CONTESTS AND AWARDS

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Download the complete schedule HERE.

NEW! Beginning in 2024, individual participation certificates will no longer be mailed. Participation certificates will be available for teachers to download below. The certificate is editable and printable for your convenience.  Winning participants will continue to receive notification letters by mail.

  • Grade: K - 12
  • Deadline: April 12, 2024
  • Awards Ceremony: May 14, 2024
  • Entry Form: Coming this fall.

Three winners will be selected from each grade.

Contest Rules:

1. Only one entry per person is accepted.

2. Participants must be Pueblo County residents.

3. Bookmarks must feature original illustrations, either hand-drawn or computer generated. Clip art or pre-produced images will not be accepted due to copyright issues.

4. All entries must have the entry form attached to the top of your entry.

5. Submit entries to any library location or mail to:

Rawlings Library/Attn: Community Relations  |  100 E. Abriendo Ave., Pueblo, CO 81004

Questions? Call 719-553-0202 or email shelby.mccormack@pueblolibrary.org

Awards Ceremony
Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony at the Rawlings Library. At the awards ceremony, each winner will receive a certificate of achievement, a gift certificate to Books Again used bookstore, and a custom PCCLD journal and pencil. Light refreshments will be provided.

  • Grade: K - 12
  • Deadline: April 12, 2024
  • Awards Ceremony: May 14, 2024
  • Entry Form

Three winners will be selected from each grade.

Contest Rules:

1. Only one entry per person is accepted.

2. Participants must be Pueblo County residents.

3. Bookmarks must feature original illustrations, either hand-drawn or computer generated. Clip art or pre-produced images will not be accepted due to copyright issues.

4. All entries must have the entry form attached to the top of your entry.

5. Submit entries to any library location or mail to:

Rawlings Library/Attn: Community Relations  |  100 E. Abriendo Ave., Pueblo, CO 81004

Questions? Call 719-553-0202 or email shelby.mccormack@pueblolibrary.org

Awards Ceremony
Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony at the Rawlings Library. At the awards ceremony, each winner will receive a certificate of achievement, a gift certificate to Books Again used bookstore, and a custom PCCLD journal and pencil. Light refreshments will be provided.

  • Grade: PreK-12
  • Deadline: Feb. 9, 2024
  • Awards Ceremony: April 3
  • Entry Form: Download here.
  • Participation Certificate: Download here.

Contest Rules

1) Only one entry per person is accepted.

2) Participants must be Pueblo County residents.

3) Draw your own Dr. Seuss character and write a brief description of your character. Drawings must feature original illustrations, either hand-drawn or computer generated. Clip art or pre-produced images will not be accepted due to copyright issues.

4) All entries must have the entry form attached to the top of your entry.

5) Submit entries to any library location or mail to: Rawlings Library  |  Attn: Community Relations  |  100 E. Abriendo Ave., Pueblo, CO 81004

Questions? Call 719-553-0202 or email shelby.mccormack@pueblolibrary.org

Awards Ceremony
Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony at the Rawlings Library. At the awards ceremony, each winner will receive a certificate of achievement, a gift certificate to Books Again used bookstore, and a custom PCCLD journal and pencil. Light refreshments will be provided.

 
Student Prompt: What does it mean to be a U.S. Citizen?”
The Pueblo Home of Heroes Association invites students in grades 4-12 to enter the 16th annual essay contest answering the following question: "What does it mean to be a U.S. Citizen?"

How to submit entries: Drop off at any library location, submit online, or mail to:
Pueblo City-County Library District
Attn: Community Relations
100 E. Abriendo Ave.
Pueblo, CO 81004
 
Guidelines
Essay length:  
300-500 words for grades 4-5
400-700 words for grades 6-8
500-1,000 words for grades 9-12
Format: One copy of entry with entry form stapled in top, left-hand corner. All entries must be typed.

