Best 2008 Teen Read Week™ Celebration Contest

Teen Read Week 2008 is October 12-18.

Celebrate this year’s Teen Read Week theme, "Books with Bite @ your library®" by sinking your teeth into a meaningful new relationship. YALSA and AdLit.org are looking for the best Teen Read Week celebrations that involve significant collaboration between teachers and librarians.

Big Prizes

One winner will receive an author visit from Kimberly Pauley of Mirrorstone Books, Official Corporate Sponsor of Teen Read Week; another winner will receive a visit from author Geno Salvatore who will run a D&D game at the winning library, and five runners-up will each receive a $50 retail value prize package from YALSA and AdLit.org. The winning projects will be featured on AdLit.org and on the YALSA website.

How to Enter

Last year, thousands of libraries across the country held special events for Teen Read Week, encouraging teens to read something light and humorous—just for the fun of it! To enter the Best Teen Read Week Celebration Contest, plan a collaborative celebration that involves at least one teacher and one librarian working together to use young adult literature in an engaging way and leads teen to “read for the fun of it.”

YALSA and AdLit.org will also be looking for celebrations that articulate the theme, incorporate youth participation, are creative and are age appropriate.  Please fill out the contest form and official rules (PDF). Entries, which include a 300 word description of your Teen Read Week Celebration, must be submitted to YALSA by November 7, 2008.

About YALSA

The Young Adult Library Services Association's (YALSA) mission is to advocate, promote and strengthen library services to young adults. For more than 50 years YALSA has been the world leader in selecting recommended reading, listening and viewing for teens. Visit. www.ala.org/yalsa.

About AdLit.org

AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers. AdLit.org is an educational initiative of WETA, the flagship public television and radio station in the nation's capital, and is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and by the Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation.

About Mirrorstone Books

Since launching in 2004, Mirrorstone has offered a wide array of fantasy fiction for children and young adults. Titles include The New York Times best-selling A Practical Guide to Dragons and A Practical Guide to Monsters (both selected as YALSA Quick Picks for Young Readers), the Hallowmere series (A New York Public Library Best Book for Teens) and the anthology for teens, Magic in the Mirrorstone. Mirrorstone is dedicated to turning reluctant readers in to lifelong readers. For more information, or to download teaching tools, visit Mirrorstonebooks.com.