TxDOT Launches Student Traffic Safety Art Contest

SAN ANGELO, TX — The Texas Department of Transportation's San Angelo District is calling for entries in its second annual Traffic Safety Art Contest, inviting kindergarten through eighth-grade students to design stickers promoting road safety messages. Submissions must be delivered in person to district offices by March 31. 

The contest is open to students who live in or attend school in 15 West Texas counties: Coke, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Glasscock, Irion, Kimble, Menard, Reagan, Real, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton and Tom Green. Homeschooled students are also eligible to participate. 

Participants compete in three grade-based categories, each with a specific safety theme: pedestrian safety for grades K-2, seat belt use for grades 3-5, and distracted driving for grades 6-8. Artwork must be original, reflect the assigned theme and avoid copyrighted characters or logos. Acceptable media include crayons, paint, markers, colored pencils or digital formats. 

Entries require the original artwork, student's full name, school name, grade level and a contact phone number for homeschooled entrants. A completed submission sheet, available for download on the TxDOT website, must accompany each entry. 

Winners in each category will be notified in April and receive a trophy, a large-format print of their artwork for school display and stickers produced from their designs for use in TxDOT safety outreach across the San Angelo area. 

Drop-off locations include TxDOT offices in Ballinger, Big Lake, Eden, Junction, Leakey, Ozona, Robert Lee, Rocksprings, San Angelo (two sites), Sonora and Sterling City, with most open 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Junction and San Angelo sites operate until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

For more details or questions, contact Jewel Schoppe at [email protected] or 325-226-4032. 

More information is available HERE.