2010 Robert Bateman Get to Know Contest: Celebrate Biodiversity

The theme of this year's contest is "celebrate biodiversity." The Get to Know Team invites you to get outdoors – or to a local zoo or aquarium – and "get to know" the remarkable plants and animals in your local environment. While you are there, allow your wild neighbours to inspire you to create art, photography, or writing (see Categories below). Submit your artwork to the Get to Know Contest online (starting on April 22) to win wild prizes – including a week-long stay at Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, hosted by Parks Canada. You could also win cash prizes (new for 2010!), digital cameras from Panasonic, gifts from Scholastic and Opus Framing and Art Supplies, have your artwork published in the 2011 Get to Know Contest Calendar, or have your work chosen as the 2011 Youth Wildlife Habitat Conservation Stamp produced by Wildlife Habitat Canada.

The motto of the Get to Know Contest is "Connect. Create. Celebrate." One of the foremost objectives of the Get to Know Program is to applaud Canada's young people for their passionate interest in the environment. One way we accomplish this is through the Get to Know Contest Calendar, which publishes winning artwork from each year's contest. Over the past decade, the calendar has become one of the most widely distributed nature calendars in Canada featuring the work of young people. www.gettoknow.ca