Zilker Holiday Tree Youth Art Contest 2024

The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department invites young artists from the Austin area to participate in the Annual Zilker Tree Art Contest. Each year, artists between the ages of 5 and 10 years old compete to help light the Zilker Tree! The top three selected artwork winners from each age category, Junior and Senior, will be publicly recognized in the tree lighting ceremony on Sunday, December 1, 2024. 

View the Gallery of Previous Art Winners. 

Artwork may be submitted by mail to Austin Parks and Recreation Department, 200 South Lamar Blvd., or Submit Artwork Online. 

Mailed submissions MUST include the entry form information form.

Entry Form - English                 Entry Form - Espanol

Rules:

• Only 1 entry per child. Artwork must be no larger than 8½ x 11 inches.
• The artwork must fit into an 8½” x 11” flat frame. (Any larger artwork will be automatically disqualified.) Paper thickness only, please!
• All artwork becomes the property of the Zilker Holiday Tree Art Contest, City of Austin.
• Submissions are accepted and due by November 1, 2024, 4:30 p.m. (by mail/drop off), or 11:59 pm if uploaded through the website.

For more information, visit AustinTexas.Gov/ZilkerHolidayTree.