Student Art & Essay Contest
1st Place Air Force (2010)
The annual ASYMCA Art and Essay Contest is officially launched every November and is open to all eligible children of U.S. active duty or retired service members. Winners are chosen the following Spring.
Winners of both the art and essay contests have their winning entries displayed in a number of locations in the Washington, D.C., area, including in the Russell Rotunda, and are recognized at an annual luncheon on Capitol Hill. ASYMCA awards U.S. Savings bonds totaling $7,600 to 1st and 2nd place winners of both contests, as well as honorable mention recipients of the essay contest.
“Our annual art and essay contest allows children to express their love, appreciation and admiration for their military heroes,” said Frank Gallo, RADM, U.S. Navy (Ret.), and national executive director of ASYMCA. “Their essays and artwork also serve to remind us of the sacrifices our men and women in uniform, and their families, make each day for our country.”
Entries for the art contest depict the theme, “My Military Family.” Co-sponsored by GEICO, the art contest promotes art among children in grades K–6 of active duty or retired (with 20+ years of service) members of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and National Guard/Reserves families.
Co-sponsored by Lockheed Martin, the essay contest promotes reading and writing among children and teens of active duty military or retirees from all six branches, and students in grades 1–12 are asked to write about “My Military Hero.”
2010 Art Contest Winners
Click on the name below to see the winning artwork/essay. For high-res images of the artwork and essays, please contact Casey Clark at
casey.clark@fd.com or (202) 346-8844.
Air Force
1st Place: Kathryn Obermiller, 6th grade, APO
2nd Place: Aanisah B. Robinson, 5th grade, APO
Army
1st Place: Alisa Nascimento, 5th grade, APO
2nd Place: Megan Johnson, Kindergarten, Fort Benning, Ga.
Coast Guard
1st Place: Tyler Nicole Moorhouse, 6th grade, Alexandria, Va.
2nd Place: Alexa Santti, 2nd grade, Sunapee, N.H.
Marine Corps
1st Place: Kiana Tuzon, 4th grade, Oceanside, Calif.
2nd Place: Isaiah Ray Garcia, 3rd grade, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
National Guard/Reserves
1st Place: Lorenzo DevonWilliams, 6th grade, Montgomery, Ala.
2nd Place: Pierce Condon, 4th grade, Mesa, Ariz.
Navy
1st Place: Nicole Gray, 6th grade, Alexandria, Va.
2nd Place: Veronica McLeod, 6th grade, Beaufort, S.C.
2010 Essay Contest Winners
First & Second Grades
1st Place: Michael Canahui, 1st grade, San Clemente, Calif.
2nd Place: Gisel Martinez, 2nd grade, Honolulu, Hawaii
Third & Fourth Grades
1st Place: Connor Reid, 3rd grade, San Clemente, Calif.
2nd Place: Roark Harris, 3rd grade, Carlsbad, Calif.
Fifth & Sixth Grades
1st Place: Amanda Richter, 6th grade, Hamilton, N.J.
2nd Place: MaKayla Stinson, 6th grade, Beaufort, S.C.
Seventh & Eighth Grades
1st Place: Timothy Harrelson, 8th grade, APO
2nd Place: Anna Grauel, 7th grade, Forth Monmouth, N.J.
Ninth & Tenth Grades
1st Place: JeLisa Hall, 9th grade, FPO
2nd Place: Ioana Rimbu, 9th grade, FPO
Eleventh & Twelfth Grades
1st Place: Valarie Kutch, 11th grade, Bozeman, Mont.
2nd Place: Brook Payton, 12th grade, Hope Mills, N.C.
Past Winners
Click on the link below to view previous winning entries.
