Building a community of youth empowered to connect, create, and communicate for our blue planet.
Global Reach
142 Countries
Participants
44,774 Students
Scholarships
$783,850
Congratulations 2025 Winners!
Connections to Nature: Looking Inside, Going Outside, challenged participants to explore the natural world and their place in it through the lenses of generational knowledge, resilience, human health, and urban environments. Through the process of imagining, designing, and creating their pieces, students learned about the nature in their own backyards and reminded us of why it’s so important to protect the planet. View the insightful new collection of Visual Art, Film, Interactive & Multimedia, Performing Arts, Poetry & Spoken Word, and Creative Writing.
Resource Studio
Visit our Resource Studio, a space for creative exploration and a jumping-off point for deep inquiry of climate change, ocean conservation, and using art and creativity as tools in environmental movements!
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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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From Peru to the US: 2023 FBYC member Ariana Piscoya...
February 27, 2026
By Malika Gizzat, 2026 Bow Seat Alumni Advisor The Alumni Spotlight Series is a celebration of Bow Seat’s alumni as...
Coming Out of My Shell
February 24, 2026
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From Scraps to Hope: How Ljubljana’s UNICEF Rag Doll Exhibition...
February 20, 2026
By Isidora Popović, 2026 Future Blue Youth Council member At the whimsical Ljubljana Castle in Slovenia, the UNICEF Rag Doll...
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Christopher Kondrich
Contest Judge
“What Bow Seat does every year through its contest is to compile some of the most urgent, stirring, and powerful work about the climate crisis being written. That it comes from students across the country is nothing short of extraordinary. Not only are the stakes communicated compellingly in the poems contained herein, but also a sense of hope, for which I cannot commend these impassioned writers enough.”