Library has bookmark contest

The winning bookmark designs will be used during the Summer Reading Program.

The Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library is accepting entries until May 2 for its Summer Reading Bookmark Contest.

Information about how to design a bookmark and where to submit an entry is available on this form.

The library will award a $25 gift card to first place in three age categories — 5 to 11; 12 to 18; and 18 and older. The winning designs will be used during the Summer Reading Program. Registration for the reading program will begin in June. The theme this year will be Oceans of Possibilities

Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.