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 2026 Fine Arts Rule Book.

2026 Rule Book
Social Media Video Rules

Step 2: Category Selection

  • Use the 2026 Fine Arts rulebook to select your category.

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.

  • After you complete the online form, the PAYMENT button will direct you 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 by February 15th.

Register

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 by February 15th.

Step 5: Required Early Submissions

  • The following non-presenting categories are due on February 18th. **Evaluations will be completed for these categories prior to the in-person Fine Arts Festival.**

    Photography, Digital (.jpg, .png)

    Photography, Mobile (.jpg, .png)

    Social Media Video (.mp4, .mov, .avi, (multiple file formats will be accepted)

    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)

    • Book Chapter

    • Children's Literature

    • First Person Essay

    • Flash Fiction

    • Mini Saga

    • Poetry, Sr.

  • Early writing submissions must include the title page. (see rulebook pp. 100-108)

  • Early art submissions must include the credit line (information page) (see rulebook pp. 27-28)

  • Students must still bring their piece to the festival on March 14th, following all the mounting/display guidelines for each specific category as per the rule book.

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

Upload Fine Arts Early Submissions

Step 6: Fine Arts Festival

2026 Kentucky Fine Arts Festival

Campbellsville University

Saturday, March 14th

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.