About the 2023 Contest
Hosted by Strengthening the Heartland, the Healthy Decision-Making Art Contest gives youth across the Dakota鈥檚 the opportunity to share their art.
Youth were prompted to create art that represented what healthy decision-making meant to them. We start each day making a decision to get out of bed. From there, we are confronted with a variety of opportunities to exercise the decision-making portion of our brain. Some decisions we make are cause for little thought, while others force us to pause and consider where we should go from here.
In response, we received a myriad of creative submissions including illustration, drawing, and painting. Submissions were judged based on criteria craftsmanship, originality, and interpretation of the topic.
North Dakota
1st: Gleven Pascual
Erik Ramstad Middle School
Minot, ND
2nd: Blake Hasse
Sargent Central Public School
Forman, ND
3rd: Abree Diaz Gonzalez
Hebron Public School
Hebron, ND
South Dakota
1st: Sarah Nelson
Iroquois High School
Iroquois, SD
2nd: Rhylan Tschappat
Frederick Area School District
Frederick, SD
3rd: Grace Richter
T.F. Riggs Public High School
Pierre, SD