Art Winners for the New Library Cards

            The Calhoun County Library held a contest for artwork to be featured as the design of three new library cards and the winners have been chosen.

Art is a way of expressing yourself, and here at the Calhoun County Library, we wanted to give some new expression to our library cards. To accomplish this task, we reached out to local students and relied on their creativity. This contest was for students ages 5 - 16 who reside in Calhoun County and was open to all students in the county including homeschooled children. Three designs that met certain criteria were chosen by a panel of judges. Congratulations to:

Kimberly Alvarez, CCHS

Kaylen Bagwell, CCHS

Ruby Tang, Home Schooled

The three categories for junior library cards are Early Learner (a new category for ages

 0 - 5), Juvenile (ages 5 - 16), and Juvenile Restricted (restricted to borrowing from the juvenile section of the library only).

Winning artists received a $25 gift card and their art teachers received a gift card for future art supplies for their classrooms. These new designs are now circulating throughout the county, so be on the lookout for some colorful library cards.

All of us here at the Calhoun County Library would like to thank everyone for their participation in this competition and offer our congratulations to all three of our winners and their teachers. We can finally get these creative cards in patrons’ hands and make our community a little more colorful! So, come to the library and pick out one of these designs! Even if you already have a library card, you can exchange it for a new one!