Teen Booktrailer Contest - Win a NOOK Color!

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Update: the winner of the booktrailer contest is Nathan Verdonk from the Willow Glen Branch. Congratulations Nathan!

 

Watch the winning video here:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37SkNFhUQM8

 

 

Teens: are you tired of just writing book reviews for Summer Reading?

How about a book trailer instead?

Tape a short clip, upload it to YouTube or a similar website, share the link with us and be entered into the contest to win a NOOK color.

You can be as creative as you want - just don't give away the ending!

 

Here are the details:

Tape a short clip, upload it to YouTube or a similiar website

Sign up for Summer Reading by creating your account here

Enter the title of the book you are reviewing

In the box where you would usually type your book review, post the link to your video

That's it!

 

Don't have a digital camera? Need help uploading the clip? Come to the taping session at the Cambrian Branch on July 19th from 3pm to 5pm.

 

Of course this will also count towards your Summer Reading goal and will enter you in the bi-weekly drawings.

Entries for the contest will be accepted from June 18th until July 30th. The winner will be announced in August.



Posted by Birgit Vogler on Jun 17, 2011 | Comments: 20 |
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Comments from our readers...

So I turned 18 this year in

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, May 10.
So I turned 18 this year in March, do I enter the teens section or the adult section? Also, is the video supposed to be about me reviewing the book I read? Or is it supposed to be a fan made movie-like trailer of the book?

are the winners decided by

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, July 25.
are the winners decided by raffle? or how good the review is?

The best entry will win

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, July 27.
A judging panel will decide who will win.

Is there a winner for every

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, July 10.
Is there a winner for every branch?

There will be one winner for the library system

Submitted by Birgit Vogler on Tue, July 12.

There will be one winner for the library system.


teen booktrailer contest

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, July 10.
hi i was just wondering- do you paste the link for your video on your review for the summer reading program or do you paste it somewhere else? Thx.

You just paste it in the box

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, July 10.
You just paste it in the box where you're supposed to put in the written review. Good luck :)

Book Trailer

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, July 07.
For the book trailer, can we make a video on the computer? Do we need to cite the pictures if they're copyrighted?

Video on Computer

Submitted by Birgit Vogler on Thu, July 07.

Sure, you can make a video on your computer, as long as you upload it afterwards. Citing copyrighted pictures is something you should defintely do. Better yet, try to find some that are not copyrighted.


When I pasted the link, I

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, July 23.
When I pasted the link, I also added additional information along with it; will Sjpl make efforts to find the links if they're not the only thing entered? (e.g. will you guys ctrl+F for the word "youtube" or something to find the videos?) Thanks.

We will definitely read what you enter

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, July 25.
and look links up if it is necessary. Thanks for putting so much effort into this :)

Since the winner's announced

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, July 23.
Since the winner's announced in August, is this contest running up until the very last day (July 30th)? Will it end at a certain time on July 30th? Thank you!

You can enter the contest until

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, July 25.
midnight on July 30th :)

Video length

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, July 28.
Is it ok if we cut up the video into parts to make uploading easier, as long as we provide all the links?

As long as you provide all the links

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, July 28.
you can cut it in parts. Please make sure to add 'part 1' 'part 2' etc. to your videos.

i also have question on video

Submitted by K.R. (not verified) on Thu, July 28.
i also have question on video length. there's no official time limit, right? (since it's not listed here on this page as rules)

There is no official time limit

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, July 28.
but I think you might be limited by the size of your file on YouTube

Contest Winner

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, August 05.
How will we be notified of the winner?

We will contact the winner

Submitted by Birgit Vogler on Sat, August 06.

using the contact information provided when signing up for Summer Reading. Judges are currently looking at all the videos - we should know next week!


Link of winner's video

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, August 15.
Could you please post up a link of the winning video?