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U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Selma, announced that her office is accepting submissions for the 2025 Congressional Art Competition.

The competition is open to high school students from both public and private schools throughout Alabama’s Seventh Congressional District, as well as home-schooled high school students. 

The winner will receive free roundtrip airfare for two to Washington, D.C., to attend an official reception honoring the winners from congressional districts across the nation. The winner’s artwork will be showcased in the U.S. Capitol for one year.

This year’s theme is Picturing a Future for our Historic District. The deadline to submit artwork is Monday, April 21.

To enter the contest, students must fill out and submit a Student Information and Release Form with their artwork. Students should deliver their submission to one of Sewell’s district offices located in Birmingham, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa. Students can also bring their submissions to school and call 334-262-1919 for pick up. Artwork may be up to 26 inches high by 26 inches wide by four inches deep. For more information, contact the Montgomery Office at 334-262-1919 or visit her official website at sewell.house.gov/art-competition.

Last year’s winners were:

• First Place – “Pratt City Cemetery” by Madison Barrentine, 12th grader at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham
• Second Place – “Oliver Cotton Gin” by Kennedy Rose Kimbrough, 12th grader at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham
• Third Place – “Rosa” by Onda McNight, ninth grader at the Capitol School in Tuscaloosa
• Honorable Mention – “First White House of the Confederacy” by Emma Hutto, ninth grader at Jackson Academy in Jackson
• Honorable Mention – “Untitled” by Jazzlynn Carnethon at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa
• Honorable Mention – “Rise of Cotton” by Rayne Moore, 12th grader at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa
• Honorable Mention – “George Washington Carver” by Kevin Beamon, ninth grader at Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School in Montgomery