2021 Marine Endangered Species Art Contest Winners & Honorable Mentions

In 2021, we received 197 entries from artists located in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, and Wisconsin. Both the subject-matter and titles were created by the artists.

Below are this year's winners and honorable mentions of the Marine Endangered Species Art Contest.

For an electronic copy of the 2021-2022 calendar featuring the artwork, please contact us.

Winners

Grades K-2

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Dagny T., grade 2, CA, "Keep the Sea Free of Debris"  

Grades 3-5

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Addison J., grade 4, MA, "Right Whale Entanglement"  

Grades 6-8

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Noah C., grade 6, IL,"I Can't Breathe"  

Grades 9-12

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Aurora N., grade 9, MD, "A Message from the Sea"  

Sculpture Winners

Grades K-2

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Michael G., grade 2, OH, "The Blue Whale Adventure" 

Grades 3-5

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Jaylin F., grade 4, MA, "Sperm Whale" 

Grades 6-8

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Margaret C., grade 7, NH, "Mutualistic Relationship, Oceanic White Tip Shark and Pilot Fish" 

Honorable Mention

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Noelle C., grade 2, IL, " Just Keep Swimming Despite"  

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Ayansh M., grade K, FL, "Endangered shortnose sturgeon"  

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Maks I., grade 1, MA, "Big Ocean"

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Claire P., grade 4, AZ, "The RunAway Turtle"  

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Rose M., grade 5, MA, "Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle"

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Mia D., grade 4, MA, "Giant Manta Ray"  

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Namya B., grade 7, MA, "Lucky"  

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Smithi G., grade 8, TX, "Fins are for Swimming"  

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Sruthi G., grade 8, TX, "Swim 'A-whale'"  

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Grace D., grade 11, MD, "Protect the Shortnose Sturgeon"  

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Lexi H., grade 10, MA, Atlantic Salmon

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Madelaine P., grade 10, WI, "The Black and White Tide"

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Cruz D., grade 2, MA "Whale"

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Selvalakshmi S., grade 2, MO, "Fishing sea creatures"  

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Liam C., grade K, IL, "Where the Ocean’s Trash Comes from?"  

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Grace H., grade 4, MA, "Green Sea Turtle"  

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Emma H., grade 5, AZ, "A turtle's first step"

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Noel A., grade 5, MA, "White Tip Shark"

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Charlie L., grade 6, MA, "North Atlantic Right Whale"  

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Nicola C., grade 7, MA, "Loggerhead Sea Turtles"  

NOAA Fisheries Kids Winners

This year, we also invited the kids of NOAA Fisheries staff to participate in their own separate contest. Here are the winners.

Grades K-2

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Abby G., grade 2, Sperm Whale 

Grades 3-5

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Emika S., grade 4, "Save the Marine Endangered Species from Entanglement"

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