Get to Know Contest

Adventure, fun, exploration - it's all waiting for you. Get outdoors and discover all the cool things to do and see in your local environment. From your own backyard to our towering national forests, you can find plants and animals at every turn. Develop a connection with these wild neighbors! Learn their names. Find out where they live.

Enter the Get to Know Contest by submitting art, writing, or photography of your wild neighbors. The goal is to be as creative as possible - so let the natural world inspire you! Go wild with your creation and you could win amazing prizes.

Enjoy discovering the wonders of nature through the eyes, lenses, and words of contest participants:

View winning entries!


Contest runs from October 1 - November 30 Good luck to all participants. Show us what you can do!!!


More information about the 2010 contest will be posted here in the future. View winning entries from last year!

US Forest Service
Fish & Wildlife Service
National Wildlife Federation
Children & Nature Network
Southern California Edison
Artsonia
SDG&E
Dome Printing
Los Angeles Zoo
ILCP
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Zoo
KABC-TV
CBS 2 - KCAL 9
ENN
Comcast
REI
California Academy of Sciences
American Association of Zoo Keepers
Association of Zoos & Aquariums
California State Parks
San Francisco Zoo
Ocean Alliance
LA Conservation Corps
Roots and Shoots
National Public Lands Day
Tree Musketeers
Blicks Art Supplies
Inside the Outdoors
National Forest Association