From International Festival of Owls

Here are our winners from our 2026 International Kids’ Owl Art Contest! This year we had about 2,978 entries from about 40 countries and 27 U.S. states!!

Thank you all for your participation in our contest! We hope to see you again next year!

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

Give me a bit to post all the photos! There’s about 2 dozen. Edit: all done!

  • anon6789OP
    2·
    4 days ago

    It made me wonder if Thailand is really big into owls. It did seem disproportionate.

    I do believe one is a fish owl, which I enjoyed.

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
      2·
      4 days ago

      Could just be better promotion of the prize. I didn’t know it existed before you posted. But, it could be that it got better visibility in Thailand and therefore more entries. Or, maybe Thailand is more into art for their young ones. Can’t say I know much about the culture there.

      • anon6789OP
        2·
        4 days ago

        Yeah, I expected most entries to be from the US. The International Owl Center isn’t (currently) a very big place. Still, exciting to see kids everywhere put so much effort into it and enjoying owls.