The Florida Space Art Contest launched in 2022 as a way to spark creativity and inspire Florida’s youngest artists. Open to students in grades K–5, the contest invites children to express their imagination through original artwork based on space-related themes. Since its inception, the contest has engaged thousands of students statewide, showcasing the remarkable talent and vision of Florida’s next generation. Through this annual tradition, Space Florida encourages students to see themselves as future explorers, innovators, and leaders in aerospace.

2025 Grand Prize Winners

Child's drawing of a rocket with orange fins launching from a black road in a grassy area, with a palm tree and astronaut visible inside the rocket, and a blue sign reading 'LIFT OFF FLORIDA'.

Colorful hand-drawn space scene showing a rocket with labeled sections like cafeteria, rooms, garden and animal lab, a NASA astronaut, a child with a telescope, Earth, stars, moon, and the text 'Exploring New Worlds'.

Aavya Verma
1st Grade, Broward County

Adam Faulkner
5th Grade, Broward County

2025 Finalists

Child's drawing of a gray rocket ship with flames, an astronaut, yellow stars, and a fiery asteroid in space.

Child's drawing of a red rocket covered in hearts flying through clouds with a rainbow, planets labeled Mercury, Venus, Mars, Pluto, Earth, Saturn, Moon, and a spiral galaxy, with 'Happy Easter' written below.

Juan Hernandez
Kindergarten, Broward County

Michael Rajtar
Kindergarten, Broward County

Colorful painting of a spaceship flying in space near Earth and a large yellow and red planet with rings.

Illustration of a green alligator-shaped spaceship with windows and flames, flying through a colorful starry background.

Stephen Wint, Jr.
1st Grade, Broward County

Vanessa Wesbur
2nd Grade, Okaloosa County

Hand-drawn spaceship emitting bright exhaust trails flying through outer space with stars and planets in the background.

Colorful childlike drawing of a large orange pumpkin shaped like the American flag with stars and stripes, standing on a grassy hill with flowers, under a purple and blue sky with stars, Earth, and a sun.

Chandler Watkins
2nd Grade, Martin County

Abigail Cotroneo
3rd Grade, St. Johns County

Child's drawing of a lotus-shaped spaceship lifting off with two astronauts, an alien figure, a satellite, a UFO, and Earth in the background, titled 'Project Lotus Lift Off The US Spaceship.'

Child's drawing of a purple jellyfish-like spaceship with a window and a flag floating in space near Earth and a moon, surrounded by stars and small rockets.

Nikita Anthony
3rd Grade, Broward County

Hannah Hedges
4th Grade, St. Johns County

A blue submarine shaped like a fish with various rooms inside, including a control room with a globe, a room with robotic and sea-themed toys, and an aquarium with fish and plants.

Illustration of a Mars landscape with red rocky terrain, a sign reading 'WELCOME TO MARS' in the starry sky, two spacecrafts labeled 'FLORIDA' flying with flames, a crow perched on a solar panel, and small structures scattered across the surface.

Zoey Ge
5th Grade, Broward County

Cameron Worboys
5th Grade, Broward County

Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming 2026 contest! Click the links below for an archive of press releases announcing previous winners:
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