Drawing Competition certificate templates and badges
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A drawing competition certificate template gives schools, art clubs, libraries and community festivals a ready award for the young artists who take part in their contests. Most competitions set a theme, group entrants by age, and ask a jury of art teachers or local artists to choose the winners, who receive their certificates at a prize-giving or at an exhibition of the entries.
A good certificate names the prize and the category, the theme of the competition and the medium, and says in a sentence why the drawing stood out: a strong idea, a confident line, careful shading or a composition that holds the eye. It carries the date and the signature of the jury chair or the organiser.
The designs come as certificates in A4 and US Letter and as digital badges. The same layouts suit a poster making competition, a sketching contest or a class art challenge.
Wording
What to write on a drawing competition certificate
Use these lines as they are, or as a start for your own. Every template comes with wording you can change in the studio.
Drawing competition award certificate wording for winners
- “Awarded first prize in the junior category for a drawing full of imagination and careful detail.”
- “For the winning entry on the theme "My Dream City", chosen by the jury for its originality and composition.”
- “Second prize, ages 13 to 16, for a confident pencil study with outstanding light and shade.”
Wording for a drawing competition certificate for kids
- “Highly commended for a bright, bold drawing that made the judges smile.”
- “In recognition of a wonderful entry in this year's school drawing competition.”
- “For taking part with great effort, a steady hand and lots of good ideas.”
Short lines for the badge or the email
- “Drawing competition winner.”
- “First prize, junior drawing category.”
- “Highly commended artist.”
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FAQ
Questions, answered
Themes that every child can picture without research work best: my dream city, a day at the seaside, protecting nature, my family, the future of travel. Give one theme per age group, keep it to a few words, and say it on the certificate so the award records what the child drew.
Many organisers use bands of three or four years, for example under 8, 9 to 12 and 13 to 16, with a separate open class for adults if the contest is public. Judge each band on its own and give each band its own first, second and third places.
That is up to the rules, and the rules should say it before the day. Some contests ask for pencil or charcoal only so the jury compares line and shading; others allow crayon, pastel, ink or felt pens. Put the medium on the certificate so it is clear what the prize was for.
A timed session at the venue, with paper handed out by the organisers, is the fairest way because every entry is the child's own work. Home entries reach more children, but ask for a signed note that the drawing is the entrant's own.
Only in part. A poster also has a message, so judges score how clearly the words and the picture work together, besides originality, composition and technique. A drawing competition puts the weight on the drawing itself: line, shading, proportion and use of the theme.
Yes, if the entry rules say so and, for children, a parent or guardian has agreed. Many schools show the winners' drawings at an exhibition or on their website with the first name and the age group only, and send each family the full certificate.
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