TheYoung Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) seeks entrants for its Morris/Nonfiction Award Book Trailer Contest. Teens ages 13-18 can win a box of books plus a $100 gift card to a bookstore, and librarians can win $200 worth of books and materials for their library. Entrants can read the official rules and download the entry form at http://yalsa.ala.org/BookTrailerContest.pdf.
Any teen or group of teens (four maximum) aged 13-18, with the written permission of parent or guardian (13 is the minimum age to register for an online service, like YouTube, which is being used in this contest) can enter. All video entries must be an original work made between now and Jan. 17, 2010 and must feature any or all of the five titles nominated for the Morris Award or the Nonfiction Award. The shortlists can be found at www.ala.org/morris or www.ala.org/yalsa/nonfiction. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube by midnight on Jan. 17, 2010 and tagged with the words “yalsamorris” or “yalsanf.” Teens may send in one entry per book or group of books. An entry form must be submitted to YALSA, [email protected], by midnight on Jan. 29, 2010.
The videos selected as finalists will appear on YALSA’s website, www.ala.org/yalsa and be shown at the Morris & Nonfiction Award Program & Presentation on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston.
The videos selected as finalists will appear on YALSA’s website, www.ala.org/yalsa and be shown at the Morris & Nonfiction Award Program & Presentation on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston.
It's great that there are organizations like this that encourage kids to take up reading.
Posted by: non-fiction books | February 08, 2010 at 09:43 AM