Michigan State Police seek young artists for National Missing Children’s poster contest

(CBS DETROIT) – Fifth graders in Michigan are invited to take part within the 2023 Nationwide Lacking Kids’s Day poster contest.

The winner will earn a free journey to Washington D.C. and a shot at having their art work featured because the Nationwide Lacking Kids’s Day poster. Candidates have to be within the fifth grade, submit unique art work that showcases the theme “Bringing Our Lacking Kids Residence” and embrace the phrase on the poster.

The poster should measure 8.5 inches by 14 inches.

Submissions, which should embrace the poster and a accomplished software, might be mailed to: Michigan State Police Lacking Kids’s Clearinghouse, Attn: Ms. Jolene Hardesty (7150 Harris Drive, Diamondale, MI 48821). Submissions are resulting from be postmarked by Jan. 27.

Click on right here for the applying.

Paintings might be judged on creativity, reflection of the theme and originality within the design. Written functions might be judged on comprehension of the theme, readability, and grammar and syntax acceptable to the fifth-grade degree.

The competition, which is hosted by the Michigan State Police Lacking Kids’s Clearinghouse, goals to advertise baby security and tackle the problem of lacking and/or exploited kids within the state. 

The 2018 nationwide winner was a scholar from Clinton Township.