YouTube Contest

YouTube Contest presented by Libraries Together Entries due Saturday, February 25th by 5:30 p.m.

Have you ever wanted to make movies? Well now is your chance. We will be having a YouTube contest for area teens. This year we have decided to let you or your team choose your own theme. Below is a list of suggestions, but feel free to make the movie you want to make!

 *     Live action video games, such as a reenactment of an epic Minecraft session.
*     Infomercials for your favorite book, library program, or fictional product.
*     A flashmob.
*     Incorporate Skype or twitter interview with your favorite author.
*     Reinterpret classic literature with a healthy dose of teen angst.

Videos need to be shorter than 5 minutes, and be posted to YouTube. You can then email your entry’s URL and your contact information to the Young Adult Librarian, jgillette@bettendorf.org.

 The YouTube Contest Viewing Premiere will take place on a date and location TBD in March.

Awesome Video

Check out this video from Ocoee Middle School in honor of Teen Read Week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNpNfhpqDk4

Modern Shakespeare Video Contest

Young adults in grades 6 through 12 are invited to create a short film based on the works of Shakespeare and enter it to win up to $50! Teens can work alone or with a team of up to 3 people. Each submission must be accompanied by a signed entry form, available here or at the Moline Public Library Reference Desk. Entries are due no later than July 18th. Winners will be announced at the Film Showing on July 28th at 6:30 in the Moline Public Library Community Rooms. Participants do not need to be present to win. For more information call 309-524-2440 or visit us at 3210 41^st Street, Moline, IL 61265.

Modern Shakespeare Video Contest

Young adults in grades 6 through 12 are invited to create a short film based on the works of Shakespeare and enter it to win up to $50! Teens can work alone or with a team of up to 3 people. Each submission must be accompanied by a signed entry form, available here or at the Moline Public Library Reference Desk. Entries are due no later than July 18th. Winners will be announced at the Film Showing on July 28th at 6:30 in the Moline Public Library Community Rooms. Participants do not need to be present to win. For more information call 309-524-2440 or visit us at 3210 41^st Street, Moline, IL 61265.

Video Contest for Teens

The American Library Association is hosting a “Why I Need My Library” video contest for teens. Just make a 1-3 minute video and upload it to YouTube by April 18, 2011 for your chance to win up to $3000! Visit http://www.ilovelibraries.org/whyineedmylibrary/ for more information.

Don’t have a video camera? Visit the Moline Public Library to check out a Flip Video Camera.

Banned Book Battle Royale Teen Video Contest

Teens in grades 7 through 12 are invited to submit a 3 to 5 minute video based on a banned book. Videos can act out a scene, sum up the whole story, or defend the book against banning, and should be appropriate for library viewers. A list of banned books is available at the Reference Desk. Videos must be uploaded to www.youtube.com/group/mplbannedbook and accompanied by a submission form. Submissions must be made by October 16. Videos will be shown and prizes will be awarded on October 23^rd at 2:30. For more information call 309-524-2440 or visit us at 3210 41^st Street, Moline, IL 61265 or online at http://www.molinelibrary.com.