My daughter has always been very competitive, so when she started showing talent in the artistic realm, I decided to find some art contests for her to enter. My son used to put his poems in writing contests, so I figured that there should be some equivalent for young artists. What I found, however, was very different than what I expected. Writing contests usually have a somewhat academic bent. Some of them have to do with writing a philosophical paper, or fine poetry. Your typical art contests, however, are much more mainstream and corporate. Usually, they involve designing a T-shirt or a graphic for some particular cause.