Family and Individual
Talent Award Program (FITAP)
CONTEST !!
This is an international PWP program, which features numerous age and art categories for members and their children to enter. Chapter contests are held in February. 1st and 2nd place winners advance to the regional (most of Virginia) contest in March. Those 1st & 2nd place winners then go to the Zone (Virginia, Delaware, Maryland) contest in April. Finally, the 1st & 2nd place zone winners go to International, which is judged in July.
Each member and member child can enter up to five different categories. You cannot enter more than once in any category. Entries do not need to be made especially for the contest. Look at the things your kids have done in school lately - collages, poems, stories, computer programs, science projects. Check out your vacation photos, that afghan you crocheted, the treehouse in the backyard.
Each entry must be made by one person only. No group projects can be submitted. Parents can provide instructions and advise, but the child must do his/her own work on the project.
Age categories are (as of January 1, 2006) - through age 5, 6-8, 9-11, 12-14, and 15-17. There is a category for young adults 18-21, but they must still be living at home or attending college and be unmarried. There is a category for children of any age with disabilities. And there is the Members category. Please note that the contest is only open to PWP members and their children - grandchildren are not eligible.
Categories (five max per person):
Drawings (includes pastels, crayons, chalk, etc.)
Painting (include oils, watercolors, acrylics, tempera, etc)
Line Drawings (includes charcoal, pencil, ink, cartoons with one caption, etc.)
Calligraphy
Printing (etching, block printing, wood cutting, silk screening, aquatint, etc.)
Fabric Painting (batik, tie-dye, airbrush, liquid embroidery etc.)
Ceramic Decorations
Assembly/Collage/Decoupage
Tole/Folk Art
*Art Kits (kits that you use to make the above type of items)
String Art, Weaving, Macrame, cane
Woodworking
Flower Arranging
Food Decorating
*Craft Kits (kits that you use to make the above type of items)
Original craft - a craft that doesn't fit any of the above categories!
Sculpture - Hand-formed
Sculpture - Tool-shaped
Sculpture - Flat surface (depressed, burned, scratched, tooled, hammered)
Black & White Photography - scenery
Black & White Photograph - persons/animals
Color Photography - scenery
Color Photography - persons/animals
Performing Arts - Original Song or Music
Performing Arts - Established Music, song, act, drama, reading
Physical Performance - Dance, gym, sports, baton, comedy, mime, etc
Crochet and Tatting
Knitting
Embroidery, crewel & cross stitch
Needlepoint & Tapestry
Latch hook
Applique and Quilting
Sewing - Machine & Handwork - Clothing
Sewing - Machine & Handwork - Non clothing
*Sewing Kits - kits used to make above sewing projects
Original Science Project
Collection or Hobby
Original Invention
Computer - original program, design, graphics, game, etc.
Computer - flyers, graphics, etc.
Science Kits
Creative Writing - Fiction
Creative Writing - Non-Fiction
Creative Writing - Lyrics/Poetry
Creative Writing - Scripts - play, video or movie
Choose your five categories today and help your kids choose theirs! There's plenty of time left before February to come up with your creative entries!
