Young artists needed for 2020 Wrapping Paper Design Contest
The deadline has been extended for this year’s Lin C. Parker Wrapping Paper Design Contest, which seeks original, holiday-themed drawings from young artists.
Through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 11, any student in grades 1-5 (public, private or home school) may submit one entry into the contest. The winning design, submitted on a plain piece of 8 1/2- by 11-inch paper, will be enlarged to the size of a newspaper broadsheet and printed on premium paper for readers to wrap their holiday gifts.
The winning design will be inserted in the newspaper on Sunday, Dec. 20. Designs by several runners-up will be featured on the flip side. An online gallery will be available for Readers’ Choice voting.
The winning artist will be featured with a story and photograph in the newspaper and also receive a cash prize of $25.
Rather than being mailed or hand- delivered to the Times Free Press newsroom, the entries must be uploaded to our website, timesfreepress.com/wrapping.
Finalists will be determined by popular vote from judges representing
the Times Free Press, ArtsBuild, Creative Discovery Museum and United Way of Greater Chattanooga.
For best results, artists should use bright colors and fill the entire page with their original design.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
› Who can enter: Any student in grades 1-5 (public, private or home school). One entry per child.
› Deadline: 11: 59 p. m. Friday, Dec. 11 (extended).
› Upload to timesfreepress.com/ wrapping. ( Please do not mail or hand-deliver artwork to the Times Free Press offices.)
› Personal information: When uploading your image, you will find a form asking for the child’s name, age, address, grade, school and the submitter’s name and telephone number. This information will be used to contact the winner and will not be made public. The judges will not know whose artwork they are viewing.
› How to enter: Use an 8 1/2by 11-inch piece of unlined paper to draw an original, holiday- themed design that would work in a repeating pattern as wrapping paper.
› Grand prize: The winner will be profiled in the newspaper and receive a cash prize of $25 plus an arts package and goody bag from the sponsors.
› Information: Email Dylan Chesser at dchesser@timesfreepress.com.