Make My Mark Bookmark Contest Winners

Our mailbox has never been so colorful. We appreciate the students who entered the Make My Mark summer bookmark contest. The tributes to their favorite stories took creativity and imagination to new heights. Our judges had a difficult time choosing the winners. Congratulations to the first place winners in each category.

  • Ellen Shelton (age 11, Elementary), Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
  • Owen Wilson (age 12, Middle School), Legend of the Giant Panda by A. B. Curtiss
  • Cora Weems (age 16, High School), The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howit
  • McKayla Cavanagh (University of South Carolina) The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

Thanks for making this year's contest such a huge success.

Upcoming Event

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Jennifer Bartell Boykin, Poet Laureate of Columbia, SC

April 25, 2024, 6:00 PM
Join the South Carolina State Library's Center for the Book for our next Speaker at the Center Author Talk, featuring Poet Laureate of Columbia, SC, Jennifer Bartell Boykin. She will discuss her debut book of poetry, Traveling Mercy, and her upcoming release, Only Believe (The Word Works), a winner of the 2023 Hilary Tham Capital Collection.