Academic & Youth Fair · Student Arts Festival
The ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival’s juried Youth Art Competition for Palm Beach County schools: one 2-D artwork per school in each grade level from Kindergarten to Grade 12, with first to third places and two honorable mentions per grade, built from the 2025 rules.
A ready-made juried schools art competition with a separate grade for every year from Kindergarten to Grade 12, one 2-D artwork per school in each, and five winners per grade.
This template models a juried youth art competition run alongside a county arts festival in Florida, open to schools across the county. Each school sends one piece of two-dimensional artwork from every grade level, so a school with all thirteen grades can enter thirteen pieces. The template is built from the 2025 rules, the edition with a nature theme, so the structure is real but the theme, dates and drop-off details change each year and must be checked before reuse.
There is a single competition, Youth Art (2-D Artwork), entered individually. Any two-dimensional medium is allowed. Work must be at least 8.5 x 11 inches and no larger than 12 x 18 inches, excluding the mat, and must arrive matted and wrapped rather than laminated or framed. Every piece is judged, and home-school entries are not accepted.
Eligibility is by grade, not age. The template therefore creates thirteen groups, Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12, each restricted by its grade, with placeholder one-year age bands from 5 to 17 that a coordinator should adjust to the real entrants. Judges choose five winners in every grade: first, second and third place plus two honorable mentions. The rules also name a Best of Show for one elementary, one middle and one high school student.
The rules print no judging criteria or marks, so none are installed, the maximum score is the platform default of 100 and placings carry zero bonus points. The one-piece-per-school cap, the Best of Show award, prize money, tickets and the matting and wrapping requirements are not enforced by the software; put them on the Registration Page as rules.
Where this event comes from
The competition is the youth strand of an annual fine arts festival in Palm Beach County, Florida, and the 2025 edition was its 40th anniversary.
Where this event is run
Grade-by-grade schools art competitions with one entry per school in each grade are common across the United States, run by arts councils, festivals and school districts. They suit organisers who want every grade, from the youngest pupils to seniors, to be judged against its own peers rather than against older students.
- United States
Key facts
- One competition, Youth Art (2-D Artwork), entered as an individual piece
- Thirteen grade groups, Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12, each restricted by grade
- One artwork per school per grade; home-school entries are not accepted
- Any 2-D medium, 8.5 x 11 inches minimum to 12 x 18 inches maximum, matted and wrapped
- Five winners per grade: first, second, third and two honorable mentions
- No criteria or marks are printed, so none are installed; age bands are placeholders
- Age groups
- 13
- Competition items
- 1
- Competitions
- 13
- Grade bands
- 0
- Rank awards
- 4
Age groups
Every candidate is placed into one of these groups by age, and competitions are run per group.
Kindergarten
Candidates aged 5 to 5 compete in this group
Grade 1
Candidates aged 6 to 6 compete in this group
Grade 2
Candidates aged 7 to 7 compete in this group
Grade 3
Candidates aged 8 to 8 compete in this group
Grade 4
Candidates aged 9 to 9 compete in this group
Grade 5
Candidates aged 10 to 10 compete in this group
Grade 6
Candidates aged 11 to 11 compete in this group
Grade 7
Candidates aged 12 to 12 compete in this group
Grade 8
Candidates aged 13 to 13 compete in this group
Grade 9
Candidates aged 14 to 14 compete in this group
Grade 10
Candidates aged 15 to 15 compete in this group
Grade 11
Candidates aged 16 to 16 compete in this group
Grade 12
Candidates aged 17 to 17 compete in this group
Competition items
The events themselves — each with the category it belongs to and how judges score it.
Competitions by group
The full schedule matrix, sectioned by age group then category — which item runs for whom, and for how long.
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | |||||
| Art | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Youth Art (2-D Artwork) | Individual | — | — | 100 | — |
| Grade 1 | |||||
| Art | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Youth Art (2-D Artwork) | Individual | — | — | 100 | — |
| Grade 2 | |||||
| Art | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Youth Art (2-D Artwork) | Individual | — | — | 100 | — |
| Grade 3 | |||||
| Art | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Youth Art (2-D Artwork) | Individual | — | — | 100 | — |
| Grade 4 | |||||
| Art | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Youth Art (2-D Artwork) | Individual | — | — | 100 | — |
| Grade 5 | |||||
| Art | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Youth Art (2-D Artwork) | Individual | — | — | 100 | — |
| Grade 6 | |||||
| Art | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Youth Art (2-D Artwork) | Individual | — | — | 100 | — |
| Grade 7 | |||||
| Art | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Youth Art (2-D Artwork) | Individual | — | — | 100 | — |
| Grade 8 | |||||
| Art | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Youth Art (2-D Artwork) | Individual | — | — | 100 | — |
| Grade 9 | |||||
| Art | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Youth Art (2-D Artwork) | Individual | — | — | 100 | — |
| Grade 10 | |||||
| Art | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Youth Art (2-D Artwork) | Individual | — | — | 100 | — |
| Grade 11 | |||||
| Art | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Youth Art (2-D Artwork) | Individual | — | — | 100 | — |
| Grade 12 | |||||
| Art | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Youth Art (2-D Artwork) | Individual | — | — | 100 | — |
Grades and ranks
How scores turn into grade bands, and how many points each placing is worth.
| Grade | For | Condition | Score | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | For | Points |
|---|---|---|
| First | 0 | |
| Second | 0 | |
| Third | 0 | |
| Honorable Mention | 0 |
Frequently asked questions
Can I change this template after installing it?
Yes — installing it creates a fully configured, live event, not a locked package. Every age group, competition item, rule and scoring setting can be edited afterwards to match exactly what your event actually needs.
Do I need technical knowledge to set this up?
No. Installing a template does the setup work for you; you only need to review the details (dates, unit or house names) and open registration.
Want the fuller picture first? See our guide to judge scoring and tabulation software.
Install this template in eTalenter
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