Bookmark Contest

Learn more about our 2024 bookmark contest for grades K-12!

February 1–29, 2024

Calling all aspiring artists and designers! Children from kindergarten through the 12th grade are invited to celebrate books, reading, and art by participating in our 2024 Bookmark Contest! Participants will compete for a chance to see their printed bookmark designs featured at their local library and across FVRLibraries.

Who is eligible?

Children in grades K–12 who live or attend school in Clark, Skamania, or Klickitat County, Yale Valley Library District, or the Woodland School District may enter. Homeschoolers should enter at the comparable grade level.

How to enter

Pick up an entry form at your local library or bookmobile (or print the PDF here). Create the bookmark of your dreams using crayons, colored pencils, or markers. Fill out your contact info and return your entry to your library branch or bookmobile by February 29!

Tips and Tricks for Success

  • Design your entry on the provided form and make sure any important details are kept away from the edges so they don’t get cut off.
  • Use solid, vibrant colors. Lead pencil, sketches, and fluorescent colors don’t show up well.
  • Be creative and have fun. All art mediums are welcome and encouraged!
  • Showcase your original creations—no tracing, clip art, AI, or use of copyrighted images.

Winners

There will be five grand-prize winners (one in each grade group) whose designs will be made into bookmarks. We’ll print thousands of them and give them out to readers at all of our locations. The five winners will receive their original bookmark framed and an art set for future masterpieces!

The grand-prize-winning bookmarks become property of FVRLibraries and will be displayed on the website and printed for library use. Winners will be announced near the end of March.

Join Us for Bookmark Design Days

Come to any open FVRLibraries location on February 15 and 16 to work on your design! We’ll have all the supplies you could need to create a winning bookmark ready and waiting. What will you create?

Congratulations to the 2022 winners! 

  • K-1st Grade: Beckett J. (Three Creeks Community Library)
  • 2nd-3rd Grade: Shankhadeep M. (Vancouver Community Library)
  • 4th-5th Grade: Matthew P. (Cascade Park Community Library)
  • 6th-8th Grade: Shayla Y. (Cascade Park Community Library)
  • 9th-12th Grade: Trenton S. (Ridgefield Community Library)

Visit our Flickr collection to view art from past years' finalists.