Contests & Competitions
Community Education sponsors five contests annually. Winners of each contest receive award certificates and cash prizes. Entry fees are reasonable and most are $7 or less per entry.
Student Art Show
- Open to students in K-12th grades.
- Entries are due mid-January.
- Exhibits the month of February with an opening Reception and
- Awards Presentation the first week of February.
Recycled Art Contest
- Open to all ages Pre-K through adult.
- Main criteria: at least 50% of the artwork must be made of recycled materials or materials found in nature.
- Entries are due the end of March.
- Exhibits the month of April with a Reception and Awards Presentation as part of JWCC's Annual Earth Day events in mid-April.
Photography Show
- The only dedicated photography show for all ages in the Tri-State Area.
- Open to both amateur and professional photographers.
- Open to youth (no specific age limitation) and adults.
- Entries are due mid-April.
- Exhibits the month of May with an opening Reception and Awards Presentation in conjunction with the Dogwood Festival Weekend the first week in May each year.
Annual Art Show
- New Theme: The 2009 Annual Art Show will be the launch of the New Annual Art Show with a 12x12 theme.
- All works must fall within the 12" x 12" measurement.
- Open to adults age 18 and older.
- Entries are due mid-October.
- Exhibits the month of November with an opening
- Reception and Awards Presentation the first week in November.
Creative Writing Contest
- Now open to youth in grades 6th-12th. Open to adults age 18 and older.
- Categories include: Fiction, Non-Fiction, and 3 categories of poetry (Traditional Rhyming Poetry, Non-Rhyming Poetry and All other Poetry Forms).
- Entries accepted January through first of April.
- Award winners will be notified via letter.
- Critique service available for a small fee.
Personal interest/Non-credit offerings are not funded with tax dollars and are self-supporting. John Wood Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, religion, age, disability, or other factors prohibited by law.
