Design a Bookmark Competition
National Book Tokens are the perfect way to inspire children to read. They create a lifelong passion for books by giving them the chance to discover millions of titles in bookshops across the country.
Ask your school children to design the front of a book-themed bookmark using this template, and send it to us by Friday 20th April 2012. A panel of judges will select a winner and runner-up from each of the three age ranges, along with an overall winner. The winning design will be made into a bookmark and distributed to thousands of bookshops nationwide (subject to the winning design being suitable for use as a bookmark, all or part of the design will be published.)
Thousands of brilliant entries were received last year and winners all received National Book Token prizes.
Age Ranges
Each school should select their entries in the following age ranges:
- up to 8 years
- 9-12 years
- 13-16 years
Prizes
First Prize in each age range is:
- £250 National Book Tokens for the school
- £100 National Book Tokens for the schoolchild
- £100 National Book Tokens for the teacher
Runner-up prize in each age range is:
- £150 National Book Tokens for the school
- £50 National Book Tokens for the schoolchild
- £50 National Book Tokens for the teacher
The winners will be announced in June and the closing date for entries is Friday 20th April.
All entries should be produced on A4 paper, portrait format, according to the template (h 160mm x w 42mm).
Every entry must be signed by the teacher, who must print in capitals on the reverse of the entry: Pupil’s full name and age, the school name, address and phone number.
2011 Entries
Tens of thousands of school children from across the country entered the National Book Tokens’ competition to ‘Design a Bookmark’ to celebrate World Book Day last year. In 2011, six lucky winners and runner-ups were chosen from the huge range of fantastic and varied designs. Click on the student’s name to see their design.
Age range 13 – 16
Winner and Overall Winner: Rachel Day, Pershore High School
Runner-up: Olivia Leach, Teddington School
Age 9 – 12
Winner: Sola Taiwo, Queen Elizabeth’s High School
Runner-up: Astrud Turner, Nelson Thomlinson School
Age 8 and below
Winner: Oscar James, Coombe Bisset Primary School
Runner-up: Yasha Soodin, St Martin’s School
2010 Entries
In 2010, six lucky winners and runner-ups were chosen from the huge range of fantastic and varied designs. Click on the student’s name to see their design.
13–16 years
Winner and overall competition winner: Amelia Paker, Bristol Steiner School
Runner-up: May-Li Mackinnon, Peniel Academy
9–12 years
Winner: Sophie Dawson, Boroughbridge High School
Runner-up: Jordan Smith, Holy Trinity Primary School
Up to 8 years
Winner: James Barke, Brailsford Church of England Primary School
Runner-up: Debbie-Mai Gordon, West Acton Primary School
