Annual Friends Bookmark Design Contest Now Open

Starting today, the Friends of Johnson County Library will be accepting submissions to their 2023 Bookmark Design Contest. The eagerly-anticipated annual tournament of talent welcomes entries of original analog art in categories from Kindergartners to Adults. Designs selected by the panel of Friends and Librarian jurors will be printed and distributed at all 14 Johnson County Library branches, Friends Bookstores and at public events.
Steps for participants:

  • Download a form online or pick-up at any Johnson County Library location. The form details what media are accepted. Finished bookmark size is 2-3/4 x 8-1/2 inches. 
  • Create bookmark art!
  • Submit completed art no later September 10, 2023, 5 p.m. 
  • Entries may be dropped off in person, mailed in, or submitted online. Details are available on the entry form.

Patrons may see the contest in the Shawnee Mission Post: Your Community: Friends of Johnson County Library is seeking bookmark artists of all ages