Holiday Stamp Design Contest Adds Magic to the Holidays 

St. Louis, MO - The Postal Service, Union Station and the Suburban Journals announce a stamp design contest for all residents of the St. Louis metro area.  The contest, called "What's your Favorite Holiday Music Memory in St. Louis?" asks residents to send in their artwork showing their favorite holiday music memories of the local area.

"We're excited to be working with Union Station and the Suburban Journals to offer this opportunity to folks in the metro area to demonstrate their hometown pride," said Mark Anderson, St. Louis Postmaster. "Who knows, perhaps one of the winning designs might even inspire a real stamp some day.  So, I'm asking everyone to mail those stamp masterpieces right away."  

Participants simply need to draw their designs on an 8 ½ by 11-inch piece of paper and include their name, age, address and daytime phone number on the back of their drawings. Entry information will also appear in a future edition of the Suburban Journals Kids Page in December.

  Entries need to be mailed to: 

                        Holiday Music Memory in St. Louis 
                        Stamp Design Contest 
                        PO Box 775663 
                        St. Louis, MO 63177-5663 

All entries must be postmarked by December 31, 2003.  Winners in five different age categories from under 6 years to adults will be awarded prize packs and be recognized by the Postal Service, the Suburban Journals and Union Station.