Contests

Art Contest: Western or Frontier Scene

This issue of Cricket is filled with images of Western and frontier America: a Native American boy living in a Wendat village, a modern cowgirl riding to the rescue on her paint pony, and buffaloes grazing on our cover. For this month’s contest, we’d like you to capture a Western or frontier scene in a work of art.

Will you paint a beautiful Western panorama, like our cover? Or an action scene, like the climax of “Cowgirl Morning”? Will your art focus on wildlife and nature, or people, towns, or villages? Will you depict a modern scene, or draw how people lived or played in the past? Will you find inspiration in mountains, prairies, rivers, or deserts? A summer scene, or one deep with snow?

Whichever your choose, everybuggy will be painting their wagons and high-tailing it to the Cricket Country mailbox to see your very best Western or frontier art. Yahoo!

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    1. Your contest entry must be your very own original work. Ideas and words should not be copied.
    2. If you're 14 years old or younger, your entry must be signed by your parent or guardian, saying it is your own original work, that no help was given, and granting Cricket permission to publish prizewinning entries in the February 2011 issue or on our Web site. If you're older than 14, you must sign your own work, verifying that it is original.
    3. Be sure to include your name, age, and full address on your entry.
    4. Only one entry per person, please.
    5. If you want your work returned, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for each entry.
    6. Incomplete entries cannot be considered. Your entry will be incomplete if you forget to include your age or a signature verifying that your work is original.
    7. Your entry must be received by October 25, 2010.
    8. Send entries to:
      Cricket League
      P.O. Box 300
      Peru, IL 61354