BY SAM PAULEY Voting for the Black-Eyed Susan nominees is almost over!
The Black-Eyed Susan Book award is a state-wide children's book award. This award is given to authors and/or illustrators chosen by YOU-- so make your voice heard! This years nominees for the teen category are:
Check out some of our reviews, then get reading! You must have read three of the listed books to be eligible to vote. To make voting easier on you, we're going to set up a table in the cafeteria during all lunch shifts on April 20th and 24th. Stop by sometime during your lunch to chat about the books, cast your vote, and pick up a bookmark.
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BY SAM PAULEY Harmony Ink Press is hosting a short story contest for authors writing in the LGBTQ+ genre. Submissions should be between 2,000-10,000 words with main characters that are 14-21 years old, and belong to the LGBTQ+ spectrum, even if they're still working out their sexual/gender identity. Selected stories will be published in an anthology, released in both paper and eBook formats. Accepted authors will earn between $35- $65 for their stories, depending on length. Feedback from a published author will be provided for all submissions. Submissions are due by May 1, 2017, so there's plenty of time to be thinking. See here for more information. BY SAM PAULEY
BY SAM PAULEY For the Holiday Season, Book Club is having a special meeting before school at 7:15 on December 15th. Pancakes, cookies, and other goodies will be provided, but feel free to contribute to the potluck breakfast. And sure to bring a wrapped book for the White Elephant Book Exchange!
BY SAM PAULEY Our Library is participating in the Black-Eyed Susan Awards this year! This is a state-wide award given to books chosen by Maryland students. Last year's winner for the High School Category was The Naturals, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
Voting opens in April, but to be eligible you must have read three of the Black-Eyed Susan nominees. To help you out, KI Voice is starting a series of reviews. Look for snippets on the Buc Report, and check the Books section of our website for the full review. This year's nominees are:
BY SAM PAULEY An annual, national contest. The 2017 season starts accepting submissions September 14th. Visit artandwriting.org to create an account and submit your work. There is a small submissions fee, but fee waivers are available if it poses a financial barrier. There are too many categories for us to list here, so go check out the website! If you wrote something, chances are there's a category for it. The deadline for submissions is December 14th. BY LAUREN MOYNIHAN KI Voice is proud to announce its second contest of the school year!
In order for your story to qualify for this contest, it must be titled after a Christmas or any other winter holiday song. It doesn't have to be about said holidays, however. Just be sure to use a title that makes sense with your piece. For example, if you title your submission "Jingle Bells", be sure to include something related to bells in the plot. You have a lot of creative license with this contest, so use your imagination. Submissions can be submitted from December 8th, 2016 to January 4th, 2017. The winner will be announced that same week. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at [email protected]. We hope to see your stories! BY LAUREN MOYNIHAN NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, a thirty day event that takes place every November. Writers (both professional and amateur) across the nation come together via social media to help each other make the mad dash to write 50,000 words by the end of the month. It is a big commitment, one that many can't make, but it can be worth it. 50,000 words seems like a lot in such a short time frame, and believe me- it is, but it's a very early rough draft so it does not need to be anywhere near perfect. The month of November is, for writers, the time to get down every thought and idea they have for a new novel. It might turn out horribly and you might want to destroy all of your work, but at least you tried. You wrote as much as you could whenever you could, and that is still an accomplishment. It shows that you are dedicated to your craft, even when you aren't completely fond of it. If you chose not to participate, or had a difficult time meeting the word count goal, it doesn't mean that you aren't as dedicated, it just means that you're a busy person who can't fit everything in. Or, maybe you just didn't have a strong outline or idea for what you wanted the story to be. That's okay too. Next time, try to have a more stable plan and outline. NaNoWriMo is not only great for writers to really throw themselves into a project with other committed writers, it is also an organization that takes donations from participants to help fund world literacy. If you missed this year's NaNo, or you didn't meet the 50,000 word goal, try it again this Spring during Camp NaNoWriMo where you get to set your own goal! Of course, it couldn't hurt to try to write every day during a month you choose. It's achievement enough, to write whenever you can. If you did win NaNo, go back to your story in January after you've had a break from it and clean it up using helpful suggestions from the NaNoWriMo organization. To see our NaNoWriMo 2016 Tips, click here.
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KI VoiceWant to join our team? Email [email protected] for details on our next meetings!
KIHS Book ClubBook Club meets the third Thursday of every month. If you have any questions, email [email protected]!
Teen WritersLove to write? Practice your craft and be inspired by others who enjoy creative writing. We'll try free writing and themed prompts in your choice of poetry or prose. KI Branch Public Library
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