Northville District Library Card Contest Digital Entries will be accepted from Sunday, September 1 - Monday, October 14
The Northville District Library is running an all-ages art contest during September’s Library Card Signup Month to select two new designs for our library cards! Participants are encouraged to submit their best designs highlighting the library’s services, collections, events, what they enjoy most about the library, or reading in general.
One winner will be selected from each group:
- Youth ages 3 - 17
- Adults ages 18+
Each winner’s artwork will be featured on a new library card that will be available in the winter. Winners will be notified and recognized in the Winter 2024-2025 print newsletter.
Entry Timeline
Submissions will be accepted in digital format only between Sunday, September 1, and Monday, September 30. Limit one entry per person, please.
Entry Criteria
- The artist must be a resident of either the City of Northville or Northville Township and be a library cardholder in good standing. You can get a library card by visiting NDL in person at the checkout desk with a valid State ID or Driver’s License, or click here to apply online for a temporary card.
- Content must be appropriate for all ages.
- Submissions must stay within the dimensions included in the instructions below.
- Do not include your name in the artwork.
- Submissions may be in any 2D art medium, including digital media, fine arts (acrylic paint, oil paint, watercolor paint, drawing, collagraph or lithograph prints, etc.), and photography.
- No AI designs, please.
- Submissions must be original works that are not subject to copyright restrictions or ownership by another individual or organization.
- Art submitted must not violate the rights of privacy and/or constitute a libel or slander against anyone.
Design Criteria
- Our library card’s dimensions are 3.375” x 2.125” and the keychain measures 2.625” x 1.125”. You may print the design templates included on this page or create artwork that meets these size specifications.
- Please include at least a .125” bleed to ensure the borders are not cut off during the printing and cutting process. What is a bleed? It’s the area of a design that extends past the edge of the material being trimmed to its final size when printing commercially; it doesn’t leave any unprinted areas.
- Please create a design that will include space for the placement of the Northville District Library’s name, phone number, and web address.
Entry Instructions
- Designs should be saved as high resolution - at least 300 dpi - and in one of the following formats: .ai, .eps, .psd, .jpg, .png, and .pdf. The higher the resolution, the better.
- File size cannot exceed 20 MB.
- Please name your file using this convention: NDLCard_LastnameFirstnameAge
- Please submit all artwork using the form below by midnight, Monday, September 30, 2024.
Jurying and Selection
Artwork will be judged blindly in the first round by the Design Contest Committee based on the design originality, composition, attention to design requirements, and how it reflects the Northville District Library and our community Then all library staff will vote in a second round of jurying to select the new design for our library card in each age group, and an announcement will follow. The winning designs will be printed on a new batch of Northville District Library cards this coming winter.
