The Eastern Kansas Scholastic Art Awards is facilitated through the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards portal at artandwriting.org. The portal will be accessible beginning October 1, 2025.If it is your first time making a submission, you will create an account. We recommend using a personal email address you can access throughout the year, not a school email.

If you are a returning participant or educator, please look through your profile information prior to any submission. Participants will need to update their grade and ensure all personal information is accurate, including their grade. Should you have issues please contact Mark Arts via email, [email protected].

Eastern Kansas Regional Scholastic Art Awards’ Award Announcement will be posted at here on January 9, 2026, by 5 p.m.
Artwork that receives an American Vision Nomination, Gold Key, or Silver Key awards will be displayed physically at Mark Arts during the Eastern Kansas Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition, from February 6 to March 28, 2026. National Announcement Day will be March 25, 2026, and the results can be found on artandwriting.org.

The Eastern Kansas Scholastic Art Awards is open to all students 7 through 12 grades. Only senior have the option to submit Art Portfolios of six pieces, as well as individual submissions. Students may submit artwork in the following categories: Architecture & Industrial Design, Ceramics & Glass, Comic Art, Design, Digital Art, Drawing & Illustration, Editorial Cartoon, Expanded Projects, Fashion, Film & Animation, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture.

To learn more about specifications within these categories, please visit: https://www.artandwriting.org/gallery/art

Submissions have the potential to be awarded an American Vision Nomination, Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention.

All completed submissions are entered into regional judging. All adjudication happens anonymously with no knowledge of the student, their name, age, ethnicity, gender, or hometown.

Qualified Kansas jurors, selected by Mark Arts, adjudicate the regional artwork based on the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards core values: originality, skill and an emergence of personal voice.

Artwork that receives a Gold Key and American Vision Nomination automatically move forward into the national adjudication in early spring 2026.

To learn more about core values and adjudication, please visit: https://www.artandwriting.org/awards/selection/

An individual submission to the competition costs $10. Art Portfolio submissions, available to seniors only, cost $30.

Cost should not be a barrier to students who wish to apply. Fee Waiver Forms are available to students who demonstrate need by qualifying for free and reduced lunch. Students who qualify and wish to take advantage of this aid must:

 - Click “Fee Waiver” upon finalizing their submission.
 - Return to this webpage or the Eastern Regional Scholastic Art Awards landing page on artandwriting.org.
 - Click the link to the PDF Fee Waiver Form found on these webpages.
 - Fill in the PDF form virtually or by print.
 - Submit the Fee Waiver Form
       - Forms filled out on a computer can be emailed to [email protected].
       - Printed/physical forms must be mailed to or dropped off at Mark Arts. Mailing address:


Only one fee waiver form is required for multiple submissions, including the submission of an Art Portfolio with individual submissions.

During the regional portion of the 2025-2026 Scholastic Art Award season, please email Mark Arts at [email protected] for troubleshooting and help. If there are problems with the national awards, please reach out to the Scholastic Art and Writing Team directly: https://www.artandwriting.org/contact/