This year’s theme is Serving Up Solutions, which reflects the creativity, innovation, and collaboration that define elders.

Individuals are invited to submit entries in any of the following categories. First and Second place entries win prizes. Selected entries will be shared at SCOSA’s Annual Successful Aging Festival on May 8th.

Submissions are due by March 30, 2026.

Categories:

• Poetry / Song

• Prose

• Skit / Play

• Painting / Drawing / Photography

• 3-D Creations

Contest rules: 

Submit by emailing a photograph,
recording, or pdf of your work (with
contact information) before
end of business on March 30th
to Gina.Maguire@stockton.edu

SCOSA staff will contact you about
bringing the original piece to the
May 8th Festival.

All work must be original and created by the
submitter; not previously submitted to a
SCOSA contest.

All submissions remain property of the artist,
but SCOSA may use copies/images of the
works and/or artists.

SCOSA retains the right to disqualify
submissions that do not match the
theme or are deemed unsuitable.