The Kansas Department of Transportation is hosting a poster and video contest to educate youth on increasing safety and reducing traffic fatalities as part of ‘Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day’.

Kansas kids ages 5 to 13 are encouraged to enter artwork in the 14th annual poster contest. Poster entries must be postmarked by Friday, Sept. 18.

Three statewide winners will receive family packages at the Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City and $50 Visa cards from the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association of Kansas. A total of 18 winners in the six regions and age groups (ages 5-7, ages 8-10 and ages 11-13) will each receive a bicycle and a helmet donated by Safe Kids Kansas.

Kansas teens in grades 8-12 can submit a 6- to 60-second video in the new contest to educate drivers on safe road behaviors. Video entries must be posted by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20. Prizes include an Apple Watch, iPad and a Go Pro. The booster club of the schools’ winners will receive a $500 donation.

For more details and entry forms for both contests, go to KDOT’s website: www.ksdot.org.