2026 Kentucky Fine Arts Festival

Campbellsville University

Saturday, March 14th

2026 National Fine Arts Festival

St. Louis July 27-31

Step 1: Fine Arts Rules

  • Please familiarize yourself with the 2025 Fine Arts Rule Book. 2026 coming soon.

2025 Rule Book

Step 2: Category Selection

  • Use the Fine Arts planning worksheet to look over and select your categories.  This printable sheet is for planning only.  All participants must click the registration link to fill the online registration form. When the 2026 categories are updated, we will post a helpful document.

  • Please do not mail forms to our office. 

Step 3: Registration Form

  • Click the registration link below for each participant who is registering.  If you have more than one student to register, you will need to complete this form for each participant.

  • Your first category is included in the $45 registration fee.  Each additional category after the first is $10.00 per category. Exception- the Featured category: Children’s Lesson Solo is free as an additional category.

  • When you have completed the online form, you will be redirected to the payment page in Aplos —the KMN giving platform.  Please note: although you will receive a confirmation email for the online Fine Arts form, your registration is not complete unless you make payment through the Aplos giving site. 

  • All registration forms will be due a few weeks prior to the Fine Arts Festival weekend.

Step 4: Payment

  • Please make sure that you have completed payment for each participant you are registering.  If you did not complete the payment immediately following the registration form, you may go back and do so here: FINE ARTS PAYMENT

  • All payments will be due a few weeks prior to the Fine Arts Festival weekend.

Step 5: Required Early Submissions

  • The following non - presenting categories are due a few weeks prior. **Evaluations will be completed for these categories prior to the in-person Fine Arts Festival.**

    Photography, Digital (.jpg, .png)

    Photography, Mobile (.jpg, .png)

    Promo Video (.mp4, .wmv, .mov, .avi (multiple file formats will be accepted)

    Short Film (.mp4, .wmv, .mov, .avi (multiple file formats will be accepted)

    All Writing Division Categories (.doc, .pdf, or a shared OneDrive or Google file)

    • Book Chapter

    • Children's Literature

    • First Person Essay

    • Flash Fiction

    • Mini Saga

    • Poetry, Sr.

  • Writing pieces that are submitted via Google drive, etc. must contain proper permissions that allow evaluator access!

  • Early writing submissions must include the title page. (see rulebook pp. 86-92)

  • Early art submissions must include the credit line (information page) for your entry in the body of the email. (see rulebook p. 20)

  • Students must still bring their piece to the festival on March 8th following all the mounting/display guidelines for each specific category as per the rule book.

  • Please email entries via the link below. See the above formats for your particular category.

Submit Fine Arts Entry

Step 6: Fine Arts Festival - Date & Location TBD

Follow Up: Register for National Fine Arts

National Youth Conference & National Fine Arts will be in St. Louis, MO. Make plans now to attend at the end of the summer!

All National Fine Arts Festival registrations are completed through the National Fine Arts office. Click here to be redirected to the site.

If you have questions regarding the rules, please fill out this form: NFAF Rules.