The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) announced the winners of the 2014 Teen Video Challenge. The Teen Video Challenge is a national competition for teens to get involved with reading and their public library's summer reading program. Winning videos were selected at the state level to be recognized as an official CSLP Teen Video Challenge winner for 2014.
The winners were announced on April 9, 2014 during the CSLP Annual Meeting held in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Official CSLP Teen Video Challenge winners were named from the following states: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
South Carolina winners Wyatt Hester and Sean England Morris's video is titled "A Nod to Orwell" and was sponsored by the Georgetown County Public Library. To view this year's winning videos, please visit CSLP's website at cslpreads.org. The winning videos can be used by all teens and all public libraries to promote summer reading nationwide.
The winning videos exemplify the diversity of our country and of the teens that created them. Whether produced by an individual teen, groups of teens, a teen library club, or a teen school group, all exhibit creativity and illustrate quality work on the part of the industrious teen film makers. Many videos use humor or literary references to communicate the "Spark a Reaction" idea. Others use more introspective and informative approaches, incorporating inspirational quotes and original music compositions. In addition to promoting reading and the "Spark a Reaction" slogan, it is clear from all these videos that teens value their public libraries.
For their hard work and creativity, each winner for this year's competition will receive a monetary award of $275 and the associated public library will receive prizes worth $125 from CSLP and Upstart. The awards can be used as each winner sees fit.
CSLP plans to continue the Teen Video Challenge for 2015. Please check the CSLP website (cslpreads.org) in early fall for information on the 2015 Teen Video Challenge.
CSLP is a consortium of states working together, sharing ideas, expertise, and costs to produce a high-quality summer reading program for children, teens, and adults.
