Graphic Novel Contest For Kids and Teens 2021

Kids and Teens are invited to create their own comic stories and submit them to the Salinas Public Library.  Running from June 1, 2021 – July 21, 2021, the Salinas Public Library’s Graphic Novel Contest is open to kids and teenagers from the Monterey County area. Gifts and art supplies will be awarded to the winners. 

Submission Guidelines

• Open to Monterey County residents.
• Open to Kids and Teens, 1st – 12th grade.
• Limited to a maximum length of 15­­ pages, including cover page.
• Entries should be submitted as PDF, JPEG, or PNG.
• Submissions must be the original work of the submitting author, no copyrighted material.
• Open to all subjects and themes.
• Entries should be library appropriate.
• Salinas Public Library reserves the right to reproduce your work.
• One entry per participant.
• Consider submitting a photocopy as submissions are non-returnable.
• Submission deadline is Wednesday, July 21, 2021

How to Submit Your Graphic Novel (3 Ways to Submit)

1. Complete a Submission Form online (You need a Gmail account to submit it this way).
2. Print Entry Form for In-Person Submission. Turn it in to one of the library branches along with a copy of your graphic novel entry. 
3. Email Entry Form and a copy of your graphic novel entry to Luis.Manzo [at] ci.salinas.ca.us

Judging

Entries will be judged on overall story, originality, creativity, and illustrations by a panel of library and community professionals.

Art Group and Prizes

• 1st – 4th School Grade - Art supplies awarded to 1st and 2nd place.
• 5th – 8th School Grade - Art supplies awarded to 1st and 2nd place.
• 9th – 12th School Grade - Art supplies awarded to 1st and 2nd place.

Winners will be announced on Wednesday, July 28, 2021.

Graphic Novel Conferences: June 9th - June 23rd

Register to hear J Torres talk comics by clicking HERE!

Chris Grine
Wednesday, July 9th @ 11: 00AM

www.chickenhare.com
Graphic Novel Creator
Author of Secrets of Camp Whatever, The Invasion (Animorphs), and Eisner Award-nominated Chickenhare and Time Shifters.

Jarod Pratt & Jey Odin
Friday, June 11th @ 11:00 AM

jeyodin.com
Graphic Novel Creators
Author/Writer of Lemonade Code. 

Yehudi Mercado
Wednesday June 16th @ 11:00 AM

www.supermercado.pizza
Writer, Artist, Director
Yehudi Mercado is a former pizza delivery driver and art director for Disney Interactive. He is currently a writer-artist-director living in Los Angeles by way of Austin Texas.

J. Torres
Wednesday June 23rd @ 11:00 AM

www.jtorrescomics.com
Graphic Novel Creator
Best known for his run on DC Comics' Teen Titans Go, the Silver Birch Express finalist Planet Hockey, the Eisner-nominated Alison Dare, and the Junior Library Guild/TD Summer Reading Club title Bigfoot Boy. Author of Brobots and the Shoujo Shenanigans, and Lola: A Ghost Story.

If you have any questions please contact Luis Alejandre at Luis.Manzo [at] ci.salinas.ca.us or Christopher Brant at Christopherb [at] ci.salinas.ca.us