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H.J. Nugen Library announces 2025 Brag Tag Winners
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The library had 101 submissions for the 5th Annual Brag Tag Art contest this year! It was so hard to narrow it down to work for 20 tags, but we did it! This year 30 artists will be featured.
Some of the artists’ work were combined to make fun unique tags. There were some minor editing and/or color enhancements made to brighten the tags or make room for additional entries and to include student names and grades.
Listed below are all the artists. You will want to go to the library Facebook site and see all of the tags and original artwork. The tags will have names and grade level but original artwork will not.
Congratulations to the featured artists!
Tag #1 - Ryker Amburn (5th Grade) & Cenna Stout (1st Grade)
Tag #2 - Decker Allen & Eva Oleson (both 4th Grade)
Tag #3 - Leo Garvey & Clayton Thein (3rd Grade), Averianna Jacobs-Fuller & Giana Wolf (4th Grade), Indi Shinkle (1st Grade) & Trinity Amburn (2nd Grade)
Tag #4 - Bayquon McDonald, Chaynie Engle, Madison Schmeiser, & Kyus Bradley (4th Grade)
Tag #5 - Michelle Hummel (Adult) & Jaclynn Wykert (11th Grade)
Tag #6 - Otto Allen (Kindergarten), Brinley Lair & Olivia Thannert (4th Grade) & Brooklyn Sines (5th Grade)
Tag #7 - Abigail Lipper & Miles Saldeen (4th Grade)
Tag #8 - Ava Kempker (4th Grade), Arletha Scott & Jakiah Pickle (3rd Grade)
Tag #9 - Jackson Chandler & Caleb Ford (4th Grade)
Tag #10 - Hayden Fey & Emma Partida (4th Grade), Addelinn Jacobs (3rd Grade) & Natalie Angel (6th Grade)
Everyone is getting excited and planning for a great summer reading program. There is still time to go to the library’s wish list and help provide needed items for this year’s program. The link is https://tinyurl.com/NugenLibraryWishlist. The reading program includes all ages so plan to participate. iREAD 2025: Level Up at Your Library reminds us that libraries are not just a space for knowledge, they are a space for fun!
