Bethel’s Byrd’s Books Announces Winners of 8th Annual Bookmark Contest

“One of the great joys of Byrd’s Books’ annual Bookmark Contest is to be able to see all the great artwork that comes into the store,” says the owner of Bethel’s popular literary emporium, Alice Hutchinson. “This year for our 8th Bookmark Contest, we had a bumper crop in the high school category from many of the area schools: One high school class turned in an entire folder of student art based on their favorite book!” 

 

Members of the community judge the final entries, the winners are each awarded with 25 copies of their bookmark in print and a $25 gift certificate to the Byrd’s Books. Runners-up receive a $10 gift certificate. The winning designs are distributed as Byrd’s Books’ special summer reading bookmarks, highly cherished additions to bookish beach goers’ daily gear.

 

ABOUT THE WINNERS (see image #1 from l to r)

Winner in the Pre-K - 2nd grade category: James from the Consolidated School (Narwal and Jelly)   Winner in the 3rd-5th grade category: Aum from the Housatonic Waldorf School (Real Friends)   Winner of the 6th-8th grade category: Hope from St. Mary School, Ridgefield (The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind)   Winner of the 9th -12th grade category: Sabrilla from Bethel High School (To Kill a Mockingbird)   Winner in the Adult category: Rowena from Housatonic Waldorf School ( The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe). Alice adds a special note: “The jurors felt that this entry was so astonishingly beautiful, they bumped it up to the adult category. Rowena is in the seventh grade. She still won. I think you will agree that Rowena's bookmark deserves not only the win, but should be seen - along with her other artwork - in a gallery.”

Runner-up in the Pre-K - 2nd grade category:

Talia from the Frank A. Berry School (Swatch the Girl Who Loved Color)

 

Runners-up in the 3rd-5th grade category: yes, there are two!

1) Samson from Hudson Montessori (Change Up by Derek Jeter)

2) Kierstin from Morris Street School (Peter Pan) 

 

Runner-up of the 6th-8th grade category: Fiona who is a homeschooler (Wednesday Riders)

 

Runner-up of the 9th -12th grade category: Jacquelynn who is a homeschooler (Shadow and Bone)