Congressional Art Competition
The Congressional Art Competition is sponsored by The Congressional Institute. The competition invites high school students to create 2-D artwork. Students submit entries to their representative’s office, and the winners are recognized in their district and at an annual awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. Their works will also be displayed for one year at the U.S Capitol.
Interested in the competition?
Competition Overview
High school students, exceptions may be made for schools that have 7th through 12th grades on one campus.
Eligibility
Free
Entry fee
Every April
Submission deadline
Competition Details
1. Artwork Requirements
Mediums Accepted:
- Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.
- Drawings: colored pencil, pencil, ink, marker, pastels, charcoal (It is recommended that charcoal and pastel drawings be fixed.)
- Collages: must be two dimensional
- Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints
- Mixed Media: use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc.
- Computer-generated art
- Photographs
Size & Weight: Maximum framed dimensions: 26” x 26” x 4”; weight under 15 pounds. Artwork must be two-dimensional.
2. Submission Details
One submission per student. Winners must frame their artwork according to size and weight rules. Framed submissions are recommended before the deadline.
3. 2024 Deadline by state
- Alabama: April 26
- Alaska: N/A
- American Samoa: N/A
- Arizona: April 22
- Arkansas: April 15
- California: April 26
- Colorado: May 8
- Connecticut: March 29
- Delaware: N/A
- District of Columbia: N/A
- Florida: April 12
- Georgia: May 3
- Guam: N/A
- Hawaii: April 19
- Idaho: March 28
- Illinois: April 12
- Indiana: April 22
- Iowa: April 26
- Kansas: April 18
- Kentucky: April 26
- Louisiana: March 28
- Maine: N/A
- Maryland: March 25
- Massachusetts: April 22
- Michigan: May 3
- Minnesota: May 2
- Mississippi: N/A
- Missouri: N/A
- Montana: May 1
- Nebraska: March 29
- Nevada: April 5
- New Hampshire: April 26
- New Jersey: April 5
- New Mexico: April 19
- New York: April 25
- North Carolina: April 9, 2024
- North Dakota: April 12
- Northern Mariana Islands: N/A
- Ohio: April 5, 2024
- Oklahoma: April 26
- Oregon: April 29
- Pennsylvania: February 7
- Puerto Rico: N/A
- Rhode Island: May 3
- South Carolina: May 13
- South Dakota: April 19
- Tennessee: April 30
- Texas: April 19
- Utah: N/A
- Vermont: March 14
- Virginia: April 26
- Virgin Islands: N/A
- Washington: April 29
- West Virginia: Jan 31, 2025
- Wisconsin: April 19
- Wyoming: April 15
