2024 Crane-Inspired Creative Arts Scholarship Contest Winners
We are pleased to share with you the winning entries in the 2024 Crane-Inspired Creative Arts Scholarship Contest! This contest is open to all high school seniors in the Yampa Valley. The work must be original and accurately reflect the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of our Greater Sandhill Cranes. Judging is done by a panel of experts in each category. Thanks to a generous donor who funds this contest every year, we are giving away $10,000 in continuing education scholarships to the winners of this year’s contest. The 1st Place Winners of each category will receive a $3,000 scholarship for continuing education. The 2nd Place Winners of each category will receive a $1,500 scholarship. The Honorable Mention can be in either category and will receive a $1,000 scholarship. Please be advised that all of these pieces of work are protected by copyright.
Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s contest! Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry to this scholarship contest.
Category 1 – Written Arts (click on title to read)
1st Place Winner: Alexandra Hanna “Sky Trails” (Steamboat Springs High School)
2nd Place Winner: Megan Neton “A Year in the Life of Sandhill Cranes” (Moffat County High School)
Category 2 – Visual Arts
1st Place Winner: Sophia Picking “Biophilia” (Steamboat Springs High School)
2nd Place Winner: Sloane Speer “Migration” (Steamboat Springs High School
Honorable Mention: Timothy Landers, “The Eternal Crane” (Steamboat Springs High School)
CCCC thanks our generous donor, Gail Jensen, for making these scholarships possible.
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Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition, Inc. (CCCC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that conserves and protects the Rocky Mountain Population of Greater Sandhill Cranes and their habitat using science and education to connect people with this iconic species. CCCC seeks to raise awareness of cranes and the threats they face today through the annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival, the Crane Nest Cam and videos, Crane Photo Contest, third-grade and community crane educational presentations, the First Crane Sighting Contest, the Crane Coloring Contest and the CCCC Crane-inspired Creative Arts Scholarship Contest for high school seniors. CCCC also sponsors an on-the-ground habitat improvement program called Crops for Cranes where CCCC works with ranchers/farmers and environmental organizations to leave grain crops for Sandhill Cranes during the fall just prior to migration.