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NPG Poster Scholarship Contest

Winners of the 2019 Fall Student Poster Scholarship Contest

2019 Challenge:

Create a visual art poster to illustrate the comprehensive theme of TOO MANY PEOPLE, with the focus on one or more of the following areas:  population growth, overpopulation, urban sprawl, loss of valuable farmland and wetlands, limited water supplies, energy shortages, air pollution, or destruction of wildlife habitat.  

Click on each name to view the text of the winning poster. 

Award
Winner Name
School

Grand Prize
$3,000

University of California
Los Angeles, CA

2nd Place
$2,000

Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke, PA

$1,000
University of Nevada
Reno, NV
$1,000
Lansing Community College
Lansing, MI
$1,000
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA
$1,000
Boise State University
Boise, ID
$1,000
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA
$1,000
Avila University
Kansas City, MO
$1,000
Oakland Community College
$1,000
Kutztown University
Kutztown, PA
$1,000
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
$1,000
Southern Utah University
Cedar City, UT
$500
Ball State University
Muncie, IN

$500
University of California
Berkeley, CA

Winners of the 2019 Spring Student Poster Scholarship Contest

2019 Challenge:

Create a visual art poster to illustrate the comprehensive theme of TOO MANY PEOPLE, with the focus on one or more of the following areas:  population growth, overpopulation, urban sprawl, loss of valuable farmland and wetlands, limited water supplies, energy shortages, air pollution, or destruction of wildlife habitat.  

Click on each name to view the text of the winning poster.  

Award
Winner Name
School

First Place
$3,000

Utah Valley University
Orem, UT

2nd Place
$2,000

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

$1,000
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH

$1,000
Purdue University
Lafayette, IN
$1,000
Ohio State University
Lima, OH
$1,000
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
$1,000
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
$1,000
Memphis College of Art
Memphis, TN
$1,000
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
$1,000
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
$1,000
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
$1,000
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, MO
$500
University of Delaware
Newark, DE

Winners of the 2012 Poster Scholarship Contest

Of the hundreds of posters submitted from very talented and perceptive students from across the country, our team of judges, consisting of NPG staff and advisors, determined these posters to be the very best of the entries.

We greatly appreciate everyone’s participation in this effort, from the advisors who helped design the project, to the teachers who encouraged their students to participate, the students themselves, and especially our generous NPG supporters who helped finance the distribution of contest material and awards.  We hope to be able to run a similar contest on a regular basis in the future.

All prizes are split 50/50 between the student and the school he or she attends.

Award
Winner Name
School

$2,500

Albemarle High School
Charlottesville, VA

$1,000
New Hanover High School
Wilmington, NC
$1,000
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack, NJ
$1,000
Mount Saint Joseph Academy
Flourtown, PA
$1,000
Dillard Center for the Arts
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Winners of the 2008 Poster Scholarship Contest

Of the hundreds of posters submitted from very talented and perceptive students from across the country, our team of judges, consisting of NPG staff and advisors, as well as educators from various locations, determined these posters to be the very best in their respective grade categories.

We greatly appreciate everyone’s participation in this effort, from the advisors who helped design the project, to the teachers who encouraged their students to participate, the students themselves, and especially our generous NPG donors who helped finance the distribution of contest material and awards. We hope to be able to run a similar contest in the future, and we appreciate any feedback you may offer.

Award
Winner Name

GRAND PRIZE WINNER
11th -12th Grade Category

Tiffany Everett
Auburn High School
Auburn, AL

GRAND PRIZE WINNER
8th -10th Grade Category

Haley Angus
Prairie Middle School
Cottonwood, ID

GRAND PRIZE WINNER
5th -7th Grade Category

Jennifer Wong
Kapolei Middle School
Kapolei, HI

Honorable Mention Awards
Grades 11-12
Carolyn Carter
Sonora High School
Sonora, CA

Tiffany Young
Paulsboro High School
Paulsboro, NJ


Mario Gregg
The High School of Graphic Communication Arts
New York, NY
Honorable Mention Awards
Grades 8-10
Melana Salisbury
Centralia High School
Centralia, MO

Jessica Piechocki
Pickerington High School North
Pickerington, OH

Teal Gordon
Forest Glen Middle School
Coral Springs, FL
Honorable Mention Awards
Grades 5-7
Erika Robbins
Albert Leonard Middle School
New Rochelle, NY

Jin Zhang
Suzanne Middle School

Lily Schenk
Albert Leonard Middle School
New Rochelle, NY