If you and your partner are book lovers looking to tie the knot on a budget, you have one more day to win your dream wedding. The Arlington Public Library is hosting a contest and taking submissions from couples in the DMV, and the winner they pick will get a free wedding hosted at the Arlington Central Library location. All the contestants need to do is submit an application at this link , answering the question "Why would you love to get married at the library?
Entrants are encouraged to get creative. Their submission can be written, but it can also come "in visual form. The contest is free to enter. Applicants must be over the age of 18 and cannot already be legally married.
No "courthouse wedding with a free library party" entrants, sorry. The library specifically states that it is an institution "for everyone and celebrates all forms of love," so any kind of couple is welcome. The couple needs to live somewhere in the DMV, with preference given to those who live in Arlington. It's their local library branch, after all. If you're wondering how far out into Maryland or Virginia you can live before it doesn't count anymore, the couple also needs to hold an Arlington Public Library card, which limits it to Arlington or one of the reciprocal jurisdictions below:.
These requirements might be the biggest weed-out point: The couple has to be available on the predetermined wedding date, which is Saturday, July 12, They also need to be willing to have their ceremony open to the public, and to do interviews with the press about the wedding. This also might not be the ideal setup for anyone with big families: The couple can invite, at most, 50 guests. And, unfortunately for the hardcore book-loving couples anyone who works for the Arlington Public Library , staff members aren't eligible.
Other than those hard requirements, it's a bonus if the couple loves books, romance and, of course, the library. Anyone who's planned a wedding recently knows that a free venue counts for a lot!
