Poster Contest
2025-2026 Missouri Association for Pupil Transportation
School Bus Safety Poster Contest
Theme:
“Safe Rides, Everyday Heroes”
POSTER SPECIFICATIONS:
Size/Orientation: Completed poster size must be 11” x 17” or 12" x 18". Posters may be illustrated on the vertical or horizontal axis.
Poster Paper: Designs should be submitted on quality tag, poster illustration board or heavy paper. Construction paper may be used but entries must be mounted on quality tag poster. Lamination is not permitted and will disqualify the poster.
Colors: There is no limitation on the use and number of colors.
Media: There is no limitation on the type of media -- such as print, crayon, felt pen, etc. -- used on the poster design; however, wood, plastic, glass or metal should not be part of the poster. Collage materials should not be used. Glued on pieces will disqualify the poster.
Lettering and Drawing: The poster design may incorporate freehand letters only. Stenciled, preprinted, manufactured stick-on or press-on letters or tracings may not be used and will disqualify the poster. Lettering should be clearly legible, even if used as part of the poster design. Cut paper/stencils (freehand or pre-drawn stick-on stencils) are not permitted and will disqualify the poster.
Copyright Materials: Poster designs may not incorporate any copyrighted materials (i.e., comic and/or television characters/titles), including stock artwork, meaning photographs or other images of common places, landmarks, nature, events or people; clip art, meaning anything from an existing collection of pictures or images that can be imported from or into the poster; and non-original raster graphics or vector graphics.
IMPORTANT: school bus logos (on buses) should be removed from all CAD submissions.
The theme: must be included in the poster design. See previous winners for examples.
Creative: Drawings must be original, correct in safety concept and the exclusive work of the student entering the contest in idea, design and execution. All artwork should be positive in approach, demonstrating only proper school bus safety behaviors.
IMPORTANT: At least a part of a yellow school bus must be present in the poster.
Submission Information: There must be an entry blank (next page) securely fastened to the back of the poster which includes the student's name, grade, age, teacher’s name, email address, school name and school address. Please print clearly. Do not place name, school, etc., on the front of the poster. Display information on the back only.
Submission deadline: April 3, 2026
Division 1: Grades K-2
Division 2: Grades 3-5
Division 3: Grades 6-8
Division 4: Special Ed K-12
Division 5: CAD K-12
(Computer Aided Drawing)
Awards/Winners
Overall Winning Submission: $500.00
The winning submission for each division will receive the following:
1st: $100.00
2nd: $50.00
3rd: $25.00
The submitting school/teacher will be contacted for guidance how MAPT should present the award. Award may be presented to either school, class, program, student or other.
The label below must be attached to each poster submitted:
