Creative Youth Contests Now Open

Know a young writer or artist who would love to see their work shown? Check out these calls for local youth art! Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey has submissions open for their 23rd annual Young Writers Exposition for elementary through high school students writing in a variety of genres including Poetry, Prose, Academic, Screenplay, and Historical Essay. Teachers can submit their students’ best work by March 14 for consideration. Visit crookedtree.org to submit. Meanwhile, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced an art contest for the cover of the 2025 State of the State program. The theme is “Think Michigan,” and K-12 students are eligible to submit their work before 11:59pm on Friday, Feb. 14. See all the details and upload a submission at somgovweb.state.mi.us/ArtContest.

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