The 2024 Economic Concepts Poster Contest has wrapped up!
A big thank you to all our participants for creatively combining art and economics.
Get ready for the 2025 contest, launching on January 1, 2025. Stay tuned for more details!
Rules
To qualify for judging, entries must meet the following criteria:
- Contain original artwork by an Arizona student in grades K-12.
- Colorfully illustrate an economic concept. (Examples of Economic Concepts below.)
- Include the complete economic concept name illustrated in large (1” minimum) letters near the top of the illustration. Concept title should be written clearly and spelled correctly.
- Submissions may be digital art or hand-drawn illustrations.
- All artwork should be horizontal with dimensions of 11×8.5in.
- One entry per student.
- Artwork can be submitted online.
- Online submissions should be digitally created or scanned copies of hand-drawn artwork with a resolution of 300dpi and in a JPEG or PNG format.
- Artwork can be mailed to Arizona Council on Economic Education, 16421 N. Tatum Blvd, Ste. 123, Phoenix, AZ 85032
- For physical submissions, please lightly tape a 3 x 5” student information card to the back of each poster including the student’s first and last name, student’s grade level, teacher’s first and last name, and complete school name.
Bad
Bad: Angled, cluttered background, has a shadow on the top right. We can’t use this!
Better
Better: Photo taken straight, but still crooked, uneven edges. Taken with phone camera. It is unlikely this submission would be selected for the Economic Concepts calendar.
Best
Best: Taken with the same phone camera using the free Microsoft Lens app. (other scanning apps work well too!) This is great!
Hot Tips
Images should:
- have minimal text and clearly illustrate the economic concept.
- not include definitions as a part of the poster.
- relate concepts to humans, not animals, whenever possible.
- avoid dark backgrounds.
Awards
Arizona Statewide Competition
- Thirteen statewide winners will be selected.
- Teachers of state award-winning students will receive recognition.
- Calendars will be sent to the teachers, families, and principals of state-winning students. Winning submissions will be published in a 12-month calendar for 2024.
Examples of Economics Concepts
*Trending Economic Concepts
- Opportunity Cost
- Scarcity
- Trade
- Specialization
- Factors of Production
- Economic Systems
- Goods and Services
- Circular Flow
- Capital Markets
- Shortage
- Unemployment
- Market Equilibrium
- Career Planning
- Postsecondary Education Planning*
- Risk versus Reward
- Identity Protection*
- Math and Personal Finance
- Digital Banking Safety*
- Peer to Peer Payment*
- Income
- Negative and Positive Externalities
- Budget
- Saving and Investing
- Credit
- Interest
- Compound Interest
- Gross Domestic Product
- Tax
- Inflation
- Insurance
- Conservation Economics*
2024 Poster Contest Winners
| Winner Name | School name | Teacher name |
|---|---|---|
| Noah Zemel | BASIS Scottsdale | Dana Johnson |
| Sanaiya Tsabetsaye | Collier Business Academy | Andrea Mejia |
| Justine Sloan | Coconino High School | Lori Wright |
| Eva Jolly | BASIS Chandler | Jayce Hylton |
| Michael Orsini | Boulder Creek High School | Jeffrey Vetnar |
| Aatreyi Das | BASIS Scottsdale | Dana Johnson |
| Kerris Caballero | La Joya Community High School | Dawn Bennett |
| Srinidhi Punnam | BASIS Chandler | Richard Aitken |
| Aarav Gandhi | Weinberg Gifted Academy | Rae Wodarcyk |
| Peter Mlynek | Mountain Ridge High School | Jeffrey Samaniego |
| Eimy Delgado | Valley Vista High School | Mitchell Pinda |
| Shamyrah Waters | Collier Business Academy | Andrea Mejia |
| Eilis Mlynek | Hillcrest Middle School | Courtney Biller |
