Write and Illustrate Your Own Book Contest

Have a budding author in your family?

Teaching a group of students who would be overjoyed to see one of their books on the library shelves?

Centre County children in grades 1 through 6 are invited to enter our Write and Illustrate Your Own Book Contest! Winners will be chosen from 4 categories, and their books will become a permanent part of the Children’s Department collection.

You may submit your entry between Monday, January 4, 2021 and Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

• Double-check your entry for all of the necessary items listed in the Rules booklet below, then hand it off to a Schlow staff member during one of the following times:
  • Mondays and Wednesdays, 9am-6:45pm
  • Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4pm-6:45pm
  • Fridays, 9am-4:45pm
  • Saturdays, 9am-12:45pm
    • If there is no staff member outside when you arrive, ring the doorbell next to the front door.

A complete list of rules and tips can be found below. All winners will be notified by letter in April 2021.

Need a little writing help or inspiration? Register for our Young Writers Workshop on Saturday, January 23 at 10am. Find more information here!

Interested in learning more about the contest? Listen to an interview with Young Writers Workshop instructor, Anne Burgevin, on the Schlow Library Podcast.