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CGAC 2026

2026 COMPETITION SCHEDULE

March 2, 2026
Rubrics posted. Local high school selections begin.

 

May 4
Deadline for on-line submission of T-Shirt Competition entries


May 11
Deadline for teachers submissions of Finalists

May 17
Roster of Finalists posted on this site.

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Citywide Finals at CityTech in Brooklyn

 

June 15
Competition winners
posted on this site.

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2026 CITYWIDE GRAPHIC ARTS COMPETITION WINNERS

The following students won awards at the Citywide Finals at CityTech on June 2, 2026.

Congratulations to all competitors!

GRAPHIC DESIGN
GD First Place
FIRST PLACE
Nichole Leigertwood
Chelsea CTE High School
GD Second Place
SECOND PLACE
Neil Cummins
High School of
Art & Design
GD Third Place
THIRD PLACE
Elizabeth Lyudmer
New Dorp High School

DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION
Illustration First Place
FIRST PLACE
Mumtahin Tasbir
Thomas A. Edison
CTE High School
Illustration Second Place
SECOND PLACE
Miqaela Rivera
Alfred E. Smith
CTE High School
Illustration Third Place
THIRD PLACE
Emily Mooney
Midwood High School

PHOTOGRAPHY
Illustration First Place
FIRST PLACE
Noe Gonzalez Sanchez   
Ralph Mckee
CTE High School
Illustration Second Place
SECOND PLACE
Ian Cheung   
Staten Island Technical High School
Illustration Third Place
THIRD PLACE
Sophia Ouyang   
Bayside High School

PACKAGE DESIGN
Package First Place
FIRST PLACE
Sharunya Sivaneswaran
Ralph McKee CTE High School
Package Second Place
SECOND PLACE
Lin Zhou
Gateway Tech
Package Third Place
THIRD PLACE
Jose Zambrano Castro
Chelsea CTE High School
STUDENT FILMMAKERS

SF01

FIRST PLACE
FREE THE KNEE
Benjamin Urbanski,
Ariella Carrasco, Jade Binder
High School of
Art & Design
SF01

SECOND PLACE
PEAS
Roel Rivera, Kateryna Barbara,
Sava Bielinsk   
High School of
Art & Design
SF01

THIRD PLACE
BESTIES
Sophia Ella Jacobs, Nicholas Robertson, Oliver Dooley   
High School of
Art & Design

VIDEO PRODUCTION
FIRST PLACE
Lillian Calalang, Baz Duarte, Tenzin Sommer   
High School of Art & Design

SECOND PLACE
Raven Birch, Yoselin Cortes Hernandez
Thomas A. Edison CTE High School

THIRD PLACE
Vinh Tan Nguyen, Khrystyna Orletska, Ellen Deng   
Midwood High School


2026 T-SHIRT DESIGN

Package First Place

FIRST PLACE
Carmen Deng
New Dorp High School


See the original Home page and the 2026 Finalists roster.

Please email any changes or corrections to CGACompetition@gmail.com.