The deadline for entries in the city of Salisbury’s poster contest on recycling has been extended through Jan. 30, 2009.
The “Think Green! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” poster art contest is open to Salisbury and Rowan County students, grades K-12, who are enrolled at public and private schools or home-schooled.
The contest is part of the city’s recycling awareness marketing plan, which is utilized to promote residential recycling.
The contest theme, “Think Green! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,” must appear on the poster entry.
All entries should be laid out in a design with a width of 28 inches and a height of 22 inches, for proper display when reproduced for ACCESS 16 television viewing.
Entries may be designed with crayons, markers and/or paint. In addition, photographs and bits of cloth and paper may be glued to the entry if desired.
To be acceptable, entries should portray a positive message and contain no profanity or negative content. Students are encouraged to be creative and express themselves.
Poster entries will be accepted from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. through Jan. 30, 2009, at the Public Services Administration Building, 519 N. Fulton St.
All entries require the artist’s name, address, phone number, age and where he or she is currently enrolled. The information should be on the back of the entry.
Entries will be judged in February within various age groups. First-, second-, and third-place winners will be named in all age categories, and winners will be recognized during a 2009 City Council meeting.
In addition, contest winners will receive complimentary “Salisbury, Discover What’s Inside” prize-packs and framed certificates signed by the mayor.
All entries will be photographed and appear on Salisbury’s Access 16 television to promote recycling awareness.
School entries will be grouped and televised together on ACCESS 16, displaying the first name of each artist.
During 2009, entries will be displayed randomly throughout the city to promote recycling and to create green initiative awareness. Entries are non-returnable and may appear in printed recycling materials with the artist’s first name and respective school of attendance.
For more information, contact public information officer Karen Wilkinson at 704-638-2113.