{"id":36998,"date":"2026-11-02T17:11:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T17:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=36998"},"modified":"2026-11-02T17:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T17:11:58","slug":"young-artists-invited-to-soar-in-2027-north-carolina-aviation-art-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/aviation-education\/young-artists-invited-to-soar-in-2027-north-carolina-aviation-art-contest\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Young Artists Invited to Soar in 2027 North Carolina Aviation Art Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The N.C. Department of Transportation Division of Aviation is accepting applicants for the 2027 Aviation Art Contest, an annual competition that encourages North Carolina youth to present their creativity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The competition, hosted on the statewide level by the NCDOT Division of Aviation, follows an aviation theme each year, giving students the chance to engage in flight. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cForever First in Flight,\u201d highlighting North Carolina\u2019s legacy as innovators in aviation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis contest has always been a great opportunity to inspire students to be creative and learn something new about aviation,\u201d said NCDOT Division of Aviation Director Nick Short. \u201cWe are excited to be hosting a statewide competition for our North Carolina youth.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2013, over 13,000 North Carolina students from over 825 schools have participated in the contest. Any student born between Jan. 1, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2020, is eligible to enter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Junior age category: Date of birth between Jan. 1, 2017, and Dec. 31, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intermediate age category: Date of birth between Jan. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior age category: Date of birth between Jan. 1, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winners and their schools are awarded cash prizes by the North Carolina Airports Association. Unlike previous years, this year\u2019s contest will be limited to state-level competition and will not advance to the national or international level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about eligibility and the submission process visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdot.gov\/divisions\/aviation\/aviation-art-contest\/Pages\/default.aspx\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ncdot.gov\/divisions\/aviation\/aviation-art-contest\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCDOT Aviation Art Contest Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The N.C. Department of Transportation Division of Aviation is accepting applicants for the 2027 Aviation Art Contest, an annual competition that encourages North Carolina youth to present their creativity.&nbsp; The competition, hosted on the statewide level by the NCDOT Division of Aviation, follows an aviation theme each year, giving students the chance to engage in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[98,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aaron-Chen-NC-edit-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37000,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36998\/revisions\/37000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}