Southern AZ ACS invites all K−12 students to participate in the 2025 CCEW Contest: "Glaciers: Hot Topic, Cool Chemistry!"
This year, Chemists Celebrate Earth Week (CCEW) honors the International Year of Glacier Preservation, highlighting the vital role glaciers play in building a more sustainable world during CCEW, taking place from April 20–26, 2025.
Glaciers are massive ice formations that develop over long periods as layers of snow accumulate and compact. When snowfall consistently exceeds melting, these glaciers grow, shaping landscapes and influencing global climate patterns.
Beyond their breathtaking beauty, glaciers serve critical environmental functions. They help regulate global temperatures, control sea levels, and provide freshwater through seasonal ice melt—supporting ecosystems and human life alike. Preserving glaciers is essential to maintaining Earth’s delicate climate balance.
To learn more, explore the latest edition of Celebrating Chemistry, which delves into the science of glaciers and their crucial role in sustaining our planet.
As in past years, the Southern Arizona ACS is excited to celebrate Chemists Celebrate Earth Week (CCEW) by sponsoring an Illustrated Poem Contest for K–12 students across Arizona.
📝 2025 Contest Theme: “Glaciers: Hot Topic, Cool Chemistry!” 🔹 Deadline: April 27, 2025, at 11:59 PM 🔹 How to Enter: Submit your entry electronically using the submission link below. 🔹 Prizes: A $50 gift certificate will be awarded to the 1st place winner in each grade category: K–2, 3–5, 6–8 and 9–12
📌 Important Submission Requirements: ✅ Parent/Guardian Permission: All entries must be accompanied by a signed permission form from a parent or guardian. ✅ Entry Form: Please [DOWNLOAD the entry form], complete it, and save it in PDF format before submitting.
Winners of the Southern AZ Local Section’s Illustrated Poem Contest will advance to the National Illustrated Poem Contest for a chance to be featured on the ACS website and to win prizes! Winning posters will be featured on SAZACS website and in social media. Prizes and certificates of participation will be sent to the schools that submitted the entries.
HOW TO ENTER: ✅Write and illustrate a poem using the CCEW theme, “Glaciers: Hot topic, Cool Chemistry!” ✅Your poem must be no more than 40 words and in the following styles to be considered: HAIKU - LIMERICK - ODE - ABC POEM - FREE VERSE - END RHYME - BLANK VERSE
All poems must be no more than 40 words, and in one of the following styles to be considered: Haiku, Limerick, Ode, ABC poem, Free verse, End rhyme, and Blank verse.
Entries are judged based upon relevance to and incorporation of the NCW theme, word choice and imagery, colorful artwork, adherence to poem style, originality and creativity, and overall presentation.
All entries must be original works without aid from others. Entries should be scanned and sent via email or submitted online.
Illustrations may be created using crayons, watercolors, other types of paint, colored pencils, or markers, on an unlined sheet of paper not larger than 11” by 14”. The illustration may also be electronically created by using a digital painting and drawing app on a computer, tablet, or mobile device.
No clipart or unoriginal images can be used.
If the illustration is created using a digital painting or drawing app, the name of the program must be included on the entry form. (No AI can be used in any form).
The text of the poem should be easy to read and may be typed before the hand-drawn or digital illustration is added, or the poem may be written on lined paper, which is cut out and pasted onto the unlined paper with the illustration.
Only one entry per student will be accepted; all entries must include an entry form
Students must have parental/guardian permission and signature to enter the contest.
Students must be sponsored by a school or another sponsoring group.
Acceptance of prizes constitutes consent to use winners’ names, likenesses, and entries for editorial, advertising, and publicity purposes.
Entries will be judged upon:
Artistic Merit - use of color, quality of drawing, design, and layout
Poem Message - fun, motivational, inspiring about yearly theme
