Announcing the 16th Annual International Kids Art Contest, 2025
Theme: Biodiversity Loss
Calling all children ages 3-18!
Deadline: 12.31.25
We hope children will be inspired to express what is most important to them. The theme for 2025 is “Biodiversity Loss.” When developing their concepts their art can be about protecting biodiversity, rainforests, endangered species, air quality, preventing wildfires, water pollution or just wanting to preserve our cities and neighborhoods. We look forward to every child’s submission.
Warm regards,
Susan Newman Lerer
Founder and President, Frogs Are Green, Inc., A NJ nonprofit organization
We award winners in these age groups: 3-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-18. We also add winning categories based on what we receive, such as: Best 3D art; Best environmental art; Best black and white art and more. Award certificates are given to 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place and honorable mention students in each age group and specific categories. *Prizes are awarded ONLY to the 1st place winners in the age group categories.
Deadline: December 31, 2025!
Deadline for submissions is: December 31, 2025 and the winners will be announced around January 31, 2026. The winners will be featured in a blog post. Many of the submitted artworks are shared online, through our website, social media and in awareness materials. (By entering, you grant Frogs Are Green, Inc. permission to use your artwork for these purposes. Credit to the artists will be included.)
Instructions for entering:
To enter the contest, you create an account for free on Flickr. You upload your images and make sure they are facing in the right direction. YOU MUST add the child’s full name, age, and location. Then you join the kids art contest group (and the right age group) on Flickr and just add your entry to the group from your gallery. Each child can submit up to 3 artworks. Teachers can upload student’s work and parents can upload their children’s work. If you are in a country where you cannot view the Flickr website, you can email your digital images to Frogs Are Green along with the child’s name, age and state/country, and we will add the image to the correct group.
Flickr Group Links to Enter:
2025 Kids Art Contest – ages 3-6
2025 Kids Art Contest – ages 7-9
2025 Kids Art Contest – ages 10-12
2025 Kids Art Contest – ages 13-18
Videos for kids to watch:
Untangled: Biodiversity Loss
Why Is Biodiversity Important – Sir David Attenborough – The Royal Society
National Geographic’s Slingshot Challenge 2025 Award Recipients
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/projects/slingshot/
Articles to Read:
Biodiversity – United Nations
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/biodiversity
Additional details:
PLEASE DO NOT MAIL US PACKAGES! We do not have the time to photograph and upload images, nor can we send them back.
Our contest is FREE to enter, as always. However, if you would like to help our nonprofit organization, please donate whatever you can.
Thank you to our sponsors:
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Endorsed by: The City of Jersey City and Mayor Steven Fulop, City Council of Jersey City, Save The Frogs, Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG), Pershing Field Garden Friends, Amphibian Ark, HARCC, Friends of Liberty State Park, Jersey City Parks Coalition, Camp Liberty, Amphibian Survival Alliance (ASA), Association Mitsinjo, and ACSAM (A Conservation Strategy for the Amphibians of Madagascar.)
The growing list of countries who have participated in the Frogs Are Green international kids art contest: Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Cuba, England, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Moldova, Morocco, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Wales, and United States.
Judges for 2025:
Marc Burckhardt
Marc Burckhardt’s paintings have been commissioned by Gucci, Porsche, Amazon, TIME, Rolling Stone, the New York Times, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, among others. His gallery work includes exhibitions at Art Basel (Switzerland & Miami), Affenfaust Galerie (Hamburg), Copro Nason (LA), Mindy Solomon Gallery (FL), and the Sala Güell del Reil Cerle Artistic (Barcelona).
His work has won many awards, including Gold & Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators and Cannes Lion, as well as a Grammy for Best Limited Edition Box Set Packaging for “The Legend: Johnny Cash.”
Marc is past President of the Illustration Conference (ICON) and chairman of the NY Society of Illustrators 47th Annual. A former instructor at the School of Visual Arts in NYC and Texas State University, he was named Texas State Artist by the Texas Legislature and the Commission on the Arts, and is a recipient of the prestigious Hamilton King Award.
Debra Jason
Based in Boulder, CO, Debra Jason first learned about alcohol inks in 2017 when she decided to let her inner artist out. Her abstract creations are often inspired by the beauty of nature, flowers, and the flowing colors of the ocean. Her objective as an artist is that you find her work not only speaks to and touches your heart, but inspires and brings you joy.
