VIRGINIA (DC News Now) -- If you love to create art and are looking for a new way to show off your talent. The Virginia Lottery is teaming up with The Supply Room to launch its eighth annual "Thank a Teacher" art contest! The contest invites students from grades Kindergarten through 12, enrolled at one of Virginia's public schools, to create a work of art inspired by their gratitude for school teachers across the state. Virginia non-profit uses music therapy to build community, hope Students who take on the challenge will have the chance to have their artwork appear on thank-you notes. Each note will then be distributed to thousands of teachers during National Teacher Appreciation Week in May. The lottery will accept submissions online until Feb. 3. Once all the submissions are in, one winner will be selected at each grade level (elementary, middle and high school). The school that each winner attends will receive $2,000 from The Supply Room and the winning artists will get a $200 Visa gift card. Progresso Soup Drops: Chicken noodle hard candy billed as ‘Soup You Can Suck On’ Last year, the Virginia Lottery surprised three student winners; Sadie Clark, a 5th grader at Mountain View Elementary School in Roanoke; Maria Rose Sajan, a 7th grader at Grafton Middle School in York County; and Helen Hou, a senior at Albemarle High School in Albemarle County. Their artwork was shared on more than 130,00 digital and printed thank-you notes as part of the 2024 Thank a Teacher campaign. Virginia Lottery said, to date, Virginians have sent more than 500,000 thank-you notes. The notes included a unique web code that teachers can use for a chance to win $2,500 in supplies from The Supply Room and $2,500 in cash from the Virginia Lottery and its partners IGT and NPi.