10-12th Grade Category
Dalia Morales
The Texas Fish Art Contest is part of a conservation education program designed to interest youth in 
fishing by encouraging K-12 students to submit original artwork of any fish and a creative writing piece 
about the participant’s fish entry, its habitat or efforts to conserve it. The 2026 Texas Fish Art Contest 
first place winners include Dalia Morales of Houston for grades 10-12, Alice Zhang of Manvel for grades 
7-9, Candice Chen of Bee Cave for grades 4-6, and Cathie Zhang of Austin for grades K-3.
This year’s Special Species Award Winner was Annabelle Yuan of Frisco for her artwork of a paddlefish. 
The Mighty Minnow Award went to kindergartner Haasya Doddapaneni of Frisco.  	
- tpwd.texas.gov

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