YALSA is really pleased to announce a new contest…Create Your Own Avatar. The contest is open all YALSA members or registered attendees of YALSA’s Gaming Festival. Voting will take place during the Friday evening Midwinter Gaming Festival with the finalists and the winner(s) announced that evening.
FAQs
All avatar entries must be an original work and librarians are encouraged to team up with their TAG members or other teens in creating an award winning avatar. There is no fee for submitting the entry. Entry forms must be submitted to YALSA, yalsa@ala.org, by midnight on January 4, 2008. Avatars must be accessible online by midnigt on January 4, 2008. Direct any questions about the contest to Nichole Gilbert, ngilbert@ala.org.
What do you win?
All entries will be acknowledged with a certificate…yeah! Links to the finalists’ avatars will appear on YALSA’s website. The winning avatar may be used by YALSA in all marketing and promotional materials related to technology. The winner(s) will receive $100 worth of books, and will be interviewed for a YALSA article and press release.
Complete rules (including THE fine print) and Entry Form (in .pdf) are available on the YALSA website.
Meez and Zwinky are two sites that you can check out for help in learning how to create an avatar.
Brainstorm with your teens and create an avatar that really reflects how you see yourself interacting with teens @ the library, or how they see you. Most of all have fun!
You can also find a few more avatar creation resources at http://www.mbmpl.org/avatar/index.html.
(where can we find the official rules?)
The official rules are posted on YALSA’s Midwinter page along with the entry form: http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/midwinter.cfm