After a lot of digging around early 2000s internet (disappointingly enough all the Flash websites didn’t survive the webarchiving process), I’ve finally gotten this article on the 2009 Design contest in a somewhat-readable state.
I am looking for help if anyone has the magazine issues mentioned in the article! I have purchased a few, but am missing quite a few still. I would love to get scans and translate all the winning announcements so that we can see all the artwork created someday 
Here are the magazines I would love scans for. For some of the grade school magazines I’m not sure if it’s July or Aug 2009.
- Shogakukan Kindergarten (幼稚園), March 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Kindergarten (幼稚園), July 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Televi-kun (てれびくん), April 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Televi-kun (てれびくん), July 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 1st Grade (小学一年生), April 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 1st Grade (小学一年生), July 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 2nd Grade (小学二年生), April 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 2nd Grade (小学二年生), July 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 3rd Grade (小学三年生), April 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 3rd Grade (小学三年生), July 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 4th Grade (小学四年生), April 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 4th Grade (小学四年生), July 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 5th Grade (小学五年生), April 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 5th Grade (小学五年生), July 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 6th Grade (小学六年生), April 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 6th Grade (小学六年生), July 2009 issue
- CoroCoro Comic (コロコロコミック), April 2009 issue
CoroCoro Comic (コロコロコミック), August 2009 issuePurchased- Pucchigumi (ぷっちぐみ), April 2009 issue
Pokémon Fan (ポケモンファン), May 2009 issue (Vol. 7)Thanks @DizzlePokémon Fan (ポケモンファン), Aug 2009 issue (Vol. 8)Thanks @Dizzle- CoroCoro Ichiban! (コロコロイチバン！), May 2009 issue
- CoroCoro Ichiban! (コロコロイチバン！), August 2009 issue
Weekly Shōnen Sunday (週刊少年サンデー), May 20 2009 issue (Vol. 23)Purchased for far too much- Weekly Shōnen Sunday (週刊少年サンデー), July ? 2009 issue
With that being said, here’s an abridged version of the article. Please read through the whole thing on pokumon.com if you have the time!
Overview
On 27th February 2009, Pokemon announced a new illustration contest in conjunction with Shogakukan, a major Japanese magazine publisher. Shogakukan had run previous Pokemon illustration contests before, but this would be the first new one with Pokemon card prizes they would run since 1999’s Pokemon Snap Photo Contest.
Officially, the contest was called “Shogakukan Children’s Magazine 12 Magazine Alliance Pokemon Card Game Design Contest”, or 小学館児童誌12誌連合 ポケモンカードゲーム デザインコンテストin Japanese.
This contest would create 13 unique cards, with only 100 copies of each printed.
Participating Magazines
Though the official website announcement cited 12 magazines participating in the contest, a 13th Shogakukan magazine would also be included. Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday (週刊少年サンデー) also took part in the contest. Unlike the other magazines, this one was published weekly instead of monthly.
Weekly Shōnen Sunday was not part of the initial contest announcement, but likely held its contest with the May 20, 2009 issue (No. 23) of the magazine. This is the only issue of the magazine that mentions the new Pokemon movie until its release date later in July 2009.
In total, the following magazines participated in the contest:
- Shogakukan Kindergarten (幼稚園), March 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Televi-kun (てれびくん), April 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 1st Grade (小学一年生), April 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 2nd Grade (小学二年生), April 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 3rd Grade (小学三年生), April 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 4th Grade (小学四年生), April 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 5th Grade (小学五年生), April 2009 issue
- Shogakukan Elementary School 6th Grade (小学六年生), April 2009 issue
- CoroCoro Comic (コロコロコミック), April 2009 issue
- Pucchigumi (ぷっちぐみ), April 2009 issue
- Pokémon Fan (ポケモンファン), May 2009 issue (Vol. 7)
- CoroCoro Ichiban! (コロコロイチバン！), May 2009 issue
- Weekly Shōnen Sunday (週刊少年サンデー), May 20 2009 issue (Vol. 23)
Submission instructions
Each magazine would announce the contest in a similar way, with instructions on how to enter along with the prizes that could be won.
Each magazine would have a blank stencil in the appendix of the magazine for children to color and subsequently mail in.
This stencil would differ depending on the magazine, with multiple magazines sharing the same stencils. Each stencil was created by a Pokemon mangaka (professional manga author & artist) for a card in the Movie Commemoration Random Pack set.
