of the medium. Winners will be announced May 12.

Prizes include a $150 savings bond for first place, a $100 savings bond for second place and a $50 savings bond for third place. All finalists will receive T-shirts with the winning entry printed on them.   The school submitting the winning poster will receive   free FWP videos and books for its library.

Students and teachers without access to the Internet may request an information packet from FWP by phone at 406-444-3818, or by writing: FWP, Parks Division, 1420 East 6 th Ave., Helena, MT, 59620-0701.
 

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