Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Look Back Series – 2012 Scholarship Contest Updates Coming Soon

The 2012 Scholarship Contest was a blast for all of us and was our largest contest yet! We received over 13,000 entries and were busier than ever sorting through them all. In the end, Kathy Zhou was selected as the winner with her beautiful design featuring an Ornament composed of various Christmas themed wording.

We invite you to come back soon to get a behind the scenes look into the 2012 Scholarship contest with things like an interview with Kathy Zhou, a look into the transformation process from the entry to the card  and much more!

 

 

2012 Winning Entry
2012 Winning Entry

 

The Gallery Collection Announces the 2nd Chance – $1,000 Christmas Tree Design Contest

The Gallery Collection is pleased to announce our 2nd Chance – $1,000 Christmas Tree Design Contest. This exciting new contest is open to the finalists from the Gallery Collection’s 6th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship contest.

After receiving such a large number of outstanding entries, we wanted to run an exciting new contest to give one finalist from the 6th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship contest a second chance to win.

All finalists from the 6th annual scholarship contest are invited to submit designs that feature Decorated Christmas Trees. The finalists are allowed to submit as many decorated tree designs as they would like in the allotted time. Submissions to the contest can be an original photo, artwork or computer graphic. The winner with the best design as chosen by a panel of judges will receive a $1,000 award.

The contest begins on March 27th and will end on April 21st. The winner will be announced on May 15, 2013, so all of our 2nd chance finalists won’t have long to wait to see if they are the winner! The finalists of the scholarship contest created such beautiful and unique designs that there is no doubt the Christmas Tree Design contest will have equally wonderful art.

Congratulations to all the finalists of the 6th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship contest. Everyone at the Gallery Collection looks forward to seeing the amazing decorated Christmas tree designs that are sure to be entered.

 

Design 76ECW - Merry Christmas Trimmings Card

 

2nd Chance – $1,000 Christmas Tree Design Contest Guidelines:

Submission Deadline: April 21, 2013

Winner will be announced: May 15, 2013

Eligibility: Must be a 6th Annual Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship Finalist
Official Rules

Type of Holiday Card: Decorated Christmas Tree

Format: Original photo, artwork or computer graphic as a jpeg* accompanied by your name and contact information to designcontest@gallerycollection.com

Preferred Size: 7.875” x 5.5”
While the design itself would need to fit within those
dimensions, it is not necessary for you to submit in
this exact size.

Orientation: horizontal or vertical

Maximum File Size: 2 megabytes

Minimum Resolution: 300 dpi
Keep original layers in tact.

Congratulations to the Winner of our 6th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest

Congratulations to Kathy Zhou of Philadelphia, PA! She is the winner of our 6th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest! Kathy is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania who is studying Computer Science with a minor in Design. She has created a beautiful design that features a unique and creative representation of a traditional Christmas image. Kathy submitted a design that is 100% original, and we can’t wait to see the finished product! Our judges had a truly difficult decision to make as there were so many creative entries in the finalist pool, but we think Kathy’s design will make a truly amazing card.

Here is the design Kathy submitted:

 

6th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Winner
Kathy Zhou’s winning design for the 6th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest

The 7th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest will begin on March 18, 2013. 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 Greeting Card Scholarship That Keeps on Giving

When Dawnee Burson, a Graduate student at Utah State University pursuing a master of natural resources degree with National Environmental Policy Act certification, won our 4th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest we were gratified that such a deserving student was the recipient of our scholarship.

As some may know, a rather unique aspect of our scholarship contest is the additional $1,000 that is awarded to the school of the winner each year. So you can imagine that when we spoke with Nat Frazer, the Dean of Natural Resources at Utah State University, and learned that the University would be using the $1,000 to award an additional scholarship to an undergraduate student at USU’s College of Natural Resources we were thrilled.

Sure enough not long after hearing the good news, we received a picture taken at the April 9, 2011 College Awards Banquet ceremony. The College of Natural Resources came up with a wonderful idea to ask Dawnee to be present at the ceremony to help present the scholarship. The photo below features Dawnee Burson standing along side the recipient of the $1,000 scholarship, Michaela Stuver.

Dawnee Burson and Michaela Stuver
Dawnee Burson and Michaela Stuver

Michaela, we learned, is a sophomore from Orem, Utah majoring in Environmental Studies.  Her emphasis is communication and she would like to run a program that educates people about the world around them.

Michaela Stuver

The Gallery Collection congratulates both Dawnee Burson and Michaela Stuver on winning their scholarships. We are confident that both of these young women will be putting the funds to excellent use in furthering their academic careers and helping to do some good in the world.

Contest submissions for our 5th Annual Create-A-Greeting Card $10,000 Scholarship are accepted through January 12, 2012. To find out more information on how you can enter and win visit our Greeting Card Contest Page.

November Monthly Finalists – Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest

We’re pleased to announce that 4 Monthly Finalists were chosen for November! Each monthly finalist will receive a $75 Amazon gift card. Be sure to tell us what you think of the monthly winning designs by leaving a comment below; we’d love to hear from you! **And don’t forget, even if you weren’t chosen as a Monthly Finalist you may still be in the running for the $10,000 scholarship.

If you haven’t submitted a design yet for our $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest, don’t wait any longer. Your entries need to be received by January 15, 2011.

