StoryTubes CONTEST for KIDS

This news is from the AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION:

StoryTubes 2008 national contest

Kids across the United States in Grades 1–6 are invited to participate in a national contest. They can make a two-minute video about their favorite book, upload it to YouTube, go to the StoryTubes website, and submit a link to the uploaded video using the contest entry form before April 20. The four winners in each genre category will win $500 in books and select a school, library, or educational association to receive $1,000 in books….

The contest begins April 1.

Each week during May, one video will be selected. The creator of the video will receive $500 in books and the winner’s school (home school) or library will also receive $1,000 in books!!!

http://www.storytubes.info/index.html

These are the four video categories:
Hair Raising Tales
For or From the Heart
Of Heros and Heroines
Facts, Fads, and Phenoms

Go to the Story Tubes link to find out all the details.

Good luck!