4-H Showbook Cover Design Contest

Calling all artists! Create a design for the chance to be featured on the cover of the 2026 Jersey County 4-H Showbook. Entries are due Feb. 4 to the Jersey County Extension office or email Beth at bsteckel@illinois.edu. For your entry to be considered, please follow all the requirements listed below. All entries will be included in the showbook with the winner on the front cover and second place featured on the back cover. 

Entry Requirements:

• "Jersey County 4-H Showbook" and the year "2026" must be shown somewhere in your design.
• Use any 4-H fair or project theme.
• Must be a 4-H member. This includes Cloverbuds.
• Your artwork must be drawn or printed in black ink only.
• Your entry must be on white unlined paper.
• No entries with trademark characters/symbols other than the 4-H clover are accepted.
• Put your name and club on the back of your design in pencil.
• Design must be vertical.
• One entry per person.