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About the Art Competition

In the spirit of promoting arts education, MEFA — with support from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education — sponsors an annual College Savings Art Competition. Massachusetts students in grades K - 5th at all public, private, charter, and home-based schools are invited to submit a piece of artwork illustrating "What do I want to be when I graduate from college?"

How the College Savings Art Contest for Kids Works

Submit your student's entry to the College Savings Art Competition. Winning entries are awarded a monetary prize made payable to a U.Fund 529 College Savings Plan account. Prizes - including one first -, second -, and third - prize winner from grades K-1, 2-3, and 4-5 - will be selected on or about March 31, 2013 on the basis of originality, relevance of the art work to the topic "What do I want to be when I graduate from college?"

2012 College Art Competition Winners

In the past years, MEFA's College Savings Art Competition has received nearly 20,000 entries awarding over $200,000 in U.Fund 529 College Savings Plan accounts.

MEFA would like to congratulate the following winners of the Annual College Savings Art Competition:

	Grades K-1
	1st Place		2nd Place		3rd Place
	Hannah S.		Evan N.		Collins M.
	Memorial School		Hemenway		Lincoln School
			Elementary School

	Grades 2-3
	1st Place		2nd Place		3rd Place
	Amanda L.S.		Savannah E.		Regina P.
	Willett Elementary School		East Elementary School		St. Anna Catholic
					School

	Grades 4-5
	1st Place		2nd Place		3rd Place
	Andrew T.		Justin D.		Alexander K.
	Estabrook Elementary		Chenery Middle		Home School
	School		School