Submissions for the 2024 calendar will be accepted through October 6th, 2023. Six students will win $500!
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*
- 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*
2022 Calendar
2022 Poster Contest Winners
| Winner Name | School name | Teacher name |
|---|---|---|
| Isabel Qin | Hamilton High School | Diana Weaver |
| Brooke Heyer | Casteel High School | Todd Daniels |
| Kennedy Kienlen | Corona del Sol High School | Shannon Corcoran |
| Leslie Tanori | La Joya Community High School | Dawn Bennett |
| Holly Rodgers | Valley Vista High School | Mitchell Pinda |
| Araceli Galaz | Mayer Elementary School | Lisa Leo |
| Laila Henderson | St Anthony of Padua Catholic School | Carolee Sopicki |
| Michelle Dang | Presidio High School | Shelly Moreno |
| Noeli Ibarra | Sunrise Middle School | Nicole Liggett |
| Melisa Pina | Sunrise Middle School | Nicole Liggett |
| Ella Franz | BASIS Prescott | Makenna Bird |
| Quinlan Harris | Red Mountain High School | Jaime Leverington |
| Ayan Bhakta | Mountain Ridge High School | Debbie Moore |
