Poster Contest

If you plan to sponsor a poster contest for schoolchil­dren, you will need to furnish some slogans and a set of rules. It’s also standard procedure to appoint judges and offer some kind of reward or prize for the winners.

Where young children are involved, it’s a good idea to make everybody feel like a winner. In addition to three main prizes (we recommend commemorative stamp sets), try to offer something for participation. Perhaps you could obtain a number of special pictorial postmarks of local interest.

Be sure to furnish the media with information about when the contest will start, what schools are participating, who will judge the contest, and where the entries will be displayed.

Suggested slogans:

Have the posters judged on originality, clarity of the dog bite message, and quality of the artwork. A panel of judges might consist of an art teacher, a letter carrier, an animal control officer, and a member of the PTA. State that the decision of the judges will be final and list the prizes. If pos­sible, have the grand prize-winning poster reproduced and sent to the schools.

Suggested contest rules: