STUDENT LANTERN DESIGN CONTEST

The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival Student Design Contest welcomes area youth with the opportunity to design a lantern for the 2026 Festival. Children ages 8-14 are invited to submit a drawing of a horse to celebrate the Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse. Winning horse drawings will be crafted into lanterns and displayed throughout the Festival, June 5 through August 16, 2026.

• Deadline for submissions is Friday, May 8, 2026 midnight. 

• Only one design per participant is permitted. 

• Design should include name, age, grade, and hometown.

• Please include student name, phone number, and e-mail for parent or guardian. 

• Contest winners will be announced in May and listed in a Lantern Festival press release.

• Winners and their families will be invited to the Festival Opening Night on June 5 and receive 10 tickets to come back to the festival.  

SUBMIT BY E-MAIL: info@historicphiladelphia.org, with subject line “Student Design Contest.”

BY MAIL: Historic Philadelphia, Inc., 601 Walnut Street, Suite 130E, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Evelyn Dinozo, Sophia Kalinovsky, Riley N. Kutschera, and Arden Yen