{"id":20,"date":"2007-10-09T10:36:45","date_gmt":"2007-10-09T14:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/create-a-greeting-card-scholarship-contest\/most-important-create-a-greeting-card-contest-rule-never-lose-faith-yourself\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T15:22:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:22:58","slug":"most-important-create-a-greeting-card-contest-rule-never-lose-faith-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/create-a-greeting-card-scholarship-contest\/most-important-create-a-greeting-card-contest-rule-never-lose-faith-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Important Create A Greeting Card Contest Rule: Never Lose Faith in Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"

The prospect of winning any scholarship contest<\/a><\/strong>, including a greeting card<\/a><\/strong> contest, is always an exhilarating notion\u2026especially when the grand prize pertains to dollar signs. I\u2019ll never forget a contest that I won when I was in middle school. My entire grade had to create an advertisement for a local restaurant. The winner would receive a $500 cash prize along with his or her ad featured in the community newspaper. $500 to a middle school student was a lot of money and I was set on winning that grand prize.<\/p>\n

After receiving notice of the contest in school, I went straight home and began working diligently on my advertisement. I set up shop on my dining room table with construction paper, scissors, markers, colored pencils, and glue. After several hours of tracing, cutting, shading, and pasting, my masterpiece was complete. I was extremely proud of my creation and couldn\u2019t wait to mail it in.<\/p>\n

Over the next few weeks, I saw what some of my other classmates had created for the contest and I started losing faith in my design. My friend Josh took drawing lessons and his advertisement looked professionally done (and now that I think of it, it probably was). My other friend Dan drew cartoons in his free time and I thought his entry put mine to shame.<\/p>\n

But low and behold, my name was announced as the grand prize winner! I spent so much time and energy doubting my work that I forgot about my own true creative potential. Sure enough, my advertisement was featured in the community newspaper and I received my $500 reward (only $50 of which I was allowed to keep because my mom made me put the rest in my savings account).<\/p>\n

Often times with contests, it\u2019s easy to think that you\u2019re not going to win. So you doubt your own work or you don\u2019t even bother entering the contest at all. But it\u2019s crucial not to lose site of what\u2019s really important \u2013 hard work pays off, so never lose faith in your intelligence or creativity.<\/p>\n

So take my lesson to heart and go ahead and submit that entry to our 1st annual Create A Greeting Card Scholarship Contest because it is good enough! The entry can be as simple as a breath-taking photo of a winter scene<\/a><\/strong> or animals, or you can further showcase your creativeness with a more intricate original design for a particular occasion or the Holiday season<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Contests and competitions give each of us an opportunity to shine. But self-doubt can lead you to give up before you even try. Kick any negativity to the curb and put your best foot forward in our Create A Greeting Card Scholarship Contest. 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