The UNC Charlotte College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is holding a Holiday Card Design Contest.  Any student with a major or minor in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is eligible to enter their designs until 5 p.m. Oct. 26.

The college decided to use a student design for the card after they used a former student’s work for last year’s card.

“Last year, we reached out to meteorology undergraduate Ricky Matthews…We had seen his postings of snow photographs from a major snowstorm in February of 2014, as he captured images of the UNC Charlotte campus,” said Lynn Roberson, communications director for the college of liberal arts & sciences.

Roberson says the card was received well by the UNC Charlotte community and she looks forward to seeing submissions they get this year.

“We’re excited to see what the students come up with,” said Roberson. “We know that our students have a range of creative ideas, so that’s quite exciting for us.”

The rules for the contest state that the work must be created by the submitter as an original work and can be photography, painting, illustration or any other form of visual art.

The artwork cannot depict or refer to any specific religious holidays and does not need to include the College or University logo.

To enter the contest, artwork should be sent to Lynn Roberson via email, Dropbox or the university’s Google Drive.  Students also need to complete an entry from found at the contest website.

The holiday card is sent to donors and friends of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.  It is also distributed to alumni and posted on the college’s social media sites, main website and news website.