Judging
Pueblo Home of the Heroes Association Judging Committee will award first, second, and third place in each category, 4-5 grade, 6-8 grade and 9-12 grade. All participants will receive a certificate of participation.

Prizes
Winners will receive a booklet of the winning entries, a certificate of achievement and a cash prize!
1st Place - $100, 2nd Place - $75, 3rd Place - $50

Awards ceremony
April 8, 2024 at 6 p.m.
Rawlings Library, Ryals Grand Event Space - 4th floor
100 E. Abriendo Ave.
Pueblo, CO 81004

 

The Pueblo City-County Library District invites all teachers in Pueblo County to nominate the student in your classroom whose reading skills have shown the most improvement for a Most Improved Reader Award. 

 
Submit nomination HERE (Please complete one form per award/child.  DEADLINE MAY 4, 2024)
 
If you would like someone to attend your awards ceremony but missed the deadline, please include your information and these requests will be considered on a case by case basis.
 
The Pueblo City-County Library District invites all teachers in Pueblo County to nominate the student in your classroom whose reading skills have shown the most improvement for a Most Improved Reader Award. This award is not for the best reader, but rather for the student who has really tried to learn to read better, and/or who through their own efforts has improved their reading skills greatly during the past year. Please select the student or students from your classroom whom you feel should receive this recognition.

 

Please complete one form per award/child. 
 

 

 

  • Grade: 2 to adult
  • Deadline: March 29, 2024
  • Awards Ceremony: May 14
  • Entry Form

Three winners will be selected from each grade.

Contest Rules:

1. Three entries per person are accepted, but one poem per page.

2. Participants must be Pueblo County residents.

3. Poets are invited to write a poem about any topic and written in any style.

4. All entries must have the entry form attached to the top of your entry.

5. Submit entries to any library location or mail to:

Rawlings Library, c/o Poetry Contest, 100 E. Abriendo Ave., 81004.
 

Questions? Call 719-553-0202 or email shelby.mccormack@pueblolibrary.org

Awards Ceremony
Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony at the Rawlings Library. At the awards ceremony, each winner will receive a certificate of achievement, a gift certificate to Books Again used bookstore, and a custom PCCLD journal and pencil. Light refreshments will be provided.

  • Grade: 2 to adult
  • Deadline: TBA 2024
  • Award Ceremony: TBA 2024
  • Entry Form -Coming this fall
 
Three winners will be selected from each grade.
 

Contest Rules:

1. One entry per person.

2. Participants must be Pueblo County residents.

3. You are invited to write a mystery, suspenseful thriller, or humorous scary tale of a non-violent nature. Stories are 1,000 words or less and should be typed.

4. All entries must have the entry form attached to the top of your entry.

5. Submit entries to any library location or mail to:

Rawlings Library  |  Attn: Community Relations  |  100 E. Abriendo Ave., Pueblo, CO 81004

Questions? Call 719-553-0202, or email shelby.mccormack@pueblolibrary.org.

Awards Ceremony
Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony at the Rawlings Library. At the awards ceremony, each winner will receive a certificate of achievement, a gift certificate to Books Again used bookstore, and a custom PCCLD journal and pencil. Light refreshments will be provided.

Grade: Preschool-Adult
Deadline: TBA 2024
Awards Ceremony: Awarded by mail
 
Three winners will be selected from each grade.
 

Contest Rules:

1. One entry per person. 

2. Participants must be Pueblo County residents.

3. You are invited to design one of these winter favorites and write a brief description of your creation: snowflake/snowman, food, penguin, or train!

4. All entries must have the entry form attached to the top of your entry.

5. Submit entries to any library location or mail to:

Rawlings Library | Attn: Community Relations | 100 E. Abriendo Ave., Pueblo, CO 81004

Questions? Call 719-553-0202, or email shelby.mccormack@pueblolibrary.org.

Awards Ceremony
Winners will receive their awards by mail. Each winner will receive a certificate of achievement, a gift certificate to Books Again used bookstore, and a custom PCCLD journal and pencil.