Create a coin design that captures the theme "What's Great About Baseball". You can use any medium - pencil, pen, markers, paint or design software.

Any U.S. citizen/permanent resident 13 and younger with parental permission. There are three age brackets: 5 years old and younger 6 to 10 years old 11 to 13 years old

The challenge kicks off on Thursday, April 11 and lasts through May 23, 2013.

Go to kidsbatterup.challenge.gov with your parent/guardian and enter your design, starting April 11, 2013.

See our Official Rules, including Rights Transfer Agreement and Parent/Legal Guardian Consent Form.

There will be 15 winners. The grand prize winner in each age bracket will receive a National Baseball Hall of Fame $1 Silver Commemorative Coin! The four runners up in each age bracket will receive a clad version of the coin.

Thinking about entering the challenge? Check out these tips:

Do	Don't
Make sure your parent or guardian has an account with challenge.gov.	Don't create your own account with challenge.gov. Ask your parent or guardian to create an account to submit your design.
Read the rules for the challenge with your parent or guardian.	Don't include the name, emblem, logo, or other intellectual property associated with any real baseball team, either professional or amateur.
Be sure you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident age 13 or younger.	Don't include any depiction of a real player or any other person, living or not.
Capture "What's Great About Baseball" in your design.	Don't use any copyrighted characters, trademarks, logos, brands, or product endorsements.
Put your design into the one of these digital formats: JPG, JPEG, or PDF (created digitally or scanned) and under 5 Mb (megabytes) in size.	Don't include any depiction of a real baseball stadium, arena, or field, either in whole or in part, whether or not currently existing or in use.
Ask your parent or guardian to submit your design through their challenge.gov account.	Don't include, suggest or promote any inappropriate content, including profanity, nudity, inflammatory or provoking language, violence, weapons or illegal activity.
Submit your design by 11:59 pm, May 23, 2013 Eastern time using kidsbatterup.challenge.gov!	Don't enter this competition if your parent or guardian is an employee, contractor, or former contractor of the Department of the Treasury, United States Mint, or other Treasury office or bureau, including a current or former member of the Artistic Infusion Program. They are ineligible.

Ready to Get Started? Report to Coin Designer Spring Training Camp!

So you want to step up to the plate and create a design. But you probably have a lot of questions about coins, such as: How are coins designed? What does an artist think about when she/he sits down to design a coin? Has the United States Mint ever created any sports coins?

Baseball players get ready for the regular season by practicing at training camp in the spring. So we've created a Coin Designer Spring Training Camp to help YOU become a coin designer.

	Meet your manager --- Peter the Mint Eagle. He'll help you through training camp and give you tips on coins and coin design. After you round all the bases and complete your spring training, you'll be ready to tackle creating your own coin design. And Peter will reward you with a Certificate of Completion! Report to Spring Training!

For Educators and Parents/Guardians

Want to help your young artist with her/his design? We've rounded up lesson plans, online games and other activities to help your budding artist learn about coins.

See our Baseball Coin Educational Resources.

The Baseball Coin Design Kids' Challenge is part of the United States Mint's education initiative, and is independent of the Baseball Coin Design Competition.

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