The 2025 Ocean Awareness Contest – Connections to Nature: Looking Inside, Going Outside – encourages you to explore the natural world and your place in it. Bow Seat invite you to think about your unique connection to nature and how being outside makes you feel. There are so many different ways that you can connect to nature, whether that’s exploring the history of the land you live on, volunteering in the fight against climate change, or taking a restorative walk in your local park. Go through the sub-themes and explore the topics that resonate with you. Share your relationship with the natural world through art, writing, performance, film, or multimedia. What is your connection to nature?
This is an international contest open to middle and high school students ages 11-18. Make sure you read all of the Contest rules, submission requirements, and other details before you get started.
Contest Details:
Free to Enter
Open to students worldwide between the ages of 11-18
Cash awards up to $1,000
Submit by June 9, 2025
Submissions accepted in:
Visual Art: Handcrafted
Visual Art: Digital
Creative Writing
Film
Poetry & Spoken Word
Performing Arts
Interactive & Multimedia
Students may submit one entry per category, meaning that you may enter up to seven pieces, one in each category. If you submit more than one entry in a category (for example, two poems), additional entries will not be counted or judged.
Students must create an account and submit their work through the online system. If you are submitting multiple works, you only need to create one account. Bow Seat cannot accept submissions via email or physical mail. Submission Deadline: June 9, 2025.
Explore the Submission Requirements to learn more about the Categories @ https://bowseat.org/programs/ocean-awareness-contest/how-to-enter/
