THE BEAVERTON LIBRARY YOUNG ADULT DIVISION AND LIBRARY FOUNDATION HOLD A CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST
News Release from City of Beaverton
Posted on FlashAlert: October 1st, 2014 12:08 PM
Starting Oct. 1, the Beaverton City Library Young Adult Division and the Beaverton Library Foundation will accept submissions for the creative writing contest. Participants, grades 6-12, can submit work to the Main Library or the Murray-Scholls Branch.
"Throughout the year our library does a wonderful job involving the youth," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "It's so important that we give our youth a chance to excel outside of school. This contest challenges our youth academically and recognizes their hard work."
Participants may submit up to three stories, each with no more than a 1,000 words. There will be $100, $50, and $25 prizes for the top three winners in both the middle school and high school divisions. The winners will be announced on Friday, Nov. 7.
Participants are divided into two divisions, grades 6-8 and grades 9-12. The participants must submit a story based on the following prompts:
Middle School Prompt - Grades 6-8:
Pick up a random object in the room where you are sitting and write a short story from the point of view of this object.
High School Prompt - Grades 9-12:
Overhear a random snippet of a conversation--it could be on the bus, on the street, at a store or anywhere. Use this snippet as a prompt to write a short story.
Entry forms with full guidelines will be available at the main library and Murray-Scholls Branch as well as online at www.BeavertonLibrary.org/teens in the events and contests section.
"This writing contest gives teens the opportunity to express their creative side," said Abigail Elder library director. "This experience allow teens to have their work read by the community. I look forward to reading the winning submissions and seeing what everyone comes up with."
For further information, please call the Beaverton City Library's Teen Desk at 503-350-4001.
The Beaverton City Library is open seven days a week and is one of the busiest libraries in the state. Currently, the library serves a population of nearly 150,000 Beaverton and Washington County residents with an annual circulation of 3.5 million items.
The City of Beaverton has two libraries, featuring a collection of more than 410,000 items. The library's mission is to provide information, library materials and library services to meet the needs of the community.
The Beaverton City Library is one of 15 libraries in the Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) network. Libraries in WCCLS work together to share resources and information in an effort to provide excellent countywide service.
For more information, visit www.BeavertonLibrary.org, or follow them on Facebook at BeavertonCityLibrary, or the library's Twitter and Instagram @BeavertonLib.
In 2014, Beaverton was again recognized as the safest city in the Pacific Northwest. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. In addition, Beaverton was named one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists and as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities, the Beaverton Community Vision program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter. Beaverton also enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov, like the City of Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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"Throughout the year our library does a wonderful job involving the youth," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "It's so important that we give our youth a chance to excel outside of school. This contest challenges our youth academically and recognizes their hard work."
Participants may submit up to three stories, each with no more than a 1,000 words. There will be $100, $50, and $25 prizes for the top three winners in both the middle school and high school divisions. The winners will be announced on Friday, Nov. 7.
Participants are divided into two divisions, grades 6-8 and grades 9-12. The participants must submit a story based on the following prompts:
Middle School Prompt - Grades 6-8:
Pick up a random object in the room where you are sitting and write a short story from the point of view of this object.
High School Prompt - Grades 9-12:
Overhear a random snippet of a conversation--it could be on the bus, on the street, at a store or anywhere. Use this snippet as a prompt to write a short story.
Entry forms with full guidelines will be available at the main library and Murray-Scholls Branch as well as online at www.BeavertonLibrary.org/teens in the events and contests section.
"This writing contest gives teens the opportunity to express their creative side," said Abigail Elder library director. "This experience allow teens to have their work read by the community. I look forward to reading the winning submissions and seeing what everyone comes up with."
For further information, please call the Beaverton City Library's Teen Desk at 503-350-4001.
The Beaverton City Library is open seven days a week and is one of the busiest libraries in the state. Currently, the library serves a population of nearly 150,000 Beaverton and Washington County residents with an annual circulation of 3.5 million items.
The City of Beaverton has two libraries, featuring a collection of more than 410,000 items. The library's mission is to provide information, library materials and library services to meet the needs of the community.
The Beaverton City Library is one of 15 libraries in the Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) network. Libraries in WCCLS work together to share resources and information in an effort to provide excellent countywide service.
For more information, visit www.BeavertonLibrary.org, or follow them on Facebook at BeavertonCityLibrary, or the library's Twitter and Instagram @BeavertonLib.
In 2014, Beaverton was again recognized as the safest city in the Pacific Northwest. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. In addition, Beaverton was named one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists and as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities, the Beaverton Community Vision program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter. Beaverton also enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov, like the City of Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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