2027 Contest Theme: A Fresh Take on Flora and Fauna
The contest is free and open to all K-12 students residing and attending school in Broward County.
Please note: Any artwork that is submitted for the contest may be used for educational purposes and will become the property of Broward County. All artwork will be considered upon the discretion of Broward County.
Winning entries and any honorable mentions will be featured in the 2027 Clean Air Calendar.
Would you like to create environmental artwork for the chance to win prizes? This can be depicted through hand-drawn artwork, digital art/media (subject to AI checkers), or photography. Please be mindful of and avoid any copyright infringement.
2026 Clean Air Calendar Art Contest student winners' prizes included: tickets to the Museum of Discovery and Science, tickets to Zoo Miami, tickets to Young at Art Museum, tickets to Butterfly World, tickets to Sawgrass Recreation Park, tickets to participate in a Miami EcoAdventures program, swag from a local Florida sports team, Publix gift cards, Broward County Parks passports, and more!
Please read the contest theme, rules, and guidelines below to ensure your artwork qualifies. If so, see the checklist below to ensure you have everything you need.
CONTEST THEME DETAILS:
2027 Contest Theme: A Fresh Take on Flora and Fauna
Imagine a completely new living thing—plant, animal, fungus, insect, or something totally unexpected—with special adaptations that help keep the air clean, fight climate change, or make the environment healthier. Maybe it moves, grows, or interacts with its surroundings in ways that reduce pollution or support clean air. Taking inspiration from Florida's unique wildlife or ecosystems, mix, match, and make something the world has never seen before!
Examples of plants (flora) - trees (palms, mangroves), ferns (cypress fern, giant leather fern), shrubs (wax myrtle, star jasmine), aquatic plants (alligator flag, fragrant waterlily), and flowers (swamp milkweed, purple coneflower).
Examples of animals (fauna) - invertebrates (corals, jellyfish), mammals (panthers, bears), birds (flamingos, blue jays), fish (groupers, sharks), reptiles (Florida kingsnake, green anole) amphibians (tree frogs, salamanders).
Need a spark to get started? Use your imagination to create something bold, original, and inspiring for Florida’s future!
- A living thing that can trap and transform polluted air.
- A creature that changes its surroundings—soaking up extra heat or calming storms.
- An organism whose favorite food is particles that don’t belong in the air.
- Something that grows or spreads to protect other living things from pollution.
- A hybrid lifeform—part plant, part animal, or something else entirely—that helps the environment in a new or unique way.
CONTEST SUBMISSION STEPS AND INSTRUCTIONS:
Step 1: Does Student Have Parent/Guardian Permission?
A Release Form signed by a parent or legal guardian must be completed and sent with the artwork.
Step 2: Has Student Read the Theme "A Fresh Take on Flora and Fauna" BEFORE Artwork is Created?
See CONTEST THEME DETAILS section above.
Step 3: Have Artwork Size Specifications Been Read BEFORE Artwork is Created?
Artwork MUST BE in the landscape / horizontal orientation, NOT vertical. If the submission is not in the landscape / horizontal orientation, it will be disqualified.
Only original work will be considered (for example, no characters from shows/games or photos from the Internet). Copyrighted artwork will be disqualified.
Artwork must be flat and NOT folded, mounted, or matted with NO glue and NO glitter.
NO "split screen" artwork, i.e. good side vs. bad side or Scenario 1 vs. Scenario 2.
Hand Drawing: no larger than 12 inches x 18 inches and no smaller than 8 inches x 10 inches
- Use a ruler to check the size
Digital Art: high resolution 300 dpi or higher and submitted as .png or .jpg. Pixel size between 3300 x 2400 and 5100 x 3300
- Subject to AI checkers.
Photography: no larger than 12 inches x 18 inches and no smaller than 8 inches x 10 inches and submitted as .png or .jpg files.
- Use a ruler to check the size
Step 4: Does the Artwork AND Paragraph Match the Theme "A Fresh Take on Flora and Fauna"?
Your paragraph must explain your artwork and be no more than 75 words.Your artwork should show and your paragraph should explain a completely new living thing (for example, plant/animal) inspired by Florida's wildlife or ecosystems with special adaptations that help keep the air clean, fight climate change, or make the environment healthier.
Step 5: Was an Online Submission Form Submitted?
An online
submission form MUST be submitted, regardless of artwork type (hand-drawn, digital art, or photography).
Step 6: Were ALL Three Forms (Release Form, Artwork, and Paragraph) Submitted BEFORE 4/10/2026?
Please DO NOT FOLD the artwork before mailing. Entries must be mailed flat.
Entries must be received (by Broward County’s Air Program or the BCPS STEM Team) or post-marked by close of business on Friday,
April 10th, 2026.
If entries are post-marked or uploaded on the online submission form (see link in Step 5) after this date, they can be disqualified.
How to Submit Artwork:
Hand-drawn artwork
and Broward County Public School student:
| Hand-drawn artwork and not a Broward County Public School student (private school, charter school, home school, etc.):
| Digital art and photography:
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Give hand-drawn artwork to your teacher for them to submit via School Board Pony Mail System to the address below:
ATTN: Rebecca Malones, STEM + CS, 4th Floor
KC Wright Building
600 SE 3rd Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
| Mail hand-drawn artwork to:
Natural Resources Division
ATTN: Air Outreach Team
115 South Andrews Avenue
Suite 329H
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
| Submit via
submission form
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Judging Criteria
Effectiveness & Relevance to theme (75%): Does the artwork effectively illustrate the theme and have a written description relevant to the theme? Does the artwork clearly express a message of environmental conservation?
Creativity & Neatness (25%): Does the student use creative forms of expression? Is the artwork neat and easily understood? How much time and effort does the hand-drawn artwork, digital art, or photograph exhibit?
Winners
There will be a total of thirteen (13) winners: one for each month, plus one (1) Grand Prize Winner whose artwork will be featured as the calendar cover photo. The participating school of the Grand Prize Winner (cover image) will be awarded a plaque for display at the school, and all of the winners (not including honorable mentions) will receive a prize. Honorable mentions will receive the amount of calendars they requested in their Release Form.
