Vanessa Bracamonte, a sophomore at Florence High School, won the 11th Annual Bookmark Design Contest at Florence Community Library. Contest winners were announced at a reception in the Florence Community Library during National Library Week, held April 13th through April 19th.
Bracamonte's design featured a brightly colored book suspended in concentric circles of primary colors. Rita Marquez, children's librarian, said, "Vanessa's design is symbolic of the excitement children experience in reading. It opens up entirely new worlds to them."
Second place winner was Jake Cap, 6th grade student at Florence K-8. Tracey Goins-Heisler, 6th grade home school student, took 3rd place.
Thirteen students received honorable mentions: Alyssa Mederos, kindergarten, Anthem School; Lexus Baca, 1st grade, home school; Natalia Lopez, 2nd Grade, Copper Basin; Alyana Frasier, 3rd Grade, Copper Basin; Olivia Cox, 4th Grade, Copper Basin; Lucas West, 5th Grade, Florence K-8; Edy Ruiz, 6th Grade, Florence K-8; Ming Ngu, 7th Grade, Walker Butte; & Stephen Seidel, 6th Grade, home school.
Also, Anthony Gattrell, 9th Grade; Daisy Yanez, 10th Grade; Lydia Cerde, 11th Grade; & Nicole Brown, 12th Grade, all students at Florence High School. Heather Heisler, parent, also received an honorable mention.
Nearly 400 students entered the contest. All entries will be displayed at the library through the month of April. The winning bookmark is available free at the main desk of the Florence Community Library.