Children's Art Contest

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2025 Adopt-A-Beach Children’s Art Contest Winners!

Of the 40 overall winners, 6th grader Yolanda Xiong of Flower Mound was selected as the Grand Prize winner. Yolanda’s teacher, Longhui Zhang, will also receive a prize package. Yolanda’s detailed artwork features a jumping dolphin with a cowboy in front of an aircraft carrier. The grand prize runner up is Sofia Hernandez Guerra from Cypress.

Click here to view a Facebook gallery of the artwork!

All winning artwork will appear together in the 2026 Adopt-A-Beach calendar, which will be distributed throughout the state. This year's grand prize winner will receive one 6-8-night Caribbean cruise for two from Royal Caribbean International. The grand prize winner's teacher will also receive one 6-8-night Caribbean cruise for two courtesy of Royal Caribbean International and a gift card to an art supply store from Texas Adopt-A-Beach.

All 40 student winners will receive two tickets to Schlitterbahn, a gift card to an arts and crafts store, a gift from Adopt-A-Beach, a certificate of recognition from the Texas General Land Office and copies of the 2026 calendar displaying the winning artwork. 

Students receiving an Honorable Mention designation will receive a certificate of appreciation from the Texas General Land Office and a gift from Texas Adopt-A-Beach. The Grand Prize Runner-Up will receive an additional prize from Adopt-A-Beach. All prize packages will be mailed out in late May.

CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION
If you would like to download a Certificate of Participation for your students, please click here.

PARENTS/GUARDIANS
If you would like to request your student’s artwork be returned, please complete this online form.

TEACHERS/SCHOOLS
If you would like to request your students’ artwork be returned to you for distribution, please complete this online form.

2025 Treasures of the Texas Coast Children’s Art Contest Winners

AGE GROUP NAME HOME CITY
K-2 Lucina Liang Rosenberg
K-2 Zachary Hu Fulshear
K-2 Amelia Kao Cedar Park
K-2 Caden Yuan Katy
K-2 Ivy Chen Missouri City
K-2 Jerry Lam Cypress
K-2 Emily Wang Katy
K-2 Ricki Ni Katy
K-2 Ethan Song Cypress
K-2 Mikayla Wang Katy
K-2 Honorable Mention Evangeline Flikkema Brookshire
     
3rd - 4th Connor Zhang Houston
3rd - 4th Nicole Ma Fulshear
3rd - 4th Audrey Ma Katy
3rd - 4th Leo Zheng Katy
3rd - 4th Ian Zhang Lucas
3rd - 4th Michael Li Katy
3rd - 4th Emma Lin Pearland
3rd - 4th Cadence Rivera Newton
3rd - 4th Yueran Lang Austin
3rd - 4th Jeza Visconti Coppell
3rd - 4th Honorable Mention Valentina Lemus Buda
     
5th Chloe Xie Katy
5th Ella Stark Richmond
5th Roslyn Zabaldo Boerne
5th Malachi Champney Brazoria
5th Christopher Chung Leander
5th Chanel Zheng Richmond
5th Ella Li Katy
5th Lisa Wu Katy
5th Riva Ni Katy
5th Thiruveedhi Narasimha Krithik Boerne
5th – Honorable Mention Julia Liu Houston
     
6th Kaiyi Lin Houston
6th Naomi Chiang Katy
6th Aliyah Yuan Katy
6th - Grand Prize Winner Yolanda Xiong Flower Mound
6th Jadelyn Xu McKinney
6th YuJia Huang Cypress
6th - GP Runner-up Sofia Hernandez Guerra Cypress
6th Monimoon Heng Baytown
6th Hazel Lee Georgetown
6th  Donika C. Valdez Garza Monte Alto
6th – Honorable Mention Emily Hutzler Medina

 

2024 Adopt-A-Beach Children's Art Contest Winners!

 Click here to view a Facebook gallery of the artwork!