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2013 Winners Announced

It is with great pleasure that we announce the results of the 10th annual HSLDA Art Contest. You will find the results listed below by category.

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Congratulations to all the winners and finalists! You deserve to be proud of the work you submitted and honored for the excellence your work demonstrates for homeschooling.

The original artwork is currently on display at the HSLDA office in Purcellville, Virginia, to the great satisfaction of all visitors and staff.

Details on the 2014 HSLDA Art Contest should be available in the winter.

For 2013, we asked students to submit art that illustrated various themes in the following three categories:

Category 1 (ages 7–10): Interesting
Category 2 (ages 11–14): Inspiring
Category 3 (ages 15–19): Intriguing

CATEGORY I First Place Fall Day in a Valley Natalia Zadorozhny Strasburg, Colorado Second Place Castle in the Sky Nathan VonHoene Derby, Kansas Third Place Nature in a Vase Gabriella Harrison Colorado Springs, Colorado Honorable Mention Black and White and Not Quite Right Micah Andrews Rock Hill, South Carolina Honorable Mention Morning Lights Raina Andrews Rock Hill, South Carolina Finalists (in alphabetical order by artist’s last name): Sea Volcano Audrey Bloomfield Staunton, Virginia The Tree of Life Benjamin Lee Poway, California Fire-Breathing Dragon Aimee Lindemuth Lexington, Kentucky Black and White Tiger Chloe Martin Scottsville, Kentucky T-Rex X-Ray Issac Quigley Blanchester, Ohio Red Sunset Caleb Tierney Covington Township, Pennsylvania Heavenly Meadow Raegan Tucker Simi Valley, California Dots of Creativity Rebekah Wittman Baldwinsville, New York	CATEGORY II First Place My Morning Dream Jenny Arsenault Camarillo, California Second Place Waves on the Shore Emily Dempsey Mundelein, Illinois Third Place An Inspiring President Silas Motyka Ludington, Michigan Honorable Mention Church of Many Colors Alek Zadorozhny Strasburg, Colorado Honorable Mention Butterfly Kelly Bast Brookfield, Illinois Finalists (in alphabetical order by artist’s last name): All I am saying is give peace a chance Grace Allendorf Marion, North Carolina Spring Waterfall Ainsley Bloomfield Staunton, Virginia The Light of the World Allison King Newport News, Virginia Innocence Austin Kral Roswell, Georgia Fall Memories Christy Martin Newmanstown, Pennsylvania No Greater Love Micah Mecklenburg Galena, Ohio An Atlantic Ocean Adventure Thomas Mossington Royal Oak, Michigan Rising Warrior Allison Tjaden Symour, Missouri A Mother’s Love Alison Treichel Waunakii, Wisconsin Guardian of the Night Lauren Waters Dothan, Alabama	CATEGORY III First Place It Was THIS Big! Christiana Kallemeyn Lancaster, California Second Place Corruption Rebeca Castro Ellenton, Florida Third Place Childhood Wonder Steven Sherlin Hurt, Virginia Honorable Mention Girl with Basket Victoria Sewell Lindale, Texas Honorable Mention Black Horse Rea DeSantis Hesperia, California Finalists (in alphabetical order by artist’s last name): Library at Night Kerilynn Ayers Bend, Oregon Little girl Tucker Besosa Asheville, North Carolina Owl Sarah Bowen Carrollton, Texas Calm Sarah Dean Carrollton, Texas Window to the Soul Shalom Eis Dewey, Arizona A Risk Worth Taking Daniel Marron Peshastin, Washington Beauty at the Grip of Darkness Cassie Nichols Cheyenne, Wyoming Looking Out Arturo Ruan Valencia, California The Wonders of Nature Krisitn Senecker Milford, Ohio The Library Checkout Cody Shank Bowling Green, Ohio Private Eyes Kendra Yoakum Cottonwood, Arizona