Help Design Bolingbrook's New 50th Anniversary Library Card

BOLINGBROOK, IL — The Fountaindale Public Library is celebrating its 50th anniversary by asking residents to design new, limited-edition library cards. The new cards will be available in 2020, the year the library celebrates its 50th year in existence.

The library card design contest will run through the month of September, and all residents of the Fountaindale Public Library District can participate. The library district's boundary map can be found here.

The contest will award winners in three age categories: ages 12 and under, ages 13-17 and ages 18 and older. Fountaindale will issue three specialty cards next year, featuring the winning design from each category.

There will be three finalists from each age category, with the library announcing the finalists on Oct. 11. Residents will then be able to vote for a winner in each category in an online vote running from Oct. 14-28.

Entries for the contest must be submitted by Sept. 30. Submitted artwork must be original and free of copyright restrictions. Artwork of all forms will be accepted, including digital, crayons, pen, colored pencil and paint. Physical artwork must fit a 7-inch-by-4.25-inch template, and digital art should be 1050 pixels by 639 pixels. A design template and entry form can be found here.

Winners from each category will be announced on Nov. 1, with the winners receiving a $100 Target gift card and finalists receiving a $25 Target gift card.

The specialty cards will be available to the public in January, while supplies last.