Entries now open for the #MicrobeArt2024 Contest

Our much loved Microbe Art Contest is back again this year to support International Microorganism Day on 17 September 2024! Help celebrate the wondrous world of microbes by getting creative and sharing your art! 

How to enter?

Simply, post your creation on social media (Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram) with the hashtags #MicrobeArt2024 and #InternationalMicroorganismDay and tag @IntMicroDay

What categories are there in the Microbe Art Contest?

Your entry to the contest can be an image, a photograph, a painting, a video, an animation, a cartoon, a petri dish… Just make sure that the whole piece of art can be viewed well on a single smartphone screen!

There will be the following categories:

  • Best Agar Art

  • Best Cartoon

  • Best Illustration or Painting

  • Best Photography

  • Best Physical Piece

  • Best Writing

  • Grand Prize: Best Art Overall

Entry period and winners

The competition is open until 10 September 2024.

Winners will be chosen by the IMD team and announced on the IMD social media channels and website on the 17 September 2024.

FEMS will be involved in the selection process and winners will be recognised in the FEMS monthly newsletter.

Click here to explore previous entries and find inspiration.

 
 
FEMS Microbiology