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Ahtna Kanas Summer 2024

2025 Calendar Youth Artwork Contest

The youth artwork contest for Ahtna’s 2025 wall calendars is now open to Ahtna, Inc. shareholders and shareholder descendants between the ages of 5-17. The theme is: Living Off the Land—Our Ancestral Practices. Contest winners will have their artwork featured in the 2025 Ahtna Wall Calendar and receive a $50 cash prize.

The deadline to submit artwork is Friday, September 27, 2024, at 5 p.m. (AKDT). Winners will be selected and notified by Monday, October 14, 2024.

Requirements:

  • Artwork must be original.
  • Submissions may be painted, hand drawn, photographic, or digital.
  • Artwork is not to exceed letter size dimensions (11 inches by 8.5 inches) and should be landscape format (horizontal orientation).
  • Photographs must be submitted as a high-resolution JPEG, with a minimum of 300 dpi.
  • Digital artwork must be submitted as a scanned PDF or a high-resolution photo of the art, with a minimum of 300 dpi.
  • A completed application, including parent/guardian signature, must be submitted with the artwork.
  • Artwork will not be returned unless an advance written request is made.
  • Entries will be reviewed by a selection committee and judged on multiple aspects such as quality, creativity and reflection of the theme.

Submission:

Complete the 2025 Wall Calendar Youth Artwork Contest Entry Form at www.ahtna.com/shareholders/art-contest.

Please submit the completed form and upload a digital version of the artwork. To create a digital version of the artwork, take a high-resolution digital photo or scan of the art in good lighting.

For more information, please contact the Ahtna Corporate Communications department at news@ahtna.net.