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Art Contest - Read Across South Carolina

Create to Celebrate Read Across America Month! The 11th Annual Read Across South Carolina Art Contest 2025-2026.
The SCEA 2025-2025 Read Across America Student Art Contest
By: The SCEA - Caleb Mickler
Published: September 12, 2021 Last Updated: August 8, 2025

Key Takeaways

  1. Using the theme “From the Mountain to the Sea. Read with Me” students in grades K-12 are invited to create an art poster depicting their own original interpretation of reading across South Carolina.
  2. Special considerations given to artwork that embraces the theme of celebrating a nation of diverse readers.

The SCEA 11th Annual Read Across South Carolina Art Contest 2025-2026 is open to all South Carolina K-12 public education students. 

The art contest promotes literacy and art across South Carolina, and brings recognition to individual students, their teachers, and schools.

Please note: Submissions are open now until November 21, 2025. Artwork Size should be NO larger than 11”x 17”.

Art must be postmarked to:
The SCEA
2999 Sunset Blvd., Suite 200
West Columbia, SC 29169
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*For more information, see the flyer and/or contest form linked for download below

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2024-2025 RAA art contest. The SCEA received nearly 170 incredible submissions from talented student artists across the state! Each entry beautifully reflects the theme, “From the Mountains to the Sea, Read with Me.” Congratulations once again to all of this year's participants and winners! Your creativity continues to inspire us all. 

Review this year's art at https://youtu.be/U-lKMY4TcOI
 

The SCEA 2025-2026 Read Across America Student Art Contest

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