Are you creative? artistic?  Would you like to be remembered by graduating EJH classes?

Enter the yearbook cover contest.  Turn in a one of a kind yearbook cover and yours may be chosen as the 2024 -2025 cover!!

Winners receive:

• 1st place:  Front cover and a FREE yearbook

• 2nd-5th:  Small version of their cover in the yearbook

• ALL winners will have their picture in the yearbook as a participant

1. Design should be on a standard 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of white paper or art paper.

(Don't design on lined notebook paper as the blue lines remain in the design) 

1A.  If designing on the computer in Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator, open up the pasteboard as approximately 9 x 12 inches for just the front design, or 18 x 12 inch pasteboard size for a front and back design.  Save as 300 dpi in medium/high resolution. Save as jpeg psd or tif files.

2. Design should be vertical/portrait style 

3. Design in school colors, or brighter colors. The cover may be either be a solid black, red or grey so be careful about using those colors in your design.  Also be careful when drawing in the color 'yellow' as it may reproduce lighter in color with its various shades/hues.  

4. Create a design according to the school theme: If You Believe It, You Can Achieve It.  Do not include any words within your design. 

5. Design in colored pencils, paints, inks, markers, etc...(anything really that we can scan 'as 

   is'). Please do not leave any pencil marks as they will show up on the final cover.

6. Do NOT add any design within 1/4 inch of the edges of the page..

7. Do NOT include the year or the name of the school.  These items will be added digitally to the top and bottom of your design.

8. Write your name and homeroom teacher on a post-it note and stick it to the back of the design.

9.  Any designs that do NOT meet the criteria will not be included in the voting.

10. Have fun!

Please email Ms. Brennan rbrennan@darien61.org if you have ANY questions!