WrestleMania Party!

Tomorrow (Friday, March 28) our lucky and talented WrestleMania Reading Challenge regional winners, Ajoura and Laquan, are leaving for sunny Orlando! We wish them both the best of luck in the final competition and hope they have loads of fun at WrestleMania XXIV!



Last week we threw them a party to celebrate and wish them good luck. Here are some pictures of the event:

WrestleMania Winners!

Congratulations to Ajoura and Laquan, who won this years' WrestleMania Reading Challenge Regional Competition! They both won a trip for two to Orlando, Florida (airfare, hotel, and spending money) and tickets to WrestleMania 24! While in Orlando they will be competing against 4 other finalists for the grand prize of ringside seats at WrestleMania 24!

Ajoura and Laquan not only won prizes for themselves, but they have also won money for the library! We will use that money to put more books, graphic novels, movies, CDs, and video games in the Young Adult Area for everyone to enjoy!

Join us in thanking Ajoura and Laquan for all they have done for the community at a WrestleMania-themed party on Wednesday, March 19 at 5:00pm. We will play video games, make WrestleMania themed crafts, eat good food and cake, and have a great time! All are welcome. Bring your friends and parents!

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!