Since beginning her creative journey, her alcohol ink paintings have been exhibited at Boulder’s Open Studios Downtown Gallery, The New Local Gallery, OZO Coffee Company, and Boulder Public Library; CBArt Studios in Superior; the Evergreen Public Library; along the Winter Park Art Trail in Winter Park; in Longmont at The Great Frame Up – Artists’ Gallery, Danish Furniture, and The Optical Centre; in Lafayette at Timbalier Gifts; and Simon Says Yoga in Bethesda, MD.
Her work has been purchased by collectors across the U.S. and in France. Her paintings “Whispering Silver Tides” and “Joyful Bloom” received Honorable Mention in two different competitions hosted by Art & Color 365 magazine. You may find her online at: https://CreativeWhispersoftheHeart.com and follow her on Instagram at: @creativewhispersoftheheart
Dr. John Cichowski
John is a Supervisor at Bergen Community College where he teaches mathematics, freshman seminar, and art. Under a federal grant from the USDA (NextGen), he has built a sustainable vegetable garden and hydroponics lab. Additionally, he works with the neurodiverse student population.
He has sold animal drawings at both Sotheby’s and Christie’s auction houses as well as exhibited throughout the United States and internationally.
Since January 1st, 2019, he has been posting a daily drawing on both Facebook and Instagram. He has not missed a day and these drawings total 2,411 as of this writing.
If interested, here is the link to this project.
Gail Zavian
A lifelong Jersey City New Jersey resident, Gail Zavian is a writer, illustrator, and photographer. A former board member of the Friends of Liberty State Park and staunch environmentalist, Gail has compiled a powerful and diversified collection from her professional archives to produce two books visually documenting the history, challenges, and commitment behind the creation of Liberty State Park. Through her writing, painting, illustration, design, and fine art photography expertise, Gail has taken her multiple degrees and traditional skills to now convey her impressions of the unseen quintessential essence and their visible counterparts in Nature, in digital format. Some of her fine art photography can be viewed at gailzavianphotography.com
Andrea Raphael
Andrea Raphael studied Illustration at Parson’s School of Design after majoring in Studio Art at William Paterson College, where she also minored in Art History.
After an apprenticeship as an illustrator, she worked as a muralist for New York’s Central Park Zoo. This experience propelled her to a career at the American Museum of Natural History’s Exhibition Department as a production artist, where she rose to Senior Principle Preparator.
Simultaneously, Ms. Raphael studied ceramics and developed her present body of mosaics, using both fabricated and found objects. These works led to a series of critically acclaimed exhibitions in New York City and Jersey City.
In addition, she was artist-in-residence at Temple Emanuel, Edison, NJ.
Ms. Raphael resides and continues her work in Jersey City, NJ.
Tina Maneca
Tina Maneca lives and works in Jersey City as a curator, arts organizer and showing artist. She received a BFA from Parsons School of Design | The New School forSocial Research and has pursued further certification and continuing education at Rhode Island School of Design and the School of Visual Arts in NYC.
In 2023 she served as the Director of the Jersey City Art & Studio Tour and was a Jersey City ARTS & CULTURE TRUST FUND Fellow.
She is proficient in various mediums such as weaving, ceramics and metal techniques. Her practice focuses on sculpture and conceptual installation pieces.
Mark Lerer
Mark Lerer simultaneously inhabits the worlds of cartooning, illustration, and fine art. He holds an M.F.A. from the New York Academy of Art and has exhibited his drawings at New York City’s Nexus Gallery, Broome Street Gallery, Lincoln Center’s Cork Gallery, and New Century Artists. He has illustrated Rainforest Frogs and the forthcoming Frogs & Co. for Frogs Are Green, and been delighting his Facebook friends with the adventures of The Little General (based on a concept by Andrew Coe), most recently in a full-color graphic novel.
Susan Newman Lerer, Founder and Director
Susan Newman Lerer, is a brand visibility designer and environmentalist. As the founder of FROGS ARE GREEN she spends her days spreading the awareness that we need to save frogs, amphibians and all wildlife. She has authored 4 books and has two more in production.
A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, Susan spent her early career working as a graphic designer and art director for various NYC publishers, including Macmillan and Penguin. In 1994, she established her own design firm, Susan Newman Design, and builds brands near and far.
Susan teaches at the Wallace Elementary School and Little Bee Learning Studio in Hoboken, NJ.
