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Win a Kobo eReader!

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Show off your writing skills by participating in our short story contest. We give you the first line -”I woke up in the year 3011…” and you give us a story.

Stories must be 1,000 words or less.

Stories may be submitted in a branch or here in the comments by April 30.

First prize writer will win a Kobo eReader and first place blue ribbon. Two runners up will receive bags of CCPL goodies with a journal.

Your stories become the property of the Clermont County Public Library and will not be returned after the judging.

Need some help or inspiration?

* Books about authorship
* Creative writing
* Short story writing

Tech Trek Day 5

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The fifth and final clue –

It’s a place to read and comment
On books, movies, and music.
Check out award winners, staff picks.
It’s the library’s web log.

Enter your guess in the comments below to be entered into a drawing for a flash drive.

And as a bonus, everyone who’s participated this week will be entered into a drawing for an EyeClops Mini Projector!

Tech Trek Day 2

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Here’s today’s hint -

Mark Zuckerberg, Facesmash, Harvard U
Sign up to belong.
You know you want to.
The Social Network,
Show your profile, share your pics.
Can 600 million be wrong?

Leave your guess in the comments and one of you will win a flash drive!

Bonus round – Like us on today’s answer and you’ll have a chance to win a nom candy bouquet!

Steampunk Invention Contest

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Enter the YALSA Steampunk Apparatus Contest – you could win $50 Amazon gift card!

Come up with a device or instrument and give it a name and a description of what it looks like.

On March 7, Tweet your invention and description. Make sure to include the hashtag #yalsapunk and @figmentfiction

For example – @figmentfiction Blimflocket – a wristwatch w/a chain that goes up the arm & links to a person’s neck.#yalsapunk

Remember you’ve got 140 characters total so be creative but succinct.

A winning device will be chosen based on creativity, and the “inventor” will receive a $50 Amazon gift card.

What is steampunk?

What is Twitter?

Hit Us With Your Best Shot

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We’re looking for your Perfect Playlist. Give us the exact five songs that make up your perfect playlist. Any genre, any artist, it’s your choice (just keep the titles clean).

Stop at a branch or  comment here to enter your list by October 24. Only one entry per person.

We’ll randomly draw a name to receive the grand prize of portable iPod speakers. The winner will be announced October 29.

I’m not eligible for the prize but here you go, my current top 5 favorite songs:

  1. Rama Lama Bang Bang by Roisin Murphy
  2. Toxic from the Britney/Brittany ep of Glee
  3. Bad Company by Five Finger Death Punch
  4. Love the Way You Lie by Eminem
  5. Super Massive Black Hole by Muse