All NHSRA members are eligible to submit entries each year for the NHSRA Art Contest. Contest rules require that the entries be in a vertical format and in any medium which can be easily reproduced in a print shop. Winning entries may be used on the cover of the Souvenir Program for the National High School Finals Rodeo and the winners receive a $500 college scholarship.

2008 - Lexy Rianda, Montana
2007 - Callie Wilbanks, New Mexico
2006 - Matthew Wznick, Montana
2005 - Shay Keller, Saskatchewan
2004 - Crystal Rae Krous, Nebraska
2003 - Lacey Haensel, South Dakota
2002 - Cody Horwedel, California
2001 - Ashli Andersen, Montana
2000 - Courtney Moore, Illinois
1999 - Wade Cannon, Missouri
1998 - No Contest
1997 - No Contest
1996 - No Contest
1995 - Cap Roder, Texas
1994 - Stacy Lyn Koviak, Michigan
1993 - Chessney Sevier, Nebraska
1992 - Wendy Bossman, Wyoming
1991 - Kesay McQuay, Wyoming
1990 - No Contest
1989 - No Contest
1988 - Cody Hyde, Idaho
1987 - Heath Pickerill, Illinois