Hey all you writers!

Ralph Munn Creative Writing Workshop and Contest

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is sponsoring a series of writing workshops just for teens! A short fiction workshop will be held on Saturday, March 1 or Sunday March 2 at 1pm, a creative nonfiction workshop will be held on Saturday, March 8 or Sunday, March 9 at 1pm, and a poetry workshop will be held on Saturday, March 15 or Sunday, March 16 at 1pm. Saturday Workshops will be held at the Brookline Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and the Sunday workshops will be at the Main library in Oakland.

In addition to the workshops, there will also be contests with awesome prizes in the categories of Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry. First prize is $250, and second prize is $100!!! All entries must be received by April 15, 2008.

For more info on the workshops and contests, visit CLPs website at http://www.carnegielibrary.org/teens/library/special/RalphMunnCreativeWriting.html.

Coming Soon!

Here are some books that will be landing on our shelves in the next couple of weeks. Be sure to check them out!

Congratulations!

Congrats to Ajoura and Laquan, the winners of the WrestleMania Reading Challenge here at the library!

They won free books from the library and a t-shirt and DVD from World Wrestling Entertainment. Their winning essays will be sent to the regional competitions, and hopefully from there to the national championships in Orlando, Florida, where they could ringside seats at WrestleMania 24 . Good luck, guys!

WrestleMania!

Just a quick reminder that the WrestleMania Reading Challenge will ending soon, so those of you who are participating, be sure to finish up your reading, log, and essay and turn it all in before January 14, 2008.
If you haven’t yet signed up, you still have time! All you have to do is read 10 books by January 14 and keep a log of what you read, and you will be eligible for a prize from the WWE! In addition, you can write a 300-word essay about “Why WrestleMania Got Me Reading”, which will be entered in an essay contest at the Carnegie Library of Homestead. The winning essays will be entered in a regional competition that could win you a trip to WrestleMania 24 in Orlando, Florida!

If you would like to participate, contact Miss Eva at 412-462-3444 x231 or mayse@homesteadlibrary.org.

For more info about the contest go to: http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2007/wrestlemania.cfm

Good luck, everybody!

Come see the Book Tree!

On Thursday, December 6 we made a Christmas Tree made completely out of books!

Thanks to all of you who helped out.

And for those of you who haven't seen it yet, be sure to drop by and see it in person!