Please note: posters must include slogan “Bringing Our Missing Children Home” or will not be eligible.
Artwork by 2024 contest winner, Emma Meier
"Bringing Our Missing Children Home"
We are pleased to invite all Nebraska 5th grade students to recognize National Missing Children’s Day by participating in the Nebraska 2025 Missing Children’s Day poster contest. The theme of the contest is, “Bringing Our Missing Children Home”.
Contest Entry Deadline: February 15, 2025
Please submit contest entries to:
Nebraska Attorney General’s Office
Attention: Heather Buell, Contest Manager
2115 State Capitol, PO Box 98920
Lincoln, NE 68509
Contest Rules
- Applicants must be in the fifth grade.
- The new slogan “Bringing Our Missing Children Home” must appear somewhere on the poster.
- Posters must be created by hand. Posters with printed images, collages, and stamping are not eligible.
- Posters should be original in design. Be creative! Use acrylics, watercolor, pencil, charcoal, magic markers, spray paint, crayons, pastels, and etc.
- The finished poster must measure 8½ x 14 inches.
- The poster must be submitted with a completed application, which includes:
- A description of the poster
- A brief biography of the artist, either typed or written legibly
- The Parent/Guardian Release and Consent Form
Complete information regarding the national poster contest can also be found at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention website. The U.S. Department of Justice has created a Missing Children's Day Discussion Guide that can be used to assist your classroom instruction.