K-12 California State Parks Week Poster Contest

2025 Poster Contest Winners

K-1

1st Place

Happy Beach day With Friends

2nd Place

California Wildlife by Hannah Greenstein

3rd Place

Waterfall by Laurel Patterson

Honorable Mention

Happy Cactus by Eva Darya Rahmani
Nice Day Out by Jupiter McMahon Rodriguez

Grades 2-3

1st Place

Best State Park Ever by Penelope Smith

2nd Place

Nature in California by Zaira Kiran

3rd Place

Sunset by Clover Wang

Honorable Mentions

4294 California State Railroad Museum by Ferris Debol
Fort Ord by Cash Dutra by Cash Dutra

Grades 4-6

1st Place

Nature in Frames by Alina Biryukov

2nd Place

Protect our Parks for All Creatures by June Grabill

3rd Place

Dawning of the Wild by Victoria Mee

Honorable Mentions

Burney Falls by Alexis Hernandez
Otters at Point Lobos by Mariel Nadal
Cuties of California by Leia Chua

Grades 7-9

1st Place

Tree of All Nature by Maya Mok

2nd Place

A Window Into California’s Natural Beauty by Madeline Stock

3rd Place

California State Parks Look-and-See by Zoey Soderberg

Honorable Mentions

Friends by Zelda Waniewski
Looking Up by Nate Arkin
Snack Time by Sonia Bohuslav

Grades 10-12

1st Place

Lucky Blue by Natalia Isabelle Pochay

2nd Place

Walk After Memories by Belquis Pineda

3rd Place

Wildflower by Iris Wang

Honorable Mentions

Julia Butterfly Hill by Jessica Zepeda