Make Your Mark Contest
Design a bookmark for a
chance at a $2,000 scholarship!
Click on the Make Your Mark logo above for a downloadable entry form with rules for the contest.
September is National College Savings Month. At my529, that means it’s time for Utah students to make their mark — and possibly earn a college scholarship in the process.
Students can create an original bookmark for the 2026 my529 Make Your Mark contest for a chance at a $2,000 my529 college savings scholarship account from my529 and the Utah System of Higher Education.
Utah students enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade — or home-schoolers — are eligible to take part in Make Your Mark. The contest runs September 1 through September 30, 2026. Eight total winners will be selected, with two winners chosen within each of four grade categories (K-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-12). Previous Make Your Mark winners are not eligible.
To enter:
- Design your bookmark in the blank space on the entry form using the art medium of your choice.
- Completely fill out the Student Information box on the entry form.
- Submit your entry to my529 by 11:59 p.m. MT, September 30, 2026.
- Submit your entries via mail or WeTransfer, a free internet-based file transfer service, at my529.wetransfer.com.
Click on the image to view
a larger PDF of each bookmark
Grades K-3 winners
The winners in grades K-3 were Allison, a third-grade student in Alpine School District; and Amelia, a third-grade student at Edith Bowen Elementary. Entries were judged by writer Jennifer Adams.
Grades 7-8 winners
Winners for grades 7-8 were Lily, a seventh-grade student in Salt Lake City School District, and Callia, a seventh-grade student who attends home school. Entries were judged by USBE Superintendent Molly Hart.
If you miss the deadline for 2026, be sure to check back next summer if you’d like to compete in 2027’s contest, held every year during September, National College Savings month.
Congratulation to last year’s Make Your Mark winners!
Eight Utah students have each won a $2,000 college savings scholarship in the 2025 Make Your Mark bookmark contest. The contest, sponsored by my529, invited students throughout the state to create an original bookmark design.
Winning entries were chosen by judges, with two winners from each of four age categories. View the winners below!
Grades 4-6 winners
Winners in grades 4-6 are Willow, a sixth-grader at Salt Lake Arts Academy, whose entry was selected by Utah First Lady Abby Cox; and Oliver, a sixth-grader at Canyon Grove Academy, whose entry was chosen by Governor Spencer Cox
Grades 9-12 winners
The winning entries in the high school category are Tessa, a 10th-grader at Utah Virtual Academy, and Sharlene, a 10th-grader in Jordan School District. Entries were judged by Southern Utah University President Mindy Benson.
