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Winners!
Water Rising invited students to tackle issues like access to safe water, drought and flooding, displacement, and food insecurity. View the powerful new collection of Visual Art, Film, Interactive & Multimedia, Music, Dance, Poetry, Spoken Word, and Creative Writing from young creators around the world.
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For more than a decade, Bow Seat has inspired young ocean caretakers through creative expression. Check out our interactive timeline to learn more about our program history and exciting milestones!
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Sophie Wei
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Sophie Wei
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Our student gallery showcases visual art, poetry and spoken word, prose, music, dance, short films, and multimedia projects from past Ocean Awareness Contest winners. Read, watch, admire, and share!
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10 Reasons to Participate in the 2022 Ocean Awareness Contest
January 27, 2022
You might have heard about our annual Ocean Awareness Contest—an international arts competition that invites middle and high school students...
Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs Receives a $10,000 Grant from...
January 10, 2022
(Boston, MA) – For the third consecutive year, Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs (Bow Seat) has received a $10,000 grant from...
Announcing Bow Seat’s 2022 Future Blue Youth Council!
January 7, 2022
We are so excited to announce the members of our 2022 Future Blue Youth Council (FBYC)! Launched last year as...
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Hayden Stokley
Age 16, Mississippi
“As a child, I was too shy to speak in public, but societal issues haunted me. I wanted to help. Only through writing was I able to debate, advocate for change, and defend my views. It is this concept – that everyone has a specific talent to contribute to a cause – that serves as my inspiration.”