Calling All Creative Kids!
Enter the 25th Annual Calendar Kids Art Contest!
13 finalists will be selected to be published in the American Kidney Fund’s 2021 calendar and will also receive a Visa gift card and a canvas print of their submitted artwork.
We must receive all artwork and completed applications by June 30, 2020.
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Enter the 25th annual Calendar Kids Art Contest and put your imagination to work!
The grand prize winner will have their artwork published on the cover of the 2021 calendar and will be honored during the American Kidney Fund’s annual national gala, The Hope Affair, on October 7, 2020. Please note that this event will be held virtually this year due to COVID-19.
Click here to download a PDF version of the application
Put your imagination to work!
The opportunities are endless
Art is more than just drawings! Learn about all of the ways you can create art for the Calendar Kids Art Contest.
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Art is more than just drawings! Here are a few ideas of things you can create:
- Create a drawing or painting
- Write and perform a song
- Choreograph and perform a dance
- Make a short film
- Write a poem or short story
Your art can be about anything – kidneys, strength, empowerment, family, friends, things that make you happy, ways that you cope with kidney disease – the sky is the limit. Be creative!
*We cannot accept artwork submissions that have copyrighted materials (characters, lyrics, sports team logos, etc.)
Guidelines & Eligibility
Learn how to submit your artwork
Check all of the guidelines and eligibility requirements to be a part of the 25th Calendar Kids Art Contest.
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Guidelines
For your artwork to be considered, you must submit a completed application along with a recent, close-up photograph of yourself.
- Drawings and written art must be created on an 8.5 x 11” white sheet of paper with your name and title on the back
- Performances can be submitted online or by emailing lpurcell@kidneyfund.org
- Do not use copyrighted characters, logos, lyrics, or pro sports teams.
Please note that artwork will not be returned.
FILE FORMAT TYPES FOR UPLOAD OR LINKING ART
Drawings and written art can be uploaded or emailed as the following formats
Songs, dances, and other performances can be uploaded to YouTube as a private video.
Learn how to upload a private YouTube video
ELEGIBILITY
Kids and teens who are 18 and younger who:
- Have kidney disease
- Are on dialysis or have received a kidney transplant
- Live in the United States
*If you have been a finalist in the past, you are not eligible to win again
How is the cover artist chosen?
We will choose 13 submissions to appear in the calendar and will have an online voting contest in July. The artwork that receives the most votes will be featured on the cover.
Questions
Call the American Kidney Fund at 800.638.8299 ext. 7047. You may also find information at your dialysis center, doctor’s office or on our website.
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Connect with us!
If you have any questions or would like more information please give us a call or send us an email!
Phone
800.638.8299 ext. 7047
Email
lpurcell@kidneyfund.org
Mailing Address
11921 Rockville Pike, Suite 300
Rockville, MD 20852
View last year’s finalists
13 finalists from across America were selected and published in the 2020 calendar. The cover artist, Emme Oberbreckling from Mechanicsville, Iowa, painted "Transplant Love" on the last day she was at the hospital after her kidney transplant. Check out more stories from last year's calendar artists below!
Transplant Love by Emme O.
Age 9 | Mechanicsville, IA
Spirit Wolf by Anna A.
Age 16 | Trenton, NJ
Bacterial Flora by Brianna H.
Age 17 | Georgetown, TX
Rainbow Kidney Tree by Briley R.
Age 6 | Cass, WV
Insight by Chloe M.
Age 19 | Norfolk, VA
Kidney Friends by Ellanie W.
Age 11 | Spanish Fork, UT
Hope by Jazmin A.
Age 17 | Corona, CA
A day of Kidney fun and Love by Kelsey L.
Age 13 | Redondo Beach, CA
Music is Medicine by Lisbeth H.
Age 17 | Philadelphia, PA
Rockin' On by Marjory Z.
Age 13 | Little Falls, MN
You Taught Me by Naomi R.
Age 17 | Houston, TX
2 Kidneys is better than 1 by Willow J.
Age 15 | Cockeysville, MD
Peaceful Sunset by Cidney P.
Age 12 | Baltimore, MD
