Teen Contests

The Rapid City Public Library has invited area middle school and high school students to show off their creativity in a series of three contests taking place in conjunction with this year's Big Read program. Entries for each contest need to be received by the library no later than Friday, April 4th.

ART Contest
Original artwork inspired by the book Fahrenheit 451.
     Prizes:
First place: A Derwent set of fine art pencils in a wooden case.
Second place: Reeves watercolor set.
Third place: set of drawing pencils and large sketchpad.
Entry form and submission details

ESSAY Contest
"If I Could Save Only One Book, It Would Be __________________."
(Essay of 800 words or less)
    Prizes:
First place: $75 Borders gift certificate
Second place: $50 Borders gift certificate
Third place: $25 Borders gift certificate
Entry form and submission details

VIDEO Contest
A video of 15 minutes or less on the theme of "Freedom To Read."
First place: a digital camera
Second and third places: MP3 players
Entry form and submission details

Saturday, May 3rd (World Press Freedom Day)
1:00 to 3:00 pm
The Rapid City Library Downtown will host an event to present prizes to our contest winners.

The BIG READ is an initiative of the National Endowment of the Arts (see www.neabigread.org) in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. The South Dakota Big Read is sponsored by the South Dakota Humanities Council's Center for the Book (http://sdhc.sdstate.org/center.html)