What is the Young Author and Illustrator Contest?
First through Sixth graders in Centre County may submit stories of their own creation to the Young Author and Illustrator Contest. Entries will be read and judged by community leaders and Library youth services staff. Each grade, First through Sixth, will be judged against all other participants in that grade level. 3 winners and 2 honorable mentions from each grade level will be chosen, and the 1st place winning stories will be bound as a hardback book which will stay in the library’s permanent collection!
Rules
Submit your story with the official Library cover sheet completely filled out.
Submit your story on 8 1/2 by 11 inch (or smaller) paper, portrait style, and one sided pages. No folded books and no double sided pages.
Leave 1 1/2 inch margins on all pages.
Pages must be numbered.
Illustrations must be drawn by hand on the paper. Do not tape or glue a different piece of paper to the story paper.
Use a paper clip to hold your book together. Do not use staples, binders, folders or lamination.
Work by yourself or with one other child in your same grade level.
Submit your story by the end of the day on Monday, April 1st, 2024.
Submitting Your Story
You can submit your story, with its cover sheet, by the end of the day on Monday, April 1st, 2024 in any of the ways below:
Drop your story off at any Centre County Library location
Digitally submit your story to youngauthor@centrecountylibrary.org
Mail your story to:
Centre County Library
200 N. Allegheny St.
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Judging
All stories will be judged during the same time period by community leaders and Library youth services staff. Stories in each grade level will be judged against one another with a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place (and 2 honorable mentions) being awarded to each grade level. Stories are selected based on originality, creativity, content, grammar, punctuation, completion and spelling.
Publication
The 1st place winning stories will be bound as a hardback book that will stay in the library’s permanent collection. All placing stories are eligible to be purchased as a hardbound book for your personal library at the cost of $22.00 per book. Click the link below to download the order form. Return it to the award ceremony or your home library (Bellefonte Library, Holt Memorial Library, or Centre Hall Area Branch Library) by Friday, May 10th, 2024 at 4:00 PM to order your child’s story.
