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Get ready for a summer of sport with Sporty Summer, a fun drawing contest for schools, clubs and summer camps!

Students can create their own sporty artwork inspired by their favorite games, teams, activities, or the summer’s biggest sporting events. They could draw an action-packed scene, design a team kit, create a brand-new sport, draw themselves taking part in their favorite sport, or imagine a winning moment.

Whether they love soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, gymnastics, track, skateboarding or something completely made up, Sporty Summer gives every student the chance to get creative and celebrate sport in their own way.

Enter your students’ drawings for the chance to be published in a bright, full-color book series and they could also win exciting prizes!

[Rules] =>

• Entries MUST be scanned for upload/email or mailed. We cannot accept photos of entries.
• Only one entry per child, there is no limit to the number of entries per club or school. Club leaders/teachers please submit your entries all together where possible.
• Schools can enter without an after school club. Art clubs and summer camps are also welcome to enter.
• Ask your children to draw their picture, ensuring their name, age and club/school name are included. (Entries can be submitted with first names only or initials if needed.)
  
• Your children's entries must be on a Sporty Summer entry form.
  
• Your children's drawings must be their own work!
  
• Your children can use pencils, pens, felt-tips, crayons, chalks, pastels, etc., to create their picture.
  
• Ideal for 4-18 year-olds 
  
• US entrants only
• Free to enter
• Copyright remains with the artist

[School Prizes] => Participating clubs and schools receive a free copy of the book that features their students. [Student Prizes] => Our favorite Sporty Summer drawing in each book will become the book's title and front cover.

Two winners will be picked from all published entries, 1 from each age category: [Tips] =>
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Get your child drawing this summer with Sporty Summer!

Whether they love sports or simply enjoy getting creative, they can create their own sporty picture inspired by their favorite game, team, activity or the summer’s biggest sporting events. They could draw an action-packed scene, design a team uniform or mascot, invent a brand-new sport, draw themselves taking part in their favorite activity, or imagine the excitement of a big win.

From soccer, basketball and baseball to swimming, gymnastics, track, skateboarding, or something completely made up, Sporty Summer gives them the freedom to get creative and celebrate sport in their own way.

Enter your child’s drawing for the chance to see their artwork published in a bright, full-color book series and they could even win an exciting prize!

It's Easy To Take Part - How To Enter

1. Download an entry form and print it out. (If you don't have a printer, you can use a white piece of letter-sized paper instead).
2. Your child draws their sport-inspired picture.
3. Email a scan of your child's entry along with their name and full address to: [email protected] or upload here. 
(Please don't email photos; we need a scan or the original drawing mailed to us!)

Or mail your child's entry along with their name and full address to:

Young Artists Sporty Summer
77 Walnut Street
Unit 11
Peabody MA 01960

Please don't fold the entry where possible!

Closing Date: August 28, 2026

[Independent Rules] =>

• Only one entry per child.
• Ask your children to draw their picture, ensuring their name, age and address are included.
  
• Your child's entry must be on a Sporty Summer entry form.
  
• Your child's drawing must be their own work!
  
• Your child can use pencils, pens, felt-tips, crayons, paints, chalks, pastels, etc. to create their picture.
  
• Open to 4-18 year-olds 
  
• US entrants only
• Free to enter
• Copyright remains with the artist

[Independent Prizes] => Our favorite Sporty Summer drawing in each book will become the book's title and front cover.

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