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Library Card Design Contest

Design the newest Pierce County Library cards!

By Pierce County Library April 14, 2023

Kids and Teens: Design the newest Pierce County Library System cards! Design the next Pierce County Library card that you, your friends and people throughout the county will use.

Entries accepted: April 1-30, 2023


Download an entry form.

Guidelines

• Anyone (ages 5-18) living or attending school in Pierce County is eligible to enter this FREE contest.

• One entry per person.

• One winner from each age category: ages 5-11 and 12-18.

• How to enter your artwork:

Submit below.

Take to any Pierce County Library.

Mail to: Library Card Design Contest, Pierce County Library System
Attn: Communications Dept.
3005 112th St. E., Tacoma, WA 98446-2215.

• Artwork must be in color, original and not published elsewhere.

• Submitted artwork becomes property of the Pierce County Library.

• Professional artists will review entries and select finalists. The public will select two winners via an online vote.

• Library staff may modify winning artwork to meet production requirements.

• Artist’s name will appear on the back of printed cards. Do not include your name in your artwork.

• Winners’ names may appear in news media, social media, on the library’s website and other communications.

Submit your artwork in portrait or landscape orientation up to 7” x 11.” Use these dimensions for the best quality. Artwork will be trimmed approximately 1/8” on each side for printing purposes and reduced to actual card size of 2 1/8” x 3 3/8”.

 

Submit your artwork online