Pongo Poetry Project's Cover Art Contest
Youth Artists, submit your artwork for the cover of Pongo's next book of youth poetry!

Deadline Extended: January 31st, 2020
Theme: expressing complicated feelings, difficult experiences, painful memories, self-acceptance, and dreams.
Age Eligibility: 8 to 25
Artwork can include:
- drawing,
- sketches,
- paintings,
- photographs,
- sculptures and other three-dimensional work that can be photographed
The winning youth artist will receive a $150 Prize in the form of a gift card to their choice of Trader Joe's, Safeway, QFC, or Fred Meyer.
At the Pongo Editorial Team's discretion a runner-up could get an opportunity for either of the following:
- their artwork put in the book as a section opener.
- their artwork posted on our website or newsletter.
Submit to Pongo's Cover Art Contest by following these steps:
1.) Attach your art as a jpeg or png in an email to Shaun at programmanager@pongoteenwriting.org. Include your name in the file name (e.g., Powerful_a painting by Jane Doe).
2.) Attach a signed and completed copy of our Artist's Release (click here to download).
Need inspiration? Read some of the collection's poetry by clicking here .
Know a youth artist? Download the contest's flyer by clicking here and spread the word!
Sponsoring Organization: Pongo is a 25-year-old, Seattle-based non-profit that publishes poetry by youth living difficult lives. As Pongo has published dozens of books and given thousands away to youth around the world, this would be a great way to share your artwork with a large audience.
Winner Selection: Pongo Contest Judges will select winning artwork based on thematic and aesthetic considerations related to the collection of poems in which the art will appear. Winner selection is not a reflection of Pongo Contest Judges' opinion of youth artist's skill or a piece of artwork's merit or value. All Pongo Contest Judges' decisions are final.
Copyright Statement: Artists will retain copyright on their work. Submitting artwork to Pongo gives Pongo only a one-time, royalty-free license to use the work on/in this publication only, and any other uses of the work will be separately negotiated with the artist. Pongo can put an official copyright statement on artwork; however, Pongo can do so only if we have an artist's permission to use their actual name or an artist's chosen pseudonym.