Discussions and Activities What is Sci-Fi? Sci-Fi and Science Technology Fantasy and Horror Writing About Other Worlds Special Incentive for Public Library Participants

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Out-of-this-world-reading and fun prizes are in the offing!

This October, teens across Oklahoma are being encouraged to read something out of this world, just for the fun of it!

Read Beyond Reality is a project of the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services Association. In Oklahoma, the Department of Libraries has joined forces with The Oklahoman's Newspapers in Education program to offer the program to both schools and public libraries.

Focus on the month is on Speculative Fiction literature: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Discussion and activity ideas will give you and your students/patrons much to contemplate and explore throughout the event.

School librarians and classroom teachers may sign up to participate at nie.newsok.com.

Public libraries will find everything they need to participate right here.

• First let ODL Youth Services Librarian Adrienne Butler know that your public library is participating. If you have not already been in contact with her about Teen Read Month, send her a message via the ODL Staff Contact Form.
• Next, download the poster, bookmarks, and reading logs to promote the event, and sign up teens to participate.
• During the month, use the discussion and activity ideas for local programming, or refer young readers to the links so they can do their own investigation into speculative fiction.
• Young readers will keep track of the number of pages they read each day and will turn the forms into you by November 2.
• E-mail Adrienne Butler at ODL with your top ten readers and the number of pages each has read by November 5. Also send Adrienne the total number of pages read by your participants, as well as the number of teens who participated in your library.

Your library and individual readers
can win some big prizes!

• The school and public library whose readers in grades 6 through 12 log the most pages will each receive $250 worth of books courtesy of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. The librarians at the winning school and public library will select the prize book titles.
• The 10 students participating through their school or public library who read the most pages will receive two premium tickets to an Oklahoma City Thunder basketball game.
• The top three readers also will receive an autographed team picture.
• The top school reader and top public library reader will each receive an iPod Nano.
• Winners will be announced at nie.newsok.com.

Pleas read our boiler plate rules and regs below, and then start your month-long adventure of discovery at your public library!

Rules and Regulations—All federal, state and local regulations apply. No purchase necessary. There are no prize or cash substitutions. Prizes are non-transferable. By participating in this promotion, entrants agree to be bound by the official rules and the decisions of the judges/contest officials. All decisions made by contest officials shall be deemed final. Employees of contest sponsors (The Oklahoman and the Oklahoma Department of Libraries) and their immediate families are ineligible to participate. Individual prizes may only be earned through participation with a school or a public library but not through both. This contest is void where prohibited by law. Acceptance of prizes constitutes permission to use the winner’s name(s), video(s), photograph(s) and likeness(es) for purposes of advertising and promotion on behalf of contest sponsors without compensation. All contest submissions become the property of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, and ODL retains the right to reuse them at their discretion and without compensation.

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