Public library opens contest for bookmark designs

There are three age categories, and the deadline to enter is May 8.

A contest to design summer reading bookmarks, using the theme Wild About Books, is under way at the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library. 

The deadline to enter is May 8. Entry forms and rules are available online, the library announced. 

There are three age categories for contestants — 5 to 11; 12 to 18; and 18 and older. (Anyone who is 18 may elect to enter in the teen or adult category.)

The winner in each category will receive a $25 gift card and 10 copies of their bookmark design. 

(Jennifer P. Brown is the editor and founder of Hoptown Chronicle. Reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org.)

Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.