Make Your Mark Contest

Congratulations to our
2024 Make Your Mark winners!

Eight Utah students have each won a $2,000 college savings scholarship in the 2024 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 K-3 winners

Hallie
Emily

The winners in grades K-3 were Hallie, a second-grade student in Alpine School District; and Emily, a third-grade student at a private school in Salt Lake. Entries were judged by Mallory Santa Cruz, vice president of the Success in Education Foundation.

Grades 7-8 winners

Burte-Ujin
Lily

Winners for grades 7-8 were Burte-Ujin, a seventh-grade student in Canyons School District, whose entry was selected by Utah First Lady Abby Cox; and Lily, an eighth-grade student in Provo City School District, whose entry was selected by Utah Governor Spencer Cox.

Click on the image to view
a larger PDF of each bookmark

Grades 4-6 winners

Walter
Addison

Winners in grades 4-6 are Walter, a fifth-grader in Murray City School District, and Addison, a sixth-grader in Jordan School District. Entries for this category were selected by Geoffrey Lanward, commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education.

Grades 9-12 winners

Sofi
Ava

The winning entries in the high school category are Sofi, a ninth-grader in Granite School District, and Ava, a 12th-grader in Tooele County School District. Entries were judged by Hala Swearingen, mixed-media illustrator.   

Be sure to check back in 2025 if you’d like to compete in next year’s contest, held every year during September, National College Savings month.

Find us on social media:

Important Legal Notice

Investing is an important decision. The investments in your account may vary with market conditions and could lose value. Carefully read the Program Description in its entirety for more information and consider all investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For a copy of the Program Description, call 800.418.2551 or visit my529.org.

Account Value. Investments in my529 are not insured or guaranteed by my529, the Utah Board of Higher Education, the Utah Education Savings Board of Trustees, any other state or federal agency, or any third party. However, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance is provided for the FDIC-Insured investment option. In addition, my529 offers investment options that are partially insured for the portion of the respective investment option that that includes FDIC-insured accounts as an underlying investments. Units in my529 have not been registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or with any state securities commission.

FDIC insurance is subject to limits set by federal law. Click here for more information about FDIC Insurance.

Non-Utah Taxpayers and Residents. The state in which you or your beneficiary pay taxes or live may offer a 529 plan that provides state tax or other benefits, such as financial aid, scholarship funds, and protection from creditors, not otherwise available to you by investing in my529. You should consider such benefits, if any, before investing in my529.

Consult an advisor. my529 does not provide legal, financial, investment, or tax advice, and the information provided on this website does not contain advice and cannot be construed as such or relied upon for those purposes. You should consult your own tax or legal advisor to determine the effect of federal and state tax laws on your particular situation.

Morningstar rating. A Morningstar Analyst Rating™ for a 529 college savings plan is not a credit or risk rating. Analyst ratings are subjective in nature and should not be used as the sole basis for investment decisions. Morningstar does not represent its analyst ratings to be guarantees. Please visit Morningstar.com for more information about the analyst ratings, as well as other Morningstar ratings and fund rankings.

my529 does not pay commissions, loads or sales charges to financial advisors nor does it endorse financial advisors.

Information on this website is believed to be accurate when posted and is qualified in its entirety by the Program Description.