Friends Annual Bookmark Design Contest
Post-it note? Your napping kitty’s tail? Folded corner (gasp!)? None of those are nearly as cool as having a bookmark with your very own artwork on it. Winning designs will be printed as bookmarks and distributed in each of the Johnson County Library branches!
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 Friends Annual Bookmark Design Contest in honor of National Friends of Libraries Week. From preschoolers to adults, there are seven different age categories – each with two winners. See their designs below!
This event is sponsored by the Johnson County Library and the Friends of Johnson County Library. This event will be held again in 2025. Stay tuned next year – will will open submissions in the summer.
Pictured are 2024 Winners L-R: Elizabeth McNutt; JCL Board Member David Sims; Everly Jablonski; Olivia Wang; JCL Board Member Chrysalyn Huff; Lily Hamilton; JCL Deputy County Librarian Kinsley Riggs; Abigail Girard; JCL Board Member Charles McAllister; Anabelle Ritchie; Whitaker Kirkland; Edie Marshall Moore (holding Books Rule); Dominic Kirkland (shark); JCL Board Member Jeffery Mendoza; Joany Degenhardt (chicken); Ira Goyal (fairy books); Friends of JCL Executive Director Shanta Dickerson; and Hughy Buckley (penguin).
Pictured on side right: Kevin Gritzke
Winner not pictured: Ainsley Van Trump
2024 Friends of Johnson County Library Bookmark Design Contest Winners
Kindergarten and Pre-K
Ira Goyal
Whitaker Kirkland
Grades 1 + 2
Dominic Kirkland
Hughy Buckley
Grades 3 + 4
Everly Jablonski
Abigail Girard
Grades 5 + 6
Elizabeth McNutt
Edie Marshall Moore
Grades 7 + 8
Ainsley Van Trump
Anabelle Ritchie
Grades 9 – 12
Olivia Wang
Lily Hamilton
Grown Ups
Kevin Gritzke
Joany Degenhardt