4-H Poster Contests | Tennessee 4-H Youth Development

The 4-H Poster Contest invites youth to showcase their creativity and promote the mission of 4-H. Members design digital or physical posters that share what 4-H means to them and encourage others to get involved. By taking part, youth build communication skills, practice visual storytelling, and display their talents in a fun and meaningful way.

Want to enter a poster? Contact your local Extension office for poster deadlines in your area.

2025 4-H Poster Winners

Miller Locklear – Dickson County
Kyler Loynd – Hamilton County
Brayden Hensley – Loudon County
Natalia Mitchell – Williamson County
Charvi Srinivas – Williamson County
Calli Alonso – Franklin County
Addy Konrad – Franklin County
Hadley Headrick – Union County
Makenzee Ross – Knox County
Easton Daigle – Fayette County
Jaxon Summers – Benton County
Issac Byrum – Monroe County
Emma Kate Reynolds – Monroe County
Grayson Todd – Sumner County
Maxwell Heath – Franklin County
Jade Quattrochi – Marshall County
Anna Lynn Boyd – Robertson County
Angel England – Rutherford County
Ripken Brown – Carroll County
Mason Middlebrook – Rhea County

4-H Poster Guidelines

There are two types of poster contests that 4-H’ers can participate in: (1) Regular Poster Contest or (2) Digital Marketing Poster Contest. An overview and rules of the contests can be found in the tabs below.

Your poster must promote 4-H and include the 4-H emblem. When using the 4-H emblem on a poster, follow the criteria specified by the national guidelines regarding use of the 4-H emblem.
1. Do not place text or other images over or on top of the 4-H emblem.
2. No photo, drawing, symbol, word, or other figure or object may be placed on or obscure the 4-H emblem.
3. The official colors should not be altered.
4. The clover stem should turn to the right only.
5. The clover should not be slanted.
Name, address, county, age, grade, and email address of the 4-H member should be included with the submission.
Design must be original.
Well-known cartoon figures cannot be used because they are copyrighted, such as Marvel superheroes, Disney characters, Lego characters, etc.
The same scorecard will be used for both the Digital and Regular Poster Contest.
The awards include a rosette and a $25 cash award to the top ten entries in each division.
A 4-H member may submit one entry to the Digital and one entry to the Regular Poster Contest.

Digital posters should be submitted to the County Extension Office. Check with your county office for deadlines.
Each regional office may submit 15 digital posters in the state digital poster contest.
Must be submitted in a PDF or PNG format.
Entries should be clear (not be blurry, grainy, or pixeled).
- (In most cases, 640 x 480 pixels should provide a clear image.)
- Tip: If using a computer program such as Microsoft Publisher, when you save your image as a PNG in the dialogue box, there is a “resolution” box and you can change it from “standard printing” to “high quality or commercial.”
Examples of programs that could be used for designing your digital poster include, but are not limited to:
1. Microsoft PowerPoint
2. Microsoft Publisher
3. Adobe Illustrator
4. Adobe InDesign
5. Canva
Digital posters can be either landscape (or horizontal) or portrait (vertical) format.
Digital posters are not photographs of a regular poster but rather computer graphics / design created on the computer.

Regular posters should be submitted to the County Extension Office. Check with your county office for deadlines.
Each regional office may submit 15 regular posters in the state poster contest.
Posters can be in either a landscape (or horizontal) or a portrait (vertical) format. 14 x 22 inches