2015 “Astonishing Ag Articles” Art Contest
Sponsored by South Dakota Ag in the Classroom
& South Dakota Value Added Agriculture
Development Center
Contest rules, regulations and guidelines:
1. Open to any 3rd and 4th grade student in state of South Dakota
2. The theme for the art contest is “Astonishing Ag Articles”. The focus should be on non-food items
that are made from any commodity grown in South Dakota, such as corn, wheat, soybeans, cattle,
sheep, pork, sunflowers, etc.
3. Artists can use any one size piece of paper up to legal size (up to 8.5”x14”). White or colored paper is
acceptable.
4. Art work must be hand-drawn, colored or painted only. No computer graphics, cut-outs, stickers, or
animated images are allowed. No name brands displayed anywhere on drawings.
5. Art work must include a representation of the source the item comes from (crop, animal) as well as the
finished product.
6. Entry forms (available at www.agclassroom.org/sd or www.sdvalueadded.coop/index.php/events) must
be included with each drawing. In addition, please include the artist’s name, grade, school, and
teacher’s name, address, email and phone number on the reverse side of the drawing.
7. Entry and Judging Procedures:
o Entries must be dropped off at the South Dakota State Fair Day Sponsor tent (Value Added
Ag Tent) next to the Women’s Building and are due by 1pm, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, to be
eligible.
 Alternatively, if artists are not going to be at the SD State Fair, entries can be scanned as a
PDF file and emailed to sdagclassroom@yahoo.com by 12pm, Sept. 2, 2015. They will be
printed onto white paper and transported to the fair for judging the following day. Late
emailed entries will not be considered.
o Judges will narrow down all entries to the top 5 finalists. The winner will be determined by popular
vote during the ice cream social in the day sponsor tent at 3pm. 1 winner per grade will be selected.
8. Winning entries will be on display in the FFA animal nursery for the duration of the State Fair.
9. Classrooms that have 5 or more students per classroom participate will receive a watermelon feed on date to
be determined by the teacher and the sponsors before September 30, 2015.
Questions and/or comments can be directed to:
Ann Price
Executive Director
sdagclassroom@yahoo.com
605-853-6040 (cell)
Cheri Rath,
Executive Director
cherirath@yahoo.com
605-350-3128 (cell)
2015 “Astonishing Ag Articles” Art Contest
Sponsored by South Dakota Ag in the Classroom
& South Dakota Value Added Agriculture
Development Center
(Please type or print.)
Student Name: _______________________________________________Gender: _____________________
School Name: ________________________________________________Grade: ______________________
School Address: ___________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Teacher’s Name: __________________________________________________________________________
Teacher’s E-mail Address: __________________________________________________________________
How did your teacher/parent find out about this contest? _______________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Please have your parents read the following and sign below:
The undersigned (on my behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of my child/children), hereby authorizes South
Dakota Ag in the Classroom and South Dakota Value Added Agriculture Development Center and their
affiliates to use, publish, circulate and reprint photographs, digital or printed materials, images or other forms of
data identifying, showing or depicting me or created by me (or, if applicable, my child/children) in any
publication, website, Facebook, other Internet site, press release, any other media, and all derivative works and
other uses.
Name of Student:
______
(print student’s name)
Dated:
Signature of Parent (if student is under age 18)
Name:
(print parent’s name)