Any student from grades 3-12 residing in Cabarrus County, including students in private schools and homeschools, may design a ring or pendant. The winning design will be manufactured and presented to the student! Winning contestants can keep the piece for themselves or give it to someone special. Students may sketch their final design on the back of the above entry form or attach additional paper to the entry form. (Ellis Jewelers suggests sketching your design on scratch paper before the final design is applied to your entry form). Name, grade, school (you may write 'homeschool'), teacher (you may write parents' names), home address and home phone number must be clearly written on your entry form to qualify. All designs must be submitted, in person or by mail to Ellis Jewelers no later than Friday, March 21st, 2025 by 5:30 pm EST. On Monday, March 24th, 2025 at 10am EST, Ellis Jewelers will post the top designs from each grade category (grades 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12) to the official Ellis Jewelers Facebook page and we are giving you the opportunity to choose our winners! The design with the most likes/loves from each grade category by Thursday, March 27th at 3:00 pm EST will be our winners. Only likes/loves on pictures in the original post by Ellis Jewelers from verified, U.S. social media accounts will be counted. The finished products from our winning designs will be presented to the winning students on Tuesday, May 6th, 2025 at 4:30pm EST at an awards ceremony at Ellis Jewelers. Teachers, please feel free to contact Dan Levinson at Ellis Jewelers with any questions: Dan@EllisFineJewelers.com or 704.782.9314. Practicality of creating the piece. Ability to create the piece exactly as the student designed it without sacrificing intent. How functional the piece would be.Creativity of design. Presentation of design (legible handwriting, clean lines, proper explanation of stones and metals desired). Please tell students to put their final designs on the Ellis Jewelers design sheet. If necessary, they can put their final designs on another piece of paper and clip to Ellis Jewelers design sheet. Students might want to sketch out first on scratch paper before creating the final design. The design you submit for this contest must be your original idea and work. Do not copy an existing piece of jewelry or copy an image found online.*No purchase necessary. The amount of top designs will be left to the discretion of Ellis Jewelers, depending on the entries. Every effort will be made to adhere to the winning student's original design. However, Ellis Jewelers reserves the right to modify the design and select metals and gemstones at the discretion and suggestion of our jeweler. Name, Grade, School, Teacher, Home Address, and Home Phone Number must be clearly written on your entry form to qualify.
Past Winners and notable mentions
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