2025 Art & Design Prodigy Awards
A Part of Cowley Collage
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2025
BROWN CENTER WRIGHT ROOM
11:30PM – 12:30PM
During The Lunch Session of Cowley Collage
ABOUT THE AWARDS:
High School Juniors and Seniors can enter their recent art and design work in our Fine Arts and Graphic Design Prodigy Awards. Compete to win over $400 in prizes, awards, and scholarships.
You must submit your artwork and registration by October 2nd, 2025 to be eligible for the Prodigy Awards competitions.
- Senior Division – Open to all High School Seniors
- Junior Division – Open to all High School Juniors
BEST OF SHOW AWARDS
Senior Division
Senior Division Best of Show winners will receive a $75 Amazon gift card and a books and tuition scholarship offer from Cowley College! Best of Show will be awarded in the following categories:
- Traditional 2D Media
- 3D Media
- Digital
Junior Division
Junior Division Best of Show winners will receive a $40 Amazon gift card. Best of Show will be awarded in the following categories:
- Traditional 2D Media
- 3D Media
- Digital
CATEGORY AWARDS
First, Second, and Third place awards will be presented in each of the following categories:
- Painting
- Digital Art & Design
- Drawing
- 2D Other (Print Making, Mixed Media, etc)
- Ceramics / Glass
- Sculpture
Seniors earning first place awards will also receive a Cowley Scholarship offer.
For more details on these categories, see the definitions below.
COWLEY COLLAGE
The Prodigy Awards are now part of COWLEY COLLAGE, a full day of workshops, tours, and demonstrations highlighting everything that Cowley College’s Visual and Performing Arts department has to offer.
Click here for a full schedule of the day's activities and the registration form for Cowley Collage.
SUBMISSION ENTRY AND GUIDELINES:
HOW TO ENTER
- You MUST be a High School Senior or Junior.
- SELECT no more than 10 pieces for the competition. These pieces should be from the last two years.
- REGISTER – Complete your registration by October 2, 2025
- UPLOAD – All submission are now digital. All artwork must be uploaded to the Prodigy Dropbox by October 2, 2025. If you have any difficulties uploading your artwork, please reach out to Emily Oesterle at emily.oesterle@cowley.edu.
Upload Your Digital Art
Please label your files as follows: NAME.ArtworkTitle.Category
UPLOAD ART TO THE PRODIGY DROPBOX
DISQUALIFICATIONS:
WORKS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED IF:
- The work is plagiarized
The judges’ decisions will be final.
AWARD CATEGORIES
PAINTING
Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Goache, Casein, or Tempera
On Canvas, Canvas Board, Paper, or any flat surface
DIGITAL ART & DESIGN
Art & Graphic Design work created using computers or other electronic devices.
DRAWING
Pencil, Ink, Charcoal, Pastel, Crayon, or Scratchboard
2D OTHER (PRINTMAKING, MIXED MEDIA, ETC)
Any other two-dimensional, traditionally made work such as printmaking or mixed media
CERAMICS / GLASS
Functional or decorative object made of clay or glass
SCULPTURE
Non-functional object modeled, carved, cast, constructed, or assemble of any material