Day: March 17, 2010

Congratulations to the Winner!

Congratulations to Lauren Ondreko of Friendswood, Texas! She is the winner of our 3rd Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest! Lauren, a senior at Friendswood High School, created a fun and festive design that we’ll easily be able to convert into a beautiful holiday card. Even though Lauren submitted her work on lined loose-leaf paper, it was done exceptionally well and she submitted a design that is 100% original and unique. Our judges had a tough decision to make as there were so many outstanding entries in the finalist pool. There is a possibility that we may pick one or two additional entries to be converted into greeting cards, and the students who submitted these designs will be compensated for their work.

Here is the design Lauren submitted:

Lauren Ondreko's winning design for the 3rd Annual Create-a-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest
Lauren Ondreko's winning design
for the 3rd Annual
Create-A-Greeting-Card
$10,000 Scholarship Contest

The 4th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest is officially underway. Be sure to visit the entry page to reacquaint yourself with the rules and guidelines. You may also check out our newly updated winners page to view the designs submitted by our previous winners and to get inspired.

The Finalists have been Chosen

After sorting through the 8,000+ entries received for the 3rd Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest, our judges picked 143 designs to qualify as finalists. We’ve created a slideshow that displays all of the finalists’ designs, so please be sure to check it out.

If you are a finalist, we encourage you to share the good news with your family and friends. We’ve made each slide an individual link, so you can email the URL to your greatest fans. Link information is located in the white box below each slide. If you or someone you know has a blog or website, we’ve also provided some basic code to make linking to your slide as easy as pie!

After the slideshow was put up, our judges found out that a few of the designs were not original. Please note that those designs were disqualified from the finalist pool and removed from the slideshow. Originality is a key factor for this scholarship contest. Please keep this in mind when you submit your entry for the 4th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest.