NIU Homecoming Coloring Contest
2025 Contest Rules
Entry Submissions
- Open to students in grades K-5.
- Download, print, color and complete information on both sides of coloring contest entry. Coloring entry will also be available in Shaw Media newspapers leading up to the contest deadline.
- Deadline to drop off at DeKalb or Sycamore Library: Friday, Sept. 19, 2025.
Winner Selection
- One winner will be selected from each grade (K-5).
- Winners will be invited to walk with their family in the March of the Huskies parade Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025 as part of NIU’s Homecoming Block Party.
- All submissions will be on display at the Egyptian Theatre.
Coloring contest sponsors: Shaw Media and Communities by Grainger.
2024 Contest Winners
One winner was selected from submissions for each grade (K-5).
Evelynn Schmeda
Kindergarten
Founders Elementary
Brody Burke
First Grade
Cortland Elementary
Matthew Skoien
Second Grade
Jefferson Elementary
Clara McKee-Horsley
Third Grade
Littlejohn Elementary
Kinleigh Morken
Fourth Grade
Cortland Elementary
Camdyn Popp
Fifth Grade
Southeast Elementary