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Awards Submissions Open December 1st!

Submissions for the 2025 Slaughter Family Arts Awards will be accepted December 1, 2024 through February 1, 2025. As you create and perform during the school year, keep our awards in mind and document your art! Keep reading for important details!

  • Mark Your Calendars! The 2025 SFAAwards Ceremony will be Sunday, April 6 at Fort Worth Country Day’s Scott Theater.

  • New! Visit our new FAQs page for answers to commonly asked questions about submissions.

  • New! Learn about rubrics used to judge each category.

  • Get email updates about when submissions open and more by signing up here.

Submission Information:

  • Each award comes with a $300 scholarship!

  • Every finalist earns a $50 scholarship!

  • Public, private, and homeschooled students in grades 9-12 from the Fort Worth will be considered. See eligible districts here.

  • Check out our new FAQs page for answers to commonly asked questions about submissions.

  • 2024 winners were announced here!

CATEGORIES

 

Dance

  • Excellence in Performance

  • Excellence in Choreography

Review rubrics.

Voice

  • Excellence in Classical Vocal Performance

  • Excellence in Contemporary Vocal Performance

Review rubrics.

 

Music

  • Excellence in Classical Solo Instrumental Performance

  • Excellence in Contemporary Solo Instrumental Performance

Review rubrics.

Theatre

  • Excellence in Monologue Performance

  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Vocal Performance

  • Excellence in Technical Theatre and Design (read submission requirements)

Review rubrics.

 

Visual Arts

  • Excellence in 3D Art

  • Excellence in Painting

  • Excellence in Drawing

  • Excellence in Photography

Review rubrics.

 
 
 

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
— Oscar Wilde