COLUMBIA – The Missouri Bicentennial Commission launched the Bicentennial Poster contest open to all students in grades 3 to 12 in Missouri.

Judges will select four posters based on the theme, “Sharing Missouri’s stories: past, present and future.”

Each student entry must be sponsored by a public or private school, a home-school network, nonprofit arts agency, cultural heritage institution or library. Students, teachers and parents can find educational materials related to the centennial poster at the website for the Bicentennial Poster page.