September 2025

This summer, Fort Bend County Libraries (FBCL) hosted its first-ever Library-Card Design Contest. Library users were invited to showcase their creativity by designing a unique library card that would be featured as official, limited-edition library cards for Library Card Sign-Up Month in September.

One winning design portraying the theme “Our Stories, Our Community” would be selected from three categories: Child (ages 0-12 years), Teen (ages 13-17), and Adult (ages 18+).

Artists were challenged to create original, non-computer-generated artwork that reflected the joy of reading, the Fort Bend County community, what the library means to people, or the evolution of libraries past, present, and future.

Entries were judged on their creativity, relevance to the theme, visual impact, readability, and use of space.

More than 175 phenomenal entries were received from throughout the county, and the competition was fierce. After careful deliberation, committee members -- consisting of library staff from different departments throughout the library system -- selected the following winners.

Winning the Child category (ages 0-12 years) is Hayden Kinder, age 11, from the Cinco Ranch Branch Library. Hayden’s entry, “Books Build the World,” stood out from more than 100 excellent entries in the Child category.

Zoha Azim, from the Sienna Branch Library, won the Teen category for her design titled “A Community Built on Knowledge.”

For the Adult category, Nguyen Nguyen from the Cinco Ranch Branch Library, won for their entry titled “Immersed in Other Worlds.”

“All three entries have a universal appeal that will resonate with a broad range of Fort Bend County residents,” says Library Director Roosevelt Weeks. “We truly have some phenomenal talent in Fort Bend County! I think library-card holders will have a hard time choosing between these limited-edition cards!”

These limited-edition cards will be available at all FBCL locations in September, while supplies last.

Fort Bend County library cards are free to all Texas residents who do not already have an FBCL card. To apply for a library card, please visit any FBCL location during business hours. You MUST provide a valid photo ID that is not expired (government-issued photo ID, passports from any country, or any state driver license) and a document showing a current address if it is not shown on the photo ID.

For Fort Bend County Libraries visitors who already have an FBCL library card – but would like to obtain one of the limited-edition cards – a replacement fee of $2 will be charged for the new card.