Guest Post by Jeff Herring
Profitable Content Creation is the foundation of being successful online over the long haul.
And you do want to be successful online for a long time, right?
Pay no attention to those who say the time of content creation is over. Think about it: while they are saying this, what are they doing?
Creating content!
At the same time, there are many practices online
You’ve made all your plans for Teen Tech Week and are just about ready to celebrate Mix & Mash @ your library, March 6-12. But as you finalize those details, be sure to include two contests from YALSA and TTW Promotional Partner Figment.com in your plans! One contest, starting next Monday, gives teens an opportunity to win a Nook e-reader and a $50 gift card at Amazon.com. Beginning March 9, you could win an e-reader too! Read on for details
For Teens
Encourage your teens to enter the Steampunk Apparatus Contest, to be judged by Kathryn Erskine, National Book Award winner!
Part One: Come up with a device or instrument and give it a name and a description of what it looks like. For example, “Blimflocket – a wristwatch with a chain that goes up the arm and links to a person’s neck.”
On March 7 tweet this invention along with the hashtag #YALSApunk and @figmentfiction.
A winning device will be chosen based on creativity, and the inventor will receive an Amazon gift card.
Part Two: On March 8, the winning device will be announced on the Figment and YALSA sites and by Twitter.
For the second part of the contest, write a short story (in 750 words or fewer) on Figment in which the winning device from the first round gets used. Submissions will be accepted March 8-11.
Figment users will vote to select finalists the week of March 14; then National Book Award winning-author, Kathryn Erskine, will choose a winning story. The winner will be announced the week of March 21 and will receive a Nook e-reader.
For Librarians
From March 9-12, librarians are invited to tweet their most inspiring creative writing prompts for teens. Tweets must include the hashtag #YALSAprompt as well as @figmentfiction.
The Figment staff will select the most inspiring prompts and feature them prominently on the Figment site and in their professional newsletter. The creator of the winning prompt will also receive a Nook e-reader.
