DRC-MC Seeks Entries for 2023 Conflict Resolution Bookmark Art Contest!

The Dispute Resolution Center of Montgomery County, Inc. (DRC-MC) seeks entries for its 2023 Conflict Resolution Bookmark Art Contest. The contest is open to all Montgomery County students in grades K through 8.

Categories: Level 1=Kindergarten through Second grade; Level 2=Third through Fifth grade; and Level 3 = Sixth through Eighth Grade.

To Enter: Submit original artwork drawn on bookmark size template available on our website or on a 8½” x 11” sheet of paper with the image size being 3” high by 9” wide. Please be sure that the student’s name, age and grade, school or program name, teacher’s name and address, written legibly, are included ON THE BACK of the bookmark entry. Please DO NOT FOLD BOOKMARK.

Theme: Bookmark art must reflect a conflict resolution or prevention theme, such as peer mediation, talking things out, apologizing, respecting differences, solving problems together, listening, tolerance, peace building, or alternatives to violence.

Deadline: All original artwork must be received before 5:00 p.m. on
March 13, 2023. Faxed or emailed bookmarks will not be accepted.

An awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. Judge Kathleen Hamilton will present awards to the winners. Winning bookmarks will also be displayed at the Montgomery County Memorial Library System, Central Branch.

Artwork may be mailed or delivered to Elaine Roberts, Dispute Resolution Center, 301 N. Thompson Street, Suite 106, Conroe, Texas 77301 or delivered to the Children’s Department at any Montgomery County Memorial Library System branch.  The DRC-MC can be reached at 936-760-6914, or mediate@mctx.org.