Make it easy for your friends and family to view the Monthly Finalists by posting the following link to your personal or school website: https://www.gallerycollection.com/greeting-cards-monthly-finalists4.htm

Or, pass on the code below to your school webmaster or someone you know with a website or blog:

Congratulations to…

Jessica Licea of Pomona, California,
a senior at Pomona High School
November Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - 10258

Monica Zuraw of Mesa, Arizona,
a sophomore at Westwood High School
November Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - 10497

Jesse Coma of Whitestone, New York,
a freshman at Bronx High School of Science
November Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - 108191

Kara Monahan of Winston Salem, North Carolina,
a freshman at Medical Careers Institute
November Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - 10896

October Monthly Finalists – Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest

We’re pleased to announce that 3 Monthly Finalists were chosen for October! Each monthly finalist will receive a $75 Amazon gift card. Be sure to tell us what you think of the monthly winning designs by leaving a comment below; we’d love to hear from you! **And don’t forget, even if you weren’t chosen as a Monthly Finalist you may still be in the running for the $10,000 scholarship.

If you haven’t submitted a design yet for our $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest, why wait?

Make it easy for your friends and family to view the Monthly Finalists by posting the following link to your personal or school website: https://www.gallerycollection.com/greeting-cards-monthly-finalists4.htm

Or, pass on the code below to your school webmaster or someone you know with a website or blog:

Congratulations to…

Nicholas Vernetti of Webster, New York,
a junior at Cazenovia College
October Monthly Finalist for the Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #9881

Rachel Mitrani of Congers, New York,
a senior at Clarkstown High School North
October Monthly Finalist for the Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #9810

Elise Russell of Whitesboro, New York,
a sophomore at Cazenovia College
October Monthly Finalist for the Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #9897

September Monthly Finalists

We’re pleased to announce that 3 Monthly Finalists were chosen for September! Each monthly finalist will receive a $75 Amazon gift card. Be sure to tell us what you think of the monthly winning designs by leaving a comment below; we’d love to hear from you! **And don’t forget, even if you weren’t chosen as a Monthly Finalist you may still be in the running for the $10,000 scholarship.

If you haven’t submitted a design yet for our $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest, why wait?

Make it easy for your friends and family to view the Monthly Finalists by posting the following link to your personal or school website: https://www.gallerycollection.com/greeting-cards-monthly-finalists4.htm

Or, pass on the code below to your school webmaster or someone you know with a website or blog:

Congratulations to…

Rachel Herman of Cicero, New York,
a sophomore at Cazenovia College
September Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #9636

Sarah Stites of Reston, Virginia,
a junior at Thomas Jefferson HS for Science & Tech
September Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #9322

Denise Arbuckle of Peru, Illinois,
a freshman at Illinois Valley Community College
September Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #9301

August Monthly Finalists

We’re pleased to announce that 4 Monthly Finalists were chosen for August! Each monthly finalist will receive a $75 Amazon gift card. Be sure to tell us what you think of the monthly winning designs by leaving a comment below; we’d love to hear from you! **And don’t forget, even if you weren’t chosen as a Monthly Finalist you may still be in the running for the $10,000 scholarship.

If you haven’t submitted a design yet for our $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest, why wait? You might just be one of the next monthly prize winners.

Make it easy for your friends and family to view the Monthly Finalists by posting the following link to your personal or school website: https://www.gallerycollection.com/greeting-cards-monthly-finalists4.htm

Or, pass on the code below to your school webmaster or someone you know with a website or blog:

Congratulations to…

Dena Bracy of Fairfax, Virginia,
a junior at the Academy of Art University
August Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #9238

Carson King of Concord, North Carolina,
a freshman at the Savannah College of Art and Design
August Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #9201

Schuyler Bjork of Clearfield, Utah,
a home-schooled senior
August Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #9187

Jackie Williams of Rosenberg, Texas,
a senior at the University of Houston
August Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #9164

July Monthly Finalists

We’re pleased to announce that 3 Monthly Finalists were chosen for July! Each monthly finalist will receive a $75 Amazon gift card. Be sure to tell us what you think of the monthly winning designs by leaving a comment below; we’d love to hear from you! **And don’t forget, even if you weren’t chosen as a Monthly Finalist you may still be in the running for the $10,000 scholarship.

If you haven’t submitted a design yet for our $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest, why wait? You might just be one of the next monthly prize winners.

Make it easy for your friends and family to view the Monthly Finalists by posting the following link to your personal or school website: https://www.gallerycollection.com/greeting-cards-monthly-finalists4.htm

Or, pass on the code below to your school webmaster or someone you know with a website or blog:

Congratulations to…

Emily Branch of Advance, North Carolina,
a junior at Pepperdine University
July Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #8621

Benton Ammermann of Irmo, South Carolina,
a senior at Dutch Fork High School
July Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #8669

Rachelle Khandadash of Marietta, Georgia,
a senior at Yeshiva Atlanta High School
July Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - 8765

June Monthly Finalists

We’re pleased to announce that 3 Monthly Finalists were chosen for June! Each monthly finalist will receive a $75 Amazon gift card. Be sure to tell us what you think of the monthly winning designs by leaving a comment below; we’d love to hear from you! **And don’t forget, even if you weren’t chosen as a Monthly Finalist you may still be in the running for the $10,000 scholarship.

If you haven’t submitted a design yet for our $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest, why wait? You might just be one of the next monthly prize winners.

Make it easy for your friends and family to view the Monthly Finalists by posting the following link to your personal or school website: https://www.gallerycollection.com/greeting-cards-monthly-finalists4.htm

Or, pass on the code below to your school webmaster or someone you know with a website or blog:

Congratulations to…

Christina Yurksaitis of Portsmouth, Virginia,
a sophomore at I. C. Norcom High School
June Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #8554

Brittany Vesper of Clarence, New York,
a senior at Clarence High School
June Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #8534

Kristall Gutierrez of Nampa, Idaho,
a senior at Columbia High School
June Monthly Finalist for The Gallery Collection's $10,000 Greeting Card Scholarship - #8582