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Monday, November 9, 2026Nov 9

Annual wrapping paper design contest is underway

Andrew Fillauer, 10, a fifth-grade student at St. Jude, created this snowman design to win the 2015 Times Free Press wrapping paper contest.
Andrew Fillauer, 10, a fifth-grade student at St. Jude, created this snowman design to win the 2015 Times Free Press wrapping paper contest. Andrew Fillauer, 10, a fifth-grade student at St. Jude, created this snowman design to win the 2015 Times Free Press wrapping paper contest.

* Who can enter: Any elementary school student in grades 1-5.

* Deadline: Entries must be received by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23.

* Grand prize: A special prize package from sponsors, $25 and your holiday design printed as wrapping paper in the Sunday, Dec. 11 newspaper. Chattanooga’s Kids on the Block will wrap gifts at Hamilton Place in the winner’s design.

* Entry format: Use an 8 1/2- by 11-inch piece of unlined paper. One entry per child. Entry should have the child’s name, age, grade and school printed on the back along with a contact phone number. (Teacher’s name is helpful.)

* Mail or hand deliver to: Wrapping paper contest, Times Free Press, 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403.