Skip to main content

Search form

Pay Now Pay Now
Report an Outage Report an Outage
Outage Map
Contact Us Contact Us
Account Log in Account Log in
Home

Pay My Bill

Loading NISC SmartHub log in. Please wait...

'Loading NISC SmartHub log in. Please wait...'
Menu
  • My Account
    • Pay Now/View Bill
    • Understanding Your Bill
    • Payment Options
    • Moving
    • Capital Credits
    • Rates
    • New Member
  • Programs and Services
    • Solar Energy Options
    • Tree Trimming and Removal
    • Surge Protection
    • Propane
    • Water Heater Rebate
    • Security Lighting
    • Electric Standards Manual
    • Peak Thermostat Program
  • Safety
    • Request a Safety Demo
    • Call Before You Dig
    • Power Line Safety
    • Pet Safety
    • Tree Planting Safety
  • Community Involvement
    • Art Contest
    • College Scholarship
    • Co-Op Connections Discount Card
    • Operation Round Up®
    • Camp Kilowatt
    • Page Day at the Statehouse
    • Youth Power & Hope Awards
    • Youth Tour to Washington, D.C.
  • Power Outages
    • Report an Outage
    • Outage FAQs
    • Outage Map
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • News from NREMC
    • Blog
    • Our History
    • Leadership and Board Members
    • Employment
    • Newsletters
    • Governance
    • Touchstone Energy Cooperatives
    • Cooperative Principles
    • Kilowatts and Coffee Video Series

Calendar Art Contest

Calendar Art Contest

Calling all kindergarten through high school students! This is your opportunity to have your artwork featured in a printed calendar circulated to thousands of people in Indiana! Plus, you can win $200. Honorable mention receives $75. You do NOT have to be an NREMC member to participate.

Each month is assigned to a certain grade. Students should draw or paint a picture to illustrate that month.

1st Grade - January          2nd grade - February
3rd grade - March             4th grade - April
5th grade - May                6th grade - June
7th grade - July                 8th grade - August
9th grade - September     10th grade - October
11th grade - November     12th grade - December
Kindergarten students will create the cover art and it can be any subject or season.

Deadline: March 24, 2023.

Please mail the entry form and your artwork to: 

Indiana Connection
8888 Keystone Crossing, Suite 1600
Indianapolis, IN 46240

Enter now in this year's calendar art class. This contest is open to all students K-12. You do not have to be an NREMC member to participate.

Enter now
How contest will be judged

Artwork will be judged on artistic merit, originality, creativity, how well the assigned month is depicted, and suitability for a wall calendar. Artwork can be landscapes, portraits, still lifes, etc., as long as the monthly theme is somehow portrayed. A panel of judges will select winners each Spring.
 

Rules For Originality

Students and teachers/parents/guardians are responsible for entering only ORIGINAL WORKS of art totally produced by the participating students.


Artwork MAY NOT be copied from other sources without substantial creative changes; this includes other paintings and photographs — unless the photo was composed and/or taken by the student or family member with the student’s direction.


Every element of the artwork (design, lines, marks, paint, color, shapes, shading, highlights, etc.) must be the work of the student whose name appears on the back of the artwork and be done by that student’s hand. 

No tracing of other works is allowed, including sketches by teachers, parents, etc. 

This contest highlights traditional artistic skills. No photographs or artwork created or altered with a computer will be judged for inclusion in the calendar.


Artwork deemed to be too similar to a copied source or plagiarized will be disqualified. If plagiarism is discovered after awards are made and/or the calendar printed, Indiana Connection reserves the right to request the award money be returned. The student also may be disqualified from future contests, and the artwork and student’s name will be removed from our website gallery of past winners.
 

How Artwork Should Be Submitted

Drawings should be no larger than 11x14 inches and no smaller than 8x10 inches. (Paintings on canvas can be larger.)
Drawings on white or light-colored paper will reproduce best. Do not use ruled notebook paper.

The artwork can be most any medium as long as the art is relatively flat. Charcoal and pastel drawings should be sprayed with a fixative. Do not use glitter, sand, liquids, or other elements that can flake off or otherwise damage the works of other students. No photographic process, digitally-created or digitally-manipulated art, metallic or fluorescent paints may be used in the finished, submitted art entry. 

Artwork in the horizontal or “landscape” position best fits the wall calendar’s format.

The artwork should be stand-alone artwork; do not include the name of the month, days of the week or calendar dates into the art itself.

Submit the original artwork. Judges will not consider photocopies.

Do not mount, mat or frame artwork.

Do not fold or crease artwork.

Please do not submit artwork from previous years.

How artwork/artist should be identified

One of the following two methods MUST be used to identify the art and artist depending on where the artwork was created or how submitted. Please use the most appropriate method.

Entries from Home or a Small Group (Method A)
On the back of each entry, in the lower right-hand corner, legibly print: student’s first and last name, age, grade, school, names of parents or guardians, complete home address with city and ZIP, and phone number with area code. Also, please title the work, briefly note how it connects to the month if the connection is not obvious, and include any other info judges might find useful.


In addition to information on the back of each entry, each entry must include a copy of the entry form. The form must be signed by each student-artist and parent/guardian (if the student is under 18 years old), acknowledging the student has adhered to the rules of originality and each submission is original according to the guidelines above.

Entries from a Large Group, Classroom, or School (Method B)
If including all the above information is impractical because of the number of entries or is a violation of school policy, a large group of simultaneous entries from a single source should include on the back of each entry, in the lower right-hand corner, the student’s first and last name, grade and a complete contact phone number. Please make sure all information is included and legible, and group submissions are sorted by grade. Try to have the students title their works, briefly note the connection to the assigned month if it is not obvious, and include any other info or description of the work that judges might find helpful.


In addition to information on the back of each entry, each package of entries must include a copy of the entry form. The form must be signed by the art instructor/classroom teacher acknowledging that the students have adhered to the rules of originality and each submission is original according to the guidelines above.

Back to Top

Contact Us: 888-413-6111

Quick Links

  • Contact Us
  • Careers
  • Legal Information/Privacy Policy

©2023 Northeastern REMC. All Rights Reserved.

  • My Account
    • Pay Now/View Bill
    • Understanding Your Bill
    • Payment Options
    • Moving
    • Capital Credits
    • Rates
    • New Member
  • Programs and Services
    • Solar Energy Options
    • Tree Trimming and Removal
    • Surge Protection
    • Propane
    • Water Heater Rebate
    • Security Lighting
    • Electric Standards Manual
    • Peak Thermostat Program
  • Safety
    • Request a Safety Demo
    • Call Before You Dig
    • Power Line Safety
    • Pet Safety
    • Tree Planting Safety
  • Community Involvement
    • Art Contest
    • College Scholarship
    • Co-Op Connections Discount Card
    • Operation Round Up®
    • Camp Kilowatt
    • Page Day at the Statehouse
    • Youth Power & Hope Awards
    • Youth Tour to Washington, D.C.
  • Power Outages
    • Report an Outage
    • Outage FAQs
    • Outage Map
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • News from NREMC
    • Blog
    • Our History
    • Leadership and Board Members
    • Employment
    • Newsletters
    • Governance
    • Touchstone Energy Cooperatives
    • Cooperative Principles
    • Kilowatts and Coffee Video Series