Monster Makeup Cancelled

Our October Teen Drop In Monster Makeup Clinic originally scheduled for Friday, October 30 at 2:30 p.m. will be cancelled because our Young Adult Librarian will be out of town for a funeral that day.

Fan Fiction & Art Contest

Teen in grades 6 -12 living in the Baldwinsville School District are invited to Read, Write & Dream Beyond Reality this year with our Teen Fan Fiction and Art Contest. The lucky winner in each category will win a $50 cash prize and Judge’s Choice winners will get a $20 gift certificate to spend at our April book sale.

Check the details below and check in at the library or on our web page later this month for a printable copy of the rules and entry form.

Read, Write & Dream Beyond Reality

YA Fan Fiction/ Art Contest

Contest Rules:

1. Participants should be in grades 6 – 12 and must be residents of the Baldwinsville School District.
2. One submission per person.
3. Stories or poems may be based on any science fiction or fantasy title or series including manga.
4. Stories should be NO MORE than 2500 words (roughly 10 double spaced typed pages).
5. Content should be appropriate for a G or PG-13 audience.
6. Stories must be complete and stand-alone.  No multi-tome volumes or “to be continued” endings.
7. All works must be your own.
8. Art works may be single portrait/scenes or multipanel but should be no larger than standard poster size 24” X 36”.
9. If you decide to submit an illustrated story or poem you must decide whether you want to enter it in the writing or the art category.
10. Accepted entries will be published on the library’s website.

Written submissions will be judged by the following criteria: creativity, flow of the story or poem, interest, spelling & grammar.

Art submissions will be judged on the following criteria:  artistic skill, presentation and originality.

Submissions

Submissions should be made at the Baldwinsville Public Library during Teen Tech Week March 7 – 13, 2010. No entries will be accepted after 4 p.m. March 13. Each entry should include the following information attached to the back of the submission.

Title of the Work

Author or Artist’s Name

Entry Category: Fiction or Art

Grade & Schooling Information

Address

Phone

Email (if available)

Title of the work or series that inspired it.

No names or titles are to be written on the front of the submission.

Baldwinsville Public Library assumes no responsibility for loss or damage to any entry.

OTHER INFORMATION

No entry fee is required.

There will be a $50 cash prize for the first prize winner in each category. Accepted artworks and writings will be displayed on the library’s webpage

In addition, each judge will award a “Judge’s Choice” award ($20 gift certificate to the April Book Sale) to their favorite work in each category. Participants will be notified by mail when the judging is completed.

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Read, Write & Dream Beyond Reality Teen Fan Fiction / Art Contest

REGISTRATION FORM  (TO BE TAPED TO THE BACK OF ENTRY—RIGHT SIDE UP)

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NAME OF AUTHOR/ARTIST

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ADDRESS:  STREET

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CITY                                 STATE              ZIP

EMAIL ADDRESS (IF AVAILABLE)

SCHOOL ATTENDING                 GRADE             HOME  PHONE #

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TITLE OF ENTRY

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CATEGORY OF SUBMISSION              (ART OR WRITTEN WORK)

I am submitting this item for judging in the Baldwinsville Public Library Teen Fan Fiction/ Art Contest.  I hereby irrevocably consent that if this work is accepted for exhibition it may be used by the library for publication or display in any manner.

Books on Tape Bonanza

Do you love to listen?

In that case our loss is your gain. Space is tight in the adult audiobook area so we’ve been forced to weed out slower moving titles in the books on cassette. That means we’ll have an even better than average selection at the upcoming book sale starting November 3. These include a number of classic adult and YA titles so even if you don’t have a cassette player at home or in your car it might be worth adding one to your media options.

Anime Explosion!

Did you know that television programs on DVD are shelved at VC 791.45? and that many popular anime titles were originally tv series?

Whether you knew it already or just found out we have lots of anime titles here at the library for your viewing pleasure including Gungrave, Coyote Ragtime, Eureka Seven and Kadocha.

We also have lots of new Young Adult books arriving daily and if you’re working on the Durgee readers of distinction program the public library has many of the titles that are currently checked out of your library.

New Management

Hi,

Our former blog editor has moved on to the fields of coomerce and I haven’t quite figured out all the widgets yet so please be patient while I try to bring things back up to date.

Samurai Anime

Samurai Anime

We’re back! Join us Thursday, July 26 at 3:30 p.m. for the sure to be classic Sword of the Stranger as always, the ramen is on us!

Teen Crafts

Like working with your hands but don’t have much to invest? Check out our craft cube display in the Young Adult area and plan to join us for a series of Teen Friendly craft sessions at little or no cost to your piggybank. July 21 at 2 p.m. invest $5 in materials and Missy Shipman will help you leave with a fantastic page to start your own scrapbook projects, on July 28 the jewelry artists from Bead Marketplace in Liverpool will help you turn $5 worth of materials into a stunning piece of jewelry and a unique bookmark. The fun continues through the summer reading season with weekly opportunities to make something unique. Registration is required even if there is no material fee for the project to insure that we have enough craft materials on hand.

Grant Info Meeting @ BPL

Grant Information Meeting at Library

Individual artists, nonprofit and service organizations and government units seeking funds for art and cultural projects are invited to an Informational Seminar for the 2010 funding year July 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Baldwinsville Public Library. For further information on this and other informational sessions contact Mark J. Wright Cultural Resources Council of Syracuse and Onondaga County 315-435-2155 or 315-435-2158’

Summer Reading Updates

Readers Rule
Computers are great, I know because I spend a good chunk of my day interacting with them. Being familiar with basic programs and the ways of the web can improve your life in many ways from providing connection and entertainment to improving skills you need for current and future jobs. Nevertheless, if the power goes out and the batteries fail you can still read a book and they are just as convenient for stuffing in your back pocket as your cell phone and much cheaper to operate especially if you make use of your local library. So keep reading folks summer, winter and fall. In fact if you’re 18 or under we’ll reward you for doing so. Stop in soon and ask about our summer reading programs and discover what you’ve been missing.

If you are currently playing the Teen version of the Summer Reading game you can find the survey mentioned on the monopoly game at the following address: Click Here to take survey

Winner of People’s Choice Award Announced

The winner of the 17th Annual Baldwinsville Teen Photo Contest People’s Choice Award is “Scoobe Dog” by Photographer Alex Gitzen. Alex wins a Cross pen set for his efforts and as soon as Mrs. Chism manages to get it framed and hung the photo will be on display in the Young Adult area of the library for a month.