Season of Creation school competition - 'Living Water'

Rules of entry: 

Students across Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand are invited to creatively share their response to Ezekiel’s vision of living waters by entering the Columban Season of Creation Competition.

Students can submit artwork, video or poetry on the theme of “God’s living water.”

Students can also submit essays that answer ONE of the following questions:

1. Why is it so important for us to keep water clean? How does clean water affect not just human, but the whole of creation?
2. As young people, what are some simple things you can start doing to take care of God’s creation and in particular the earth’s oceans and waterways?
3. What does it look like for humans to become a "channel" of God’s living water? In other words, how can we help bring healing and reconnect with creation instead of harming it?

• The entry must be the work of the entrant/s and entrants may submit only one entry.
• Entries must be in English
• A piece of writing or image generated by AI is not allowed
• The entry must be submitted via the school email with the student’s name/s, name of teacher, name of school, year level, address and postal address
• The closing date for entries is 1^st September 2026
• Submissions to be emailed to info@columban.org.au

The entries will be judged by members of the Peace, Ecology and Justice Office, St Columbans Mission Society

Options:

• A piece of writing or poetry up to one page.
• A scanned image of a drawing or piece of artwork.
  • Images must be saved at the highest possible resolution.
  • They must be 4 megapixels or above so they can be enlarged.
  • The entry must be accompanied by a short paragraph (maximum 100 words) describing how it addresses the question. For students in grade Prep-3, a teacher may like to assist them with writing a sentence or paragraph.

Categories:

Lower Primary Year P-3
Upper Primary Year 4-6
Lower Secondary Year 7-9
Upper Secondary Year 10-12