Library Card Design Contest

Submission Guidelines

You can submit your digital submissions to the email: promotions@pearlriverlibrary.org or you can submit your physical copy of your submissions to the front desk at the library.

Contest Entry Guidelines

1. Theme: Discovery, surprise and wonder at the Library 
2. Participants can be any age and have a Pearl River Public Library card. Don’t have a library card? Visit https://pearlriverlibrary.org/get-a-library-card/  to sign up.
3. All artwork must be the original work of the artist and can be created digitally or by hand.
4. Limit one entry per artist.
5. A copy of your entry may be submitted electronically in JPEG or PDF format to Promotions? by midnight on Friday, December 1 and must be no larger than 2 MB. Hand-drawn submissions are also welcome and may be submitted to the library by 5 p.m. on Friday, December 1.
6. The submissions must contain the participant’s name, address, phone number, email address, school (if applicable) and the following language for electronic certification:
7. “I certify that the design submitted is mine and is completely original and does not violate any copyright laws. I grant the Pearl River Public Library (PRPL) permission to use my name, creative work and visual image in its publications without recourse.”
8. Library staff will consider audience appeal, originality and best interpretation of the theme when judging entries.
9. The winning entry and runners-up will be asked to provide their original artwork and will be contacted with submittal instructions. If the original artwork is not available, the entry will be disqualified.
10. The winner and runners-up will be announced in December 2023 and will receive prizes. The winning designs will be reproduced as a special limited edition library card.
11. All entries become the property of the Pearl River Public Library