Gen:Bookmark Contest Rules

[Angus Saunders <saunders@NORTHNET.ORG>]

I am sorry for posting to the whole list, but an english teacher with an
aol address asked for the bookmark contest info.  Here is this year's
mailing as text.  If anyone would like the pretty version as a word 97
document attached, they can email me off list.  I regret the necessity for
this posting, I was too quick with the delete key.  If you know the
identity of the person who asked for more info on the contest, please make
sure she gets it.  Best, A

To:       Librarians
From:          System
Re:       Bookmark Contest 13
Date:          3 8 99

Here is the information on the thirteenth annual SLS bookmark contest.  It
will commence in your buildings with your dissemination of this material
and will end with the winners being named during the week of May 4th.
Entry forms and posters will be shipped later in March; certificates will
be sent in late April.  This early announcement is to facilitate your
planning.

Note the continuance of the option of some participating districts to
provide their own entry and building level prizes, or none at all as they
see fit.

Note that there is no margin for delay in getting the building level
winning bookmarks to the SLS.                   They must be in the BOCES
delivery to us by Tuesday, 5/5/99.

The decision to participate or not must be made at the building level.
Each participating building will be responsible for selecting building
level winners which will be judged at the system level to determine the
final winners.  You may choose to ask your Art Teacher for help.

     The school library system will provide:
     publicity material
     entry forms
     rules
     judges (system level only)
     prizes

     Individual libraries/buildings will provide:
     book mark materials
     publicity material
     building level structure
     building level judging

The contest theme this year is "Books: Always there for you."  The intent
is to continue to focus students' awareness of what the library and
reading can offer them, computer crashes, power outages, Y2K and online
databases notwithstanding.  That every book they read has the potential to
make them better, whether their companion is Ramona Quimby, Gandalf the
Grey, or Carl Sagan. That in the library they can find factual information
that helps them live better in our real world as well as fiction to
delight them. That adventure stories, fantasies, and information for
school work or projects, or hobby support are available.  That rewarding
and useful chunks of fiction or non fiction are to be found in the
library.

All entries should address this.  While it is not necessary for the exact
wording of the theme to appear on the bookmark, some reflection of this
theme of empowerment and self improvement should be apparent
in the text or design of the bookmark.  The phrases "I went with 'X' to
'Y'" or "I found out ....(whatever) or "A book helped me
understand....(whatever)" are some examples that would meet the
theme.Basically, anything that points up library resources and their use,
the wonderfulness of libraries and theirmagic, qualifies.  If there is a
more direct connection to the theme, so much the better.  Judges will
lookmore for quality of work and originality than slavish devotion to the
theme.


                    Contest time line.

            4/5         Posters go on display in schools
          4/19           Start accepting entries at the building level
          4/23           Stop accepting entries at the building level
          4/26-28        Number of entries/building reported to the SLS
            4/26-30     Entries judged at the building level
                              4/30                Winners announced at the
building level
                                                  Xx thank yous given all
entrants
                                                  French fry certificates
given all entrants (optional)
                                        Building winners get hamburger
certificates (optional)
5/4       Deadline for entry arrival at SLS
                              5/5                 Judging at System level
                              5/6/7               Notification of System
level winners sent to      Schools.

There will be five grade level groupings for the contest; 1-2, 3-4, 5-6,
7-8, 9-12.

The entry forms will be sent to the schools before 4/8.  K-6 and K-12
schools will receive 300 entryforms;  secondary schools will receive 100
entry forms.  Each school will also receive a xerox master copy to make
more forms if they're needed.

Each participating library/building will be responsible for forwarding the
five best entries on each level to the SLS for final judging.  (A K-6
school would send 15; a K-12 school 20; a 7-12 school 10; a 7-8 or a 9-12
school would send 5.  Judging can be done at the library / building level
in any manner:  principal,art teacher, parent group, children, etc.

Saving a tree, we are not sending copies of past winners to all libraries.
If you would like one please contact Angus at the SLS.

                                Prizes
                                System Level - three winners per grade
level grouping
                First $10 gift certificate, Walden books
                    Second $8  "        "          "     "
Third  $7  "        "          "     "

Walden Books certificates are good at any Waldens anywhere.
There are stores in Watertown, Utica, and Syracuse.

Prizes:   Building Level - five winners per grade level grouping
McDonald's Hamburger Certificate for Each Local Winner  (optional)

Prizes: Entry Level
Each entrant will receive a McDonald's French Fry  certificate (optional)

McDonald's certificates are good in Carthage, Gouverneur, Lowville and
Watertown.





                             Rules
  Jefferson-Lewis BOCES School Library System Bookmark Contest
                           Spring 1999


        1.     Each entrant must be a student at a School Library
System Member school.

2.   One entry per student.

3.   Entries must be original HAND DRAWN work of the entrant.

4.   Bookmarks must be done in black and white only.

5.   All bookmarks submitted to the System for judging should
have their design elements and book mark borders
outlined in fine point black marker.  This may be done
by an adult. This will facilitate the judges' task.

6.   The size of the bookmark must be 2.5" by 8&1/2".

             7.     The contest theme is  "Books: Always there for you."

        8.     Each entry must be accompanied by a properly filled out
entry form with the Entrant's:  name, room number,
             grade, teacher, school, and district.  The entry form should
be stapled face up
             on the bookmark's reverse side.

9.   All entries become the property of the Jefferson Lewis
BOCES School Library System.

10.    The First place winning entries on each grade level will
be reproduced and distributed to member libraries in the
Fall of 1999, funding permitting.



Angus G. Saunders, Jr.                               saunders@northnet.org
Jefferson Lewis BOCES SLS Director;      BOCES, Rt. 12, Glenfield NY 13343
315 376 6501                                              fax 315 376 3376

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