The contest was inspired in 1997 by a 5th grader’s homework assignment,  She discovered there was little information on all the different state-fish in the U.S. The annual nationwide contest is now running into its 20th year educating kids, teachers and parents on aquatic resources, conservation and each state’s State-Fish. And … the rest is history!

New for the 2020 contest is the Fish Migration Award,  created in partnership between Wildlife Forever and the World Fish Migration Foundation. Contestants may choose to apply in either the State-Fish Art Contest, the Fish Migration Award or Both. Art will be judged in two age categories, 5-11 years old and 12-18 years old. Winners will be celebrated on World Fish Migration Day on May 16th, 2020.