Reflections is a National PTA-sponsored program that encourages students to express themselves through the arts. Students can submit work in the following six categories: Dance Choreography, Music Composition, Literature, Film Production, Visual Arts and Photography. Student submissions are reviewed by independent third-party judges based on artistic skill as well as interpretation of the theme. The winner in each category moves on to the County level, then possibly to the District level, State level and finally to the National competition. This year, similar to last year, all the Reflections entries will be digital.
This year’s theme is: Show Your Voice!
Please carefully reviews all the rules and guidelines (English | Spanish) and pay particular attention to the following additional rules:
- Dance and Film: if background music is used, citation is required
- Literature: include word count, entries must be less than 2,000 words
- Music: list musicians and/or instrumentation
- Photography and Visual Arts: list dimensions
- Dance, Film and Music: recordings must not exceed 5 minutes, file size must not exceed 1.000MB
More information about specific rules for each category can be found here:
- Literature Rules (English | Spanish)
- Visual Arts Rules (English | Spanish)
- Photography Rules (English | Spanish)
- Dance Choreography Rules (English | Spanish)
- Music Composition Rules (English | Spanish)
- Film Production Rules (English | Spanish)
This year’s deadline is Friday October 21, 2022.
For more information visit the Virginia State PTA page. If you have any questions, please contact the Reflections program Chair at reflections.chair@tjptsa.org