FAO World Food Day Poster Contest 2026
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Create a free account to applyCreate an original poster inspired by innovation in food and agriculture. Draw, paint, sketch or go digital, then submit your entry as a JPEG through the online form - photographs aren’t accepted.
The FAO World Food Day Poster Contest invites children and young people to create an original poster inspired by the annual World Food Day theme. Entrants are encouraged to respond creatively to the idea of innovation in food and agriculture, showing how science, technology, knowledge and imagination can help feed people, protect the planet and build a better future.
The contest is open to young people across the world and is divided into age categories. Artwork may be hand-drawn, painted, sketched or created digitally, but photographs are not accepted. Entries must be submitted as JPEG files through the online form, and only one entry is allowed per person.
The competition is free to enter and successful entries may be shortlisted or selected as winners, with recognition including certificates, a gift bag and promotion by FAO.
1 July 2026
6 November 2026
1 July 2026, 12:00 – 6 November 2026, 12:00
Entry period
Location
- Open to children and youth aged 5 to 19.
- Participants may live anywhere in the world.
- Minors must have the permission of a parent or legal guardian to participate.
- Only one entry per person is allowed.
- Only digital files saved as a JPEG will be accepted.
- Entries must be submitted through the online entry form.
- No photographs are allowed.
- Generative AI tools must not be used to create the artwork itself.
- All artwork must be original and must not include logos or personal information.
- FAO employees and their immediate family members are not eligible to enter.
- Partners or relations of partner staff involved in the launch of the contest, and relations of the judging committee, are not eligible to compete.
Participation is free of charge.
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