{"id":878,"date":"2026-01-19T05:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dwc.gov.lk\/?p=878"},"modified":"2026-01-19T05:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:09:10","slug":"wetlands-art-2026-island-wide-art-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dwc.gov.lk\/?p=878","title":{"rendered":"Wetlands Art \u2013 2026 Island-wide Art Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To commemorate World Wetlands Day on 02 February 2026, the Central Environmental Authority, the Department of Wildlife Conservation, and the Ministry of Education, together with the media sponsorship of Wijeya Newspapers Ltd., invite submissions for the Island-wide Art Competition. The competition will be held under two categories: School Category and Open Category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artworks (published drawings) can be submitted under the theme: \u201cWetlands and Traditional Knowledge: Celebrating Cultural Heritage\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Competition Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each participant may submit only one artwork. Age Categories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>1.&nbsp; First Category \u2013 School Section<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Grades 1\u20135<br>Grades 6\u201313<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2.&nbsp; Second Category \u2013 Open Section<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Artwork Size<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All artworks submitted must be 18 x 14 inches in size. Medium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colouring media such as pastels or watercolours may be used.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The following details must be written on the back of the artwork:<ul><li>School Section<ul><li>Applicant\u2019s name, school name and address, grade, date of birth, personal address, telephone number, district, and province. (Please write your details clearly.)<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>The submission must be recommended and certified by the Principal, Sectional Head, or Class Teacher.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open Section\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Applicant\u2019s name, personal address, telephone number, district, and province. (Please write your details clearly.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The artwork, with all required information, must be posted or handed over to the address given below.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the top left corner of the front side of the artwork, include:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cWetlands Art\u201d, District \u2013 ___________________________<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>World Wetlands Day \u2013 2026, Section \u2013 _____________ , <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Category \u2013 __________________________________________<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final date for submission: 02 January 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The decision of the judging panel is final.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A variety of valuable prizes including cash awards and certificates will be presented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>School Category<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Open Category<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1st Place &#8211; Rs.30,000 <\/td><td>1st Place &#8211; Rs.30,000 <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2nd Place &#8211; Rs.20,000 <\/td><td>2nd Place &#8211; Rs. 20,000 <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3rd Place &#8211; Rs. 10,000<\/td><td>3rd Place &#8211; Rs. 10,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Seven merit certificates will be awarded in each category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Send Your Artwork To: Wetlands Art \u2013 2026<\/strong><\/td><td><strong><em>For More Information:<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Natural Resources Management Unit<br>Central Environmental Authority<br>No. 104, \u201cParisara Piyasa\u201d<br>Denzil Kobbekaduwa Mawatha<br>Battaramulla<\/td><td>Ms. Thamara Disanayake \u2013 011-2872278 Ext. 2421<br>Mahimi\/Mandakini \u2013 011-2872278 Ext. 2426 \/ 2427 <br>Natural Resources Management Unit,<br>Central Environmental Authority<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To commemorate World Wetlands Day on 02 February 2026, the Central Environmental Authority, the Department of Wildlife Conservation, and the Ministry of Education, together with the media sponsorship of Wijeya&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[67,65,66,63,64,61,62],"class_list":["post-878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advertistments","tag-art","tag-competition","tag-dwc","tag-school","tag-student","tag-wetland-day","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dwc.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dwc.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dwc.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dwc.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dwc.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dwc.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879,"href":"https:\/\/www.dwc.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878\/revisions\/879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dwc.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dwc.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dwc.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}