2025-26 Young Artist Competition
The West Fife part of the wider Rotary Competition
Competition Guidance
Young Artist 2025 - 2026
The theme for the 2025-26 competition is ‘Happiness in Nature’.
The ‘Happiness in Nature’ theme can be interpreted as broadly as the Young Artist wishes and does not need to conform to a dictionary definition. Young people are encouraged to use their creativity to show what this theme means to them.
The competition aims to encourage young people to:
- be creative
- develop skills in using traditional, contemporary or digital media
- demonstrate interpretation of the topic
- express personal ideas through their chosen medium or mediums
The competition is open to all young people within the age groups shown below. They may be an individual choosing to enter directly themselves or amongst the entries submitted by a group or community organisation including schools and colleges, home educated, other young peoples’ community organisations, for example, community RotaKids or Interact, Scout Groups, Girl Guides, etc.
There are three age groups:
Entrants must not be over the upper age parameter for each group on 31 August 2025.
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS – 31st January 2026
Task
The task is to create one finished two-dimensional unframed, piece of artwork based upon the theme, ‘Happiness in Nature’.
Artwork may be created in any medium or mediums for example pen and ink, paint, collage, printmaking or digital formats.
Each entrant MUST provide a brief sentence describing the relationship of the artwork to the theme. This sentence must be entered on the entry form in the applicable place. Failure to do so will mean the entry is ineligible and the entrant therefore disqualified.
Pieces of artwork that are part of a current educational exam portfolio are not eligible for the competition, due to educational exam board regulations. Please Note: Artwork which incorporates photographic images of people under 18 years or vulnerable adults must be accompanied by consent forms for the use of those photographic images. Plagiarism or Close Copied Images
Plagiarism or Close Copied Images
Plagiarised or 'close-copied' images are not permitted in any competition. It is important that we protect the work of creative individuals. Whilst we are all inspired by the work of others, there is without doubt a grey area where inspiration carries over to close copying. For our competitions 'close copying' is where, to a reasonable person, the submitted entry appears remarkably similar in significant important respects to a body of work created elsewhere. We are looking for original pieces, not copies, which match the theme of the competition. Competitors must not use any apps which produce any part of their submission, if detected the entry will be disqualified.
Judging Criteria
- Technical merit
- Content and composition
- Imagination and style
The judges will not enter any discussion or correspondence regarding their decision; the decision of the judges will be final and not subject to any appeal.
More Information
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS – 31st January 2026
To arrange submission of entries contact Aileen North below the image
ENTRY FORM is available in two formats:
- 2025-26-Rotary-Young-Artist-Entry-Form.pdf
- 2025-26-Rotary-Young-Artist-Entry-Form-v.1.docx
Click on the pdf file below for more information
2025-26-Rotary-Young-Artist-Information-Pack-v.1.pdf
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Youth Competitions
back Primary Schools linked to Rotary Club of West Fife:- Blairhall, Cairneyhill, Carnock, Crossford, Camdean, Culross, Inzievar, Holy Name, Limekilns, Milesmark, St Serfs, Saline, Torryburn, Tulliallan. Secondary Schools:- Queen Anne and Woodmill