A Flippin High School student was recently awarded first place in the 2024 Arkansas Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest held by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary.The artwork of 14-year-old Emma Cook, a ninth grader at Flippin High School, will represent Arkansas in the contest during the 125th VFW National Convention held in Louisville, Ky. Cook received a cash award for her 14″ x 18″ graphite pencil drawing created to honor her military family members, along with all servicemen and women.
Cook was sponsored by the Hovel-Barnett VFW Post 1341 in Bull Shoals and is the daughter of Landon and Kaley Cook of Flippin. The Arkansas state award was presented to Cook by District 2 President, Kevin Mann, VFW Post 1341 Auxiliary President, Lea Mann and VFW Post 1341 Commander, Brian Jones at a VFW local event.
The annual contest, which began in 1979, recognizes up-and-coming artists and encourages patriotism in youth. More than 4,000 students submit entries at the local level and one student per local post is chosen to compete at the state level. Cook won the local competition and continued to the Arkansas state competition where she was honored first place.
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