This is an optional contest that gives 6th grade elementary students an opportunity to show their artistic abilities in designing the annual Christmas pin.  Each year, in August, art teachers at each elementary school in Campbell County inform students to create a drawing to be submitted for selection by the Mayor's Art Council.

This year there were 269 entries from 8 schools.  All entries were required to have a theme of Christmas and the Gillette community.  The artwork will be reduced to about the size of a quarter, so designs must be large.

The student, whose artwork is selected, receives $50.00 and an envelope of Christmas pins to share with family and friends.  The art teacher of the winning student receives $150.00 for their art budget to use for purchases for the current school year.