News and Events
These are some upcoming events that we host for our local Tulsa students. Enter your student before the deadline ends to have a chance to win cash prizes!
Youth Art Contest
An art competition for students in Kindergarten through Sixth Grade in the Tulsa Metro Area. Students must CHOOSE ONE of three themes that characterize Dr. King's life and work – Love, Peace, or Unity. Students create a drawing to illustrate what the theme means to them. Illustrations must be
completed in paint, colored pencil and/or crayon on an 8-1⁄2 x 11 sheet of blank white paper. (No ink or pencil drawings. Do NOT fold picture, please.)
Deadline: Dec 31
Send Entries To: MLK Art, P0 Box 14025, Tulsa, OK 74159-1025. Email a PDF/scan of the picture with this entry form to emonica.reagan@okstate.edu.
(No entries will be returned).
Essay Contest
An essay competition for middle school students (grades 6-8) in the Tulsa Metro area. The topic is "Dr. King’s dream influences my choices." Students must write 350-500 words. Cash prizes include $300, $250, $200.
Deadline: Dec 31
Send Entries To: 2025 MLK Essay Contest Attn: Pauline Harris P.O. Box 14025 Tulsa, OK 74159-1025
Entries may be emailed to Harripa2@k12.tulsaschools.org.
