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Bookmark Contest

Design your own bookmark for Summer Reading 2025!

This year’s theme is “Level Up at Your Library”. Winning designs will be printed and available to the public in September.

Submit your original design and entry form to any library assistance desk, or email entries to davis@fdlpl.org. Submissions will be accepted from June 1st, 2025 – August 17th, 2025. See full contest rules below.

Download Your Entry Form

Age Groups:

  • Youth: 0-6
  • Elementary: 7-9
  • Middle Grade: 10-12

  • Teen: 13-18
  • Adult: 19+

Contest Rules:

  • Any Fond du Lac County resident may enter.
  • Submissions will be judged on quality of composition, creativity, & originality.
  • Extra consideration will be given to entries that tie into this year’s summer reading theme: Level Up at Your Library.
  • All submissions must be your original work.
  • Please include the medium you used to create your piece on your entry form.
  • No AI generated work will be accepted or considered.
  • Participants are limited to one submission.

  • Do not put your name anywhere on your design when you submit it!
  • All entries will be judged anonymously. Your name only goes on the entry form.
  • Keep a copy of the submission in case of an unforeseen accident/disaster.
  • There are no restrictions on theme or content; however, the library reserves the right to not accept works that may be unsuitable for a public environment.
  • Please keep it PG-13 or tamer!
  • Entries need to include their artwork, submitter’s name, phone number and or email, and age in order to be considered.
  • Submission of any entry in the contest grants the Fond du Lac Public Library the right to display, distribute, and/or publish the entry and name of the participants in the library, on the internet, and in print publications for promotional or informational purposes.
  • The creator retains the right of ownership of any submission.
  • The judging panel may consist of library staff and/or community members.
  • Collaborative pieces are accepted, however, only a single prize will be awarded.
  • Deadline for submitting entries is Sunday, August 17th, 2025 at 4:00pm (when the library closes)
  • Submit entries to any Library Assistance Desk or email entries to: davis@fdlpl.org (your email must include the attached entry form. Please put “Bookmark Contest Submission 2025” as the subject of your email).