Winner Announcement
The winners would be announced in the July / August summer issues of all 13 magazines. This would display the name of each winner as well as the designs for the top prize winners.
Winners
Winners were announced in each magazine. Unfortunately due to the age of the material, exact scans of each magazine’s entry pages and later winning announcements are not available. If you have the material please contact us.
Kindergarten
Shogakukan Kindergarten is a magazine aimed at children ages 3-6. It is mostly filled with learning and game activities. Its grand prize winner was Shunsuke Takemori.
March 2009 issue (contest entry)
Televi-kun
Shogakukan Televi-kun is a monthly TV guide magazine for kids. It features toys and games that align with children TV programs. Its grand prize winner was Keita Mizuno.
April 2009 issue (contest entry)
April 2009 issue table of contents, showing the contest on pg. 124
Winners were announced in the August 2009 issue of Televi-kun.
August 2009 issue cover (winner announcement)
August 2009 issue table of contents, showing the contest announcement on pg. 128
Shogakukan Elementary School 1st Grade
Shogakukan Elementary School 1st Grade is a monthly magazine for 1st grade children. Shogakukan publishes one magazine per month for each grade. Its grand prize winner was Haruka Uekura.
March 2009 issue (contest entry)
Shogakukan Elementary School 2nd Grade
The 2nd – 6th grade magazines had their April 2009 issues published on March 3, 2009. This was the start of the entry period for these 5 higher-grade magazines. The 2nd grade winner was Taisei Fujita.
April 2009 issue (contest entry)
Shogakukan Elementary School 3rd Grade
Beginning with 3rd grade and all the way through 6th grade, the contest Pokemon would be Arceus. The 3rd grade winner was Shoki Nakamura.
April 2009 issue (contest entry)
Shogakukan Elementary School 4th Grade
The 4th-6th grade magazines would all utilize the same “Prancing” Arceus stencil. The 4th grade winner was Arisa Sugino.
April 2009 issue (contest entry)
Shogakukan Elementary School 5th Grade
The 5th grade winner was Meiko Akiba.
April 2009 issue (contest entry)
Shogakukan Elementary School 6th Grade
The 6th grade winner was Mikako Nishizaki.
April 2009 issue (contest entry)
CoroCoro Comic
CoroCoro Comic is a monthly manga magazine that Shogakukan has been publishing since 1977. It is also the magazine where the Pokemon manga series are published. The CoroCoro Comic winner was Hikaru Okawa.
April 2009 issue (contest entry)
April 2009 table of contents with Pokemon section
The winners would be later announced in the August 2009 issue of the magazine.
August 2009 issue (winner announcement)
August 2009 issue table of contents highlighting the Pokemon section
Pucchigumi
Pucchigumi is a monthly manga magazine aimed at young female readers. The Pucchigumi winner was Mahiro Shinozaki.
April 2009 issue (contest entry)
Pokemon Fan
Pokemon Fan is a dedicated magazine for the Pokemon franchise published once every 2 months. It covers, toys, shows, movies, games, and more. This magazine’s contested started slightly later than the others, with the May 1, 2009 (Vol. 7) issue announcing the contest. The Pokemon Fan winner was Shizuka Kusakabe.
May 2009 issue (contest entry)
Entry page, courtesy of Dizzle
Since the magazine is published bi-monthly, the next issue (July 8, 2009 Vol. 8) would announce the winners
Pokemon Fan July 2009 issue (winner announcement)
Pokemon Fan 2009 vol. 8 winner announcement, pg. 35, courtesy of Dizzle
Translated winner page
CoroCoro Ichiban!
CoroCoro Ichiban! is a magazine magazine that Shogakukan publishes once every 2 months. In this case, the contest was announced with its May issue (published March 25, 2009). Its winner was Ryoga Kawai.
May issue (contest entry)
Weekly Shonen Sunday
The 13th magazine to run the contest had a weekly publication cycle, unlike the other magazines which were all published monthly or bimonthly. Weekly Shonen Sunday was not included in the initial line up of 12 Shogakukan magazines, but it would announce its contest in May 2009. The winner of this magazine was Natsumi Nishiyama.
May 20, 2009 issue (contest entry)
Table of contents page showing a special “Extra” section for the Pokemon movie on pg. 16 and 157