Poster Contest

Each year, Butler SWCD works with local young artists to create posters focusing on a conservation message. This year's theme is

“Healthy Soil: Healthy Life"

We will pick local winners to represent each grade band to the State Competition. The State will pick winners and send to the National Competition. Butler County has had several state winners in the past.

Designing a poster and researching the theme can give you a voice in your community on important conservation issues. Good posters tell important stories to present and future generations. Posters capture people’s attention with a powerful graphic and inspire with a message for your community

Entry Form

All posters must have the official National entry form securely attached to be included in the contest. Please see the pdf below for the form.

NACD Poster Contest 2022.pdf

Contest Rules

Any media may be used- paint, crayon, colored pencil, charcoal, stickers, paper or other materials on regular posters.
All posters must be created by an individual student rather than a team of students.
Poster size: The poster can be any size. State winners will be photographed or scanned and sent to the national contest.
The title “Healthy Forests = Healthy Communities” must be on your poster.
Each entry must have signed entry form to be eligible for judging.
Although younger students will most likely receive help in planning from parents or teachers, NACD encourages each student to do as much of the work as possible by him/herself. Entries completed by students in their own writing and coloring will score better than those designed, drawn and colored by adult assistance.

Who Can Participate?

The poster contest is open to all public, private, and home-schooled students in grades K-12.

Age Categories:

K—1st Grade

2nd—3rd Grade

4th—6th Grade

7th—9th Grade

10th—12th Grade

Resource List

Healthy soils are the foundation for all life on Earth. Soil is an important resource for everything from human health to agriculture to water filtration. The imperative benefit of healthy soil is food production. Healthy soils also give us clean air and water, plentiful crops and forests, diverse wildlife and beautiful landscapes. It is important that each of us recognize where our food comes and the farmers and ranchers who are dedicated to using responsible land-management practices to ensure a sustainable food supply and healthy land and soil for future generations

Coloring book: Mighty Mini Microbe’s Tale (grades 2-4)
Videos: The Hope in Healthy Soil, Chapters 1 - 7. (grades 5-12)
Video: Soil Health Theater: Soil Health Lessons in a Minute (6 video episodes) (grades 5-12)
Fact Sheets: "Healthy Soils Are…" (grades 8-12)
Soil Health Infographics (grades 4-10)

More will be added later

Judging Guidelines

Conservation message(Poster uses correct theme) (50 percent)
Visual effectiveness (30 percent)
Originality (10 percent) and
Universal appeal (10 percent)

Deadline

Entries must be received by Butler SWCD by June 1, 2022 by 4 pm.
Posters sent straight to the state or national contest will NOT be judged. They must be judged in the county contest on order to advance.