DPAW’s 8th Unleash the PAWsibilities

Area Youth Art & Literary Contests

2026 Themes

Celebrating creatures great & small in my backyard & beyond

OR

What makes your favorite animal special?

 

Jurors from art & literary fields for 3 age groups; 5-8  9-12  13-16

 

Visual Art Category

2 dimensional (flat), any media/style,mixed media, no larger than 9x12

Literary Category

 poetry, short story, lyrics, letter, descriptive, essay

All Age Dual Submission Category

Best Visual & literary Combination on same theme  

 

May enter both categories, but only one submission for each

    ALL contestants entered into a prize pool raffle

Winners also receive trophies 

 

Submissions accepted from July 6th thru August 10th  

 

Submission Sites

 Wareham Free Library      Gleason Family YMCA

                   Submissions become property of DPAW

 

   Family Celebration at Gleason Family YMCA August 21nd @ 4:30

Do not need to be present to win prizes

 

Gallery in September @ Wareham Main St Post Office

 

Info & registration forms

Submission sites     warehamdogpark.org Events

or 

                                                 sammorrison@comcast.net

        Updates at Fb Wareham Dog Park Community Page