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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. - The International Poster Contest For Youth, sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programe, world famous artist Wyland, The Explorers Club, DEMA, DAN, NAUI, The Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences, USOA and other international educational and environmental organizations, has selected winners for the 2003-2004 contest.
The theme Protect Marine Turtles was chosen to encourage participants around the world to focus on the plight of these endangered marine reptiles. Sea turtle populations have drastically declined as a result of development on turtle nesting beaches, predation of eggs by animals and humans, entanglements in nets, ingestion of plastic debris that resembles jellyfish, a favorite food among some species, and accidents with watercraft, as well as pollution generally.
Young people from kindergarten through secondary school around the world participated the contest. "Their art depicts understanding of the issues facing marine turtles and the oceans," John Christopher Fine, the contest director said. "Not only have entrants shown talent and ability in creative work, they have expressed their concerns and hopes for the environment," Fine added.
This year's winners are: Grand Prize - Elizabeth Elaine Au, age 12, eighth-grade student at Simply Art School in Hong Kong, China. Secondary School category winners are: First Prize - Kelly Schumacher, age 15, 10th-grade student at Lutheran High School South in St. Louis, Mo. Second Prize - Sue Wilson, age 15, ninth-grade student at Enterprise Junior High School in Enterprise, Ala. Third Prize - Cherry Li Tsz Wai, age 15, 10th-grade student at Simply Art School, Hong Kong, China. Honorable Mention - Lucia Garcia, age 15, ninth-grade student at Enterprise Junior High School, Enterprise, Ala.
Primary School Winners: First Prize - Angie Chan, age 9, third grade student at Simply Art School, Hong Kong, China. Second Prize - Maria Enna Tejada Alegre, age 7, in kindergarten at Antonio Regidor Elementary School, Manila, Philippines. Honorable Mentions - Zurie Liptak, age 5, kindergarten at Che Co-op, Sarasota, Fla., and Norlando Tejada Alegre, age 5, kindergarten, Antonio Regidor Elementary School, Manila, Philippines.
Top prize winners receive a medal struck by hand by famed fine jewelry artist Bob Straight of Houston, Texas. The three dimensional medal depicts a family of dolphins leaping out of the water over a star, deputizing recipients as ocean rangers. The obverse of the medal, over a stylized symbol of the United Nations, contains the Ocean Charter. Grand and first prize winners also receive a special signed work of art by Wyland, whose Whaling Walls bring awareness to environmental issues all over the world.
For information about the 2004-2005 poster contest, visit http://www.nauiww.org, online forms or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a copy of the contest rules to INTERNATIONAL POSTER CONTEST FOR YOUTH, c/o John Christopher Fine, Director, 150 Puritan Drive, Scarsdale, NY 10583 USA.
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