

Please contact Rachel McFadden at Indiana Electric Cooperatives, 317.408.7903, or send an email to youth@indianaec.org.
Artwork must be at the Indianapolis office of Indiana Connection by 3 p.m., Friday, March 29, 2024. Mailing address: Indiana Connection, 8888 Keystone Crossing, Suite 1600, Indianapolis, IN 46240. (Please do not drop off artwork at your local electric cooperative office unless the local REMC/REC has announced it is accepting entries at its location or the local office has agreed to special arrangements.)
Artwork selected to appear in the calendar will be returned to the artists after the calendar is printed in the fall of 2024. Indiana Connection may retain winning artwork for display at exhibitions and galleries through December 2024. All other entries will not be returned unless requested and accompanied with full prepaid postage and proper packaging when submitted. We will strive to have these submissions returned by late May 2024.
All artwork and reproduction rights become the property of Indiana Connection. This means we can print your artwork in the calendar, cooperative publications, website, and promotional materials and distribute artwork to the media for promotional purposes without additional compensation. We will respect the integrity of the artwork and will not allow the outside commercial use of entered artwork without the permission of the artist (and parents/guardians).
The artworks and artists may be presented to the public in the following ways.
Only first place and honorable mention winners will be notified by phone. Results will be published in a 2024 issue of Indiana Connection, at IndianaConnection.org and in the 2025 calendar.
A first place “Artist of the Month” will be selected for each grade, K-12, and will receive $200.
One of following two methods MUST be used to identify the art and artist depending where the artwork was created or how submitted. Please use the most appropriate method.
On the back of each entry, in the lower right hand corner, legibly print: student’s first and last name, age, grade, school, names of parents or guardians, complete home address with city and ZIP, and phone number with area code. Also, please title the work, briefly note how it connects to the month if the connection is not obvious and include any other info judges might find useful.
In addition to information on the back of each entry, each entry must include a copy of the entry form (A) for the 2025 calendar available from Indiana Connection or downloaded from IndianaConnection.org. The form must be signed by each student-artist and parent/guardian (if the student is under 18 years old) acknowledging the student has adhered to the rules of originality and each submission is original according to the guidelines above.
If including all the above information is impractical because of the number of entries or is a violation of school policy, a large group of simultaneous entries from a single source should include on the back of each entry, in the lower right hand corner, the student’s first and last name, grade and a complete contact phone number. Please make sure all information is included and legible, and group submissions are sorted by grade. Try to have the students title their works, briefly note the connection to the assigned month if it is not obvious, and include any other info or description of the work that judges might find helpful.
In addition to information on the back of each entry, each package of entries must include a copy of the entry form (B) for the 2025 calendar available from Indiana Connection or downloaded from IndianaConnection.org. The form must be signed by the art instructor/classroom teacher acknowledging that the students have adhered to the rules of originality and each submission is original according to the guidelines above.
Drawings should be no larger than 11×14 inches and no smaller than 8×10 inches. (Paintings on canvas can be larger.) Drawings on white or light-colored paper will reproduce best. Do not use ruled notebook paper.
Students and teachers/parents/guardians are responsible for entering only ORIGINAL WORKS of art totally produced by the participating students.