The 23rd edition of the Coal Calendar, like its predecessors, will be used by DCEO as an education and promotional tool showing how coal and coal-based products play a fundamental role in everyday life. Approximately 1,500 students in grades five through eight participated in this year’s contest, submitting either an essay or a poster on Illinois coal.
The overall poster winner and overall essay winner each received a $100 U.S. Savings Bond. The other poster and essay winners each received a $50 U.S. Savings Bond. All bonds were provided by the Illinois Coal Association. The overall winning poster entry will be featured on the cover of the calendar and the overall winning essay entry will have special recognition in the 2012 Illinois Coal Calendar in which their artwork/essays will be displayed.“
Click to view the Winning Posters.
Click to read the Winning Essays.
Click to view the 2013 Coal Calendar Art & Essay Contest Brochure.