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WestRock’s 2023 Christmas Card Contest

August 18, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm

 

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WestRock Alleghany Highlands Arts & Crafts Center 

Announce Design Competition for WestRock’s 2023 Christmas Card

 

Covington, VA, August 16, 2023 – WestRock and the Alleghany Highlands Arts & Crafts Center have announced that the WestRock Card Design Competition for 2023 is underway. The winning design will receive a $500 award. The design will be used as the 2023 Christmas card for WestRock’s operations in the Alleghany Highlands.

The competition is open to all residents of the Alleghany Highlands and surrounding area, including students in the area schools. Interested participants may submit more than one entry. Entry forms are available at the Arts and Crafts Center at 439 East Ridgeway Street, Clifton Forge, and through the WestRock Public Affairs office at the WestRock Covington mill.

Entries may be prepared using watercolor, oil, acrylic, colored pencil, pen and ink, photography, or computer design.

  1. Work must be the artist’s original design.
  2. Artist’s name cannot be on the design. The entry form, including artists name and contact information must be attached to the back of the artwork.
  3. Black and white, color design, or prints are acceptable.
  4. Work may incorporate embossing or cut work.
  5. Range of card size will be from 4 ½ x 6 inches to 6 x 8 inches. All artwork must proportionally reduce to those sizes.
  6. Design must be finished and ready for the printer. Sketched ideas will not be accepted as entries.
  7. Work must be painted or print mounted on a sturdy surface so it will not be damaged in handling.
  8. All entrants are encouraged to include WestRock or the WestRock logo in their artwork.
  9. The WestRock name cannot be divided into two words or otherwise altered.
  10. Winning design will become the property of WestRock.
  11. The artwork cannot be advertised on social media, text, or email prior to or during the contest.

Picture here is Joel Tucker with his winning 2022 ad design.

Deadline for submitting entries is noon, Wednesday, September 20.

All entries will be available for return after January 2, 2024.

A copy of the entry form should be attached to the back of each entry.  Winning entries from the last 25 years, as well as a number of earlier mill managers’ cards, may be seen at the Arts and Crafts Center in Clifton Forge.

Come by the Center for your 2023 Christmas Card Entry Form.  Alleghany Highlands Arts & Crafts Center hours:

10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday – Saturday, and Sundays 1 to 4 p.m.

For additional information, contact the Arts and Crafts Center at 540-862-4447 or WestRock Public Affairs at 540-969-5569 or 540-969-5436.

 

Venue

Alleghany Highands Arts and Crafts Center
439 E Ridgeway Street
Clifton Forge, VA 24422 United States
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(540) 862-4447
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Date:
August 18, 2023
Time:
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
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Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center
Phone
(540) 862-4447

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