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Christmas Drawing Contest 2024

The Catholic Register is conducting its 14th annual children’s Christmas drawing contest. The top entry in each of 3 categories will receive a $100 Indigo gift certificate. The winning drawings will appear in The Register’s Christmas edition, December 22, 2024.

Rules

  • The contest is open to children enrolled in Grades 1-8.
  • One prize will be awarded to the top entry in each of these categories: Grades 7-8, Grades 4-6 and Grades 1-3.
  • Entries must be original, in colour, drawn or painted on a page 8.5” x 11” or larger, and illustrate some aspect of the birth of Jesus at the first Christmas in Bethlehem.
  • For electronic submissions: minimum resolution 300dpi, in jpeg or PDF format.
  • A completed entry form is required for every entry. All entries must include the signature authorization of a parent or guardian. Filling out the online submission form below is a completed entry form. Entries become the property of The Catholic Register.
  • Electronic submissions can be submitted using the form below. Please DO NOT send entries by email.
  • Judges’ decisions are final and entries may be published in The Catholic Register at the editor’s sole discretion.

Submission deadline is noon Eastern Time Thursday, December 12, 2024.

Submit Your Entry Online

Note: Filling out the form below is considered a completed entry form. Please do not attach another entry form with your submission, only a copy of the drawing minimum 300dpi in jpeg or pdf format.

Submit Your Entry by Mail

Entry form for mailed in submissions can be downloaded here. Please print out the form and send it with your submission.

Please send entries to:

Christmas Contest, The Catholic Register,
1155 Yonge St., Suite 401, 
Toronto, ON
M4T 1W2