Our annual juried arts competition invites students from around the world to submit poems, tales and images in appreciation and celebration of the remarkable horseshoe crab. Through the arts, our future environmental stewards have a voice which is heard globally.

The competition is open to all grade levels pre-K – 12. Students may enter through their school or can enter individually. Each year 30-50 student visual/language artworks are selected to appear in our annual anthology, “Horseshoe Crabs & the Arts.” All selected works are posted on our web site in the “Poems, Tales and Images” category and a limited edition book featuring winning entries is available for purchase in our Company Store. In addition the works are reproduced for exhibit in our traveling art exhibition, which has been hosted in art and nature centers throughout the United States and Japan. International entrants are encouraged to help us identify art centers in their countries that may also be interested in hosting the exhibition. We welcome invitations for international display of these outstanding student works!

The competition year begins each September. The deadline for receiving works is June 15th. Selected artists are notified by July 15th.

View past years' winners.

Contest Rules:

Contest Rules, Judging Criteria and Application Form | English (pdf)

Contest Rules, Judging Criteria and Application Form | Japanese (pdf)

Contest Rules, Judging Criteria and Application Form | Chinese-Simplified (pdf)

Contest Rules, Judging Criteria and Application Form | Chinese-Traditional (pdf)

Contest Rules, Judging Criteria and Application Form | Korean (pdf)