Show how CTE is shaping your future! Enter the ACTEAZ Poster Contest and highlight the impact of hands-on learning, skill-building, and career readiness happening in Arizona CTE.
Submission Deadline: January 14, 2026
Winners announced: February 5, 2026
Who’s Eligible to Enter:
- eCTE Career Exploration Middle School students (Grades 6-8)
- CTE high school students (Grades 9-12)
- Postsecondary students (College/University level)
The following logos MUST be included in the poster. Download them below:
Poster Requirements:
- Size: 18” (W) x 24” (H)
- Must include:
- The official CTE Month® logo
- The official eCTE logo
- The official Arizona CTE logo
- Title: “Arizona CTE Works”
- Credits: “Statistics from acteonline.org and careertech.org”
- (5) Arizona CTE statistics
- No additional web addresses or logos
- All artwork must be original:
- Includes vector graphics, photography, illustrations, etc.
- AI-generated artwork is not accepted
Anyone featured in the poster must have a signed release form on file. Students under the age of 18 must have a parent’s or guardian’s signature on the release form. All forms must be submitted for the poster to be accepted. If forms are not submitted, the entry will be disqualified.
Poster Policy: ACTEAZ retains the copyright on any submitted material and reserves the right to use the material in any way or format it sees fit. ACTEAZ is not responsible for lost, damaged, incorrectly encoded, incorrectly uploaded, mislabeled or misdirected entries. Entries will not be returned and will become the property of ACTEAZ. Poster entries cannot be used for any commercial activity.
First Prize:
- $300 awarded to the student
- Poster will be published on the ACTEAZ website and media outlets
- Poster will be showcased at the 2026 Midwinter Leadership Conference
- Poster will be printed and showcased at the 2026 Connection Conference
- Printed copies provided to student’s school
- Title design of the winning poster reproduced as stickers, distributed at the 2026 Connection Conference
Second Place:
- $200 awarded to the student
- Poster will be published on the ACTEAZ website and media outlets
- Poster will be showcased at the 2026 Midwinter Leadership Conference
- Poster will be showcased at the 2026 Connection Conference
- Printed copies provided to student’s school
Third Place:
- $100 awarded to the student
- Poster will be published on the ACTEAZ website and media outlets
- Poster will be showcased at the 2026 Midwinter Leadership Conference
- Poster will be showcased at the 2026 Connection Conference
- Printed copies provided to student’s school
For student release forms, click the buttons below to download:
First Place
Mitchell Spiegel
Dysart Unified School District
Second Place
Hannah Ouzts
Buckeye Union High School District
Third Place
Azalea Penate
Apache Junction Unified School District