Summer Reading 2025 Youth Art Contest

This year’s theme is Color Our World. When you open a book, do you picture the scenes in your head? Are they in color? Black and white? If you paint a picture, will it be bright or muted? Create a piece of art that shows how colorful (or lack thereof) your world is. The only limit is your imagination.

Guidelines

• Who: Anyone in grades 6-12.
• How: Email entry to cathy@mattoonlibrary.org, or you can drop them off at the main desk. Call 217-234-1720 for alternate arrangements.
• When: Entries must be received by July 3 as a JPG digital file, or the original can be dropped at the main desk.

Rules

• Artwork must be original; no tracing or copycat ideas from other artwork.
• Entries must be no larger than 8.5” x 11”.
• You can use ink, pencil, graphite or colored, charcoal, chalk, crayon, marker.
• Entries need to include a brief description of image, medium, (ink, chalk, pencil) and why it was chosen.
• Entries must include the artist’s first and last name, age, phone, and contact email.

Prizes

Winners are determined by public voting online and at the library.

First Place

Digital Sketch Pad. Upload your notes, drawings, and creations onto your device.

See on Amazon: XPPen Updated Deco 01 V3 Drawing Tablet-16384 Levels of Pressure Battery-Free Stylus, 10×6 Inch OSU Graphic Tablet, 8 Hotkeys for Digital Art, Teaching, Gaming Drawing Pad for Chrome, PC, Mac, Android.

Second Place

Double-Sided Marker Pad and 120 Colors Alcohol Drawing Markers, Dual Tip, Fine, and Chisel Art Markers

See on Amazon: Sketch Pad | Marker Set