Submit

Once your drawing and design statement are complete you are ready to submit! Below are some guidelines and a checklist to be sure your design meets all the requirements.

Schedule

• Northern NM and Guadalajara students: Call opens- July 22, 2024, Closes November 1, 2024. Mexico winners announced: November 22, 2024. New Mexico winners announced: November 29, 2024.
• Ireland, Portugal and Austria partner schools: Call opens- January 6, 2025, Closes June 6, 2025. All winners announced: June 27, 2025

Design Criteria

When crafting your design, it’s essential to consider the specific criteria that judges will evaluate. The following chart delineates the crucial criteria and their corresponding point allocations, providing a framework for understanding how designs will be assessed. By aligning your design with these criteria, you can optimize its potential for success in the judging process. Participants can collaborate in teams but there must be one final entry and only one cash prize per winner will be awarded.

Guidelines

The final image can be created with any medium (marker, pen, graphics program).

Drawings must be scanned using high quality digital scanning software to assure the highest quality (i.e. Scanner Pro).

All images must be exported to JPEG format with a minimum 2000 pixel resolution.

The final submission should be a two dimensional image against a white or transparent background.

Files must be labeled and saved as follows: City_School_grade_ProjectName. For homeschoolers replace School with Home.

Teachers: Submit one application per student via our CaFE platform.

Students can create their own account and upload their final JPG and design statement to our CaFE platform.

A one-page ‘Design Statement’ in PDF format MUST accompany the image JPG. It is important to consider the Design Criteria to assure your design meets all the guidelines.