YAM Flag Design Contest 2026

[Youth Art Month]

Hello everyone!

  I sincerely apologize for the silence on my end, and the lack of reminders- but my son Milo, was finally born on 9/12/2025- so I have been very busy at home with a newborn who is now 6 weeks old (tomorrow!) Crazy how time flies. 

  But I did finally want to get on here and send out a reminder that with Convention looming around the corner in just over TWO weeks, that the Youth Art Month Flag Designs for the contest are due ASAP!

  If you are attending the conference in person, you can bring them with you to submit and I will hang them to display for voting to take place! If you are NOT attending the conference in person, but still have student designs you would like to submit, PLEASE send those to me as soon as you are able to! To be on the safe side, I would need possession of them in my hands no later than Nov.5th. You can send them to me at:

Elyse Abbott

9246 Middlebury Way

Camby, IN 46113

*Please remember when submitting work AND when voting at conference, there will be TWO student winners! ONE K-5th grade winner and ONE 6-12th grade winner! :) 

Good luck to everyone, and I cannot wait to see the designs your students have come up with for "The World Needs Art" theme!

If you have any questions between now and the convention, please do not hesitate to reach out to me and ask! Thanks everyone! 

-Elyse-