Charles City Girl Among 16 Choose Iowa Coloring Calendar Contest Winners at Iowa State Fair
A Charles City girl is one of 16 Iowa students whose artwork has been selected for inclusion in the 2023-2024 Choose Iowa Coloring Calendar.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig recognized the students Tuesday during a ceremony at the Iowa State Fair. The Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship received over 120 submissions from K-12 students across the state, with Madelynn Kehret of Charles City among the 16 winners.
Naig said, “We are fortunate to have so many talented students, and we are pleased to see how our youngest Iowans are taking the opportunity to learn more about Iowa agriculture and showcase our state in these artistic entries.”
The free Choose Iowa 2023-2024 calendar will be available to fairgoers at the Iowa Department of Ag booth in the Agriculture Building and Varied Industries Building on the state fairgrounds.
Students who are 18 years old or younger are invited to submit a drawing for next year’s Choose Iowa Coloring Calendar (Sept. 2024 – Aug. 2025) now through May 2024.
**Pictures should be drawn in a horizontal orientation using only black lines on plain white, 8.5 by 11-inch paper. The pictures should not be colored in. Artwork may be submitted by email at ChooseIowa@IowaAgriculture.gov or mailed to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Attn: Choose Iowa, 502 E. 9th St., Des Moines, IA 50319. Each submission should include the artist’s name, age, grade, school, address and hometown, along with a parent or guardian’s email and phone number.
*Pic below is cover of the 2023-24 Choose Iowa Calendar
