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For the second annual Art and Essay Contest at Petrified Forest National Park entries were received from Mrs. Julie Wiessner's Fourth Grade class at Hulet Elementary.

The 1st and 2nd place winners received, respectively, $50 and $25 Petrified Forest Museum Association gift certificates. Because it was such a close contest, Honorable Mentions were also awarded a prize!

ART (Grades 3-5)
1st place: Jasper McAde Frye
2nd place: Angel Benitez
Honorable Mention: Denyce Hawk

ESSAY (Grades 3-5)
1st place: Logan Anselmo
2nd place: Angel Benitez
Honorable Mention: Jasper McAde Frye

All artwork and essays submitted for the contest will be on display at Painted Desert Inn through the month of December.

News Release, November 16, 2007

 
 
Read the winning essays. All three are included here:
Essay winners (pdf 523kb)
 
 
 
 

These drawings and poems were done by students who participated in the Archeological Excavation activity within the Rockin' Through the Ages: From Fossils to Petroglyphs education program.

 
photo by Thomas Wiewandt, COPYRIGHTED
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Petrified Forest National Park has one of the most diverse collections of prehistoric pottery fragments in the Southwest.

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Last Updated: December 07, 2007 at 12:53 EST