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Welcome to the Contests Page!
AADL sponsors a variety of contests for kids and teens. Each contest offers participants the opportunity to show off their creativity from writing to graffiti. Our annual contests include...
The Graffiti Art Contest is held annually during the Ann Arbor Art Fairs for grades 6-12. All supplies, including paint and painting surfaces, are provided. Participants work on site within a structured time period. Judging occurs the same day and prizes are awarded in the form of gift certificates. All artwork will be displayed for one month at the Ann Arbor District Library. Check out the list of winners and look at all the artwork created for the 2008 contest.
The LEGO Contest is for ages pre-School through grade 12. Participants build their projects at home and bring them to the library for judging. Prizes are awarded in the form of gift certificates and award ribbons during a large awards ceremony on the evening of the judging. The 2009 LEGO Contest takes place on Monday, August 10 at Weber's Inn (3050 Jackson Ave); take a look at the rules and guidelines for more details. Check out the list of winners from every contest and look at all the entries to the 2008 LEGO Contest.
Our Manga Drawing Contest occurs each summer for grades K-12. Participants create artwork at home and bring it to the Library for judging and display. The contest culminates with an awards ceremony and prizes are awarded in the form of gift certificates. the 2009 Manga Drawing Contest is now accepting submissions through July 20. For more information take a look at the rules and guidelines. Check out the list of winners and look at all the drawings entered in the 2008 contest.
The "It's All Write!" Short Story Writing Contest includes generous prizes to be distributed among nine winners! The contest is open to students in grades 6-12. Writers submit an original short story to be judged by a panel of published authors. The Awards Ceremony is held during the Ann Arbor Book Festival in May. See the list of winners for the 2009 contest. Check out the list of winners from the past few years and read the winning stories from the 2008 contest.
Read the blog posts below for more information on upcoming and past contests....
Submitted by erin on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 10:06am.
If it's summer it must be time for our annual Lego and Manga Contests! Use the summer to focus your creativity and maybe you will win! In order to enter either contest participants must read and follow the rules and guidelines. Children and teens aged preschool to 12th grade are invited to enter the 4th Annual Lego Contest. This year the Lego contest award ceremony will take place at Weber's Inn (3050 Jackson Ave) on Monday, August 10 @ 8:00 PM. For complete submission guidelines and the talent release form click here. Top finishers will receive gift certificates to Toys R Us, and we'll have medals for winners of the special categories!
It's our 3rd Annual Manga Drawing Contest for grades K-12. The award ceremony will be on Monday, July 27 @ 7:00 PM in the Downtown Youth Room. For complete submission guidelines and the talent release form click here. Top finishers will receive gift certificates for Wizzywig Collectibles!
Submitted by Bertha on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 10:43am.
Janet Lee Carey is the award-winning author of Stealing Death, Dragon's Keep and The Beast of Noor. www.janetleecarey.com
Steven Lee Climer is a professor of English at Baker College of Allen Park, MI. He has sold the motion picture rights of his novel ‘Demonesque’ to After Dark Productions, and is the recipient of several honors including the Darrell Award, Eppie for Best Horror Novel 2000, and 1997 finalist for Best First Novel from the International Horror Guild. Steve has published eight adult horror/fantasy novels, three works for children/Young Adults, a short story collection of horror stories, and over 20 short stories in various magazines.
John Coy writes picture books, middle-grade novels, and YA novels. His latest is Top of the Order, the first book in a series about four fifth-grade friends. He lives in Minnesota.
Submitted by shannon riffe on Mon, 05/11/2009 - 1:18pm.
Join us in the Vandenberg Room of the Michigan League on Saturday, May 16 as teen fiction writer Gary D. Schmidt discusses the craft of writing and announces the 2009 winners of the "It's All Write" teen short story writing contest. This year, over 200 area students participated, making it one of the most competitive ever! This event, sponsored by the Ann Arbor District Library, is a highlight of the Ann Arbor Book Festival.
Submitted by Bertha on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 1:49pm.
Go ahead and put those finishing touches on your Short Story (minimum of 4 pages,
maximum of 10). The LAST day to turn in your story is March 20th/Friday by 9pm at closing time or, if you're emailing us your entry, you have until midnight! You can email your stories to allwrite@aadl.org
Guidelines are here. First, second and third place prizes will be awarded in three categories: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10, Grades 11-12. "It's All Write!" features $1500 in prizes to be distributed among nine lucky winners. You can read the winning stories from last year. Click here.
Good Luck!!
Submitted by erin on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 10:58am.
You're invited to enter our 1st Annual Oscar prediction contest! Teens in grades 6 and up and adults are invited to enter. For each category choose one projected winner - be sure to answer the tie-breakers too! Winners will be selected during the week after the Oscar telecast (February 22, 2009) and will be chosen based on accuracy of answers - using the tie-breakers if necessary. You may only enter the contest one time.
Three winners will be chosen and will receive Gift Certificates for Quality 16 Movie Theaters:
1st place = $25; 2nd place = $20 and 3rd place = $15.
To enter the contest please complete the form.
Sunday, February 22, 2009: Thanks for playing the contest is now CLOSED.
If you need some inspiration before entering the contest join us for
Oscar Night with Movie Expert John Carlos Cantu
Thursday February 19, 2009: 7:00- 8:30 pm --Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Submitted by Bertha on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 12:14pm.
It's almost time for the 2009 It's All Write! Short Story Contest to begin! In less than one month, on FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, entries will start being accepted in our annual writing contest. Winners will be announced at the Ann Arbor Book Festival Short Story Contest event, Saturday, May 16 featuring teen book author Gary D Schmidt. Here are the facts for this year's contest:
1st Place ($250), 2nd Place ($150), and 3rd Place ($100) prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10, and Grades 11-12.
Entries accepted FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 through FRIDAY, MARCH 20.
Guidelines are attached here.
Prize Winning Short Stories is a booklet available for check out of previous years' winners, or you can read last year's winners online. Good Luck!
Submitted by andrewjmac on Tue, 08/12/2008 - 1:33pm.
Take a look at some of the best talent Ann Arbor has to offer! All of the entries to the AADL's 2008 LEGO Contest and the 2008 Graffiti Art Contest are now online as a part of our online photo gallery, pictureAnnArbor. The Graffiti Art Contest gallery features over 40 creations by local teen artists made right here in the AADL's backyard. And the LEGO Contest gallery features every one of the 130 entries that came in this year. Come check out your own work, your friends' work, or just get some inspiration for your own artistic creations.
Don't forget that the 2008 Graffiti Art Contest entries are also on display in the Downtown Library until August 28.
Submitted by erin on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 9:50am.
Our 2nd Annual Manga Drawing Contest has drawn to a close! This year our hard working judges were Jerzy Drozd and Shannon Towsend. They each spent hours judging the entries and providing feedback to each and every entry - thank you! In case you don't know what manga is click here. If you missed this year and are looking to find other places to post your work Jerzy made a great resource sheet. You can check out all the entries in this year's contest in our image gallery.
Click Read More to see the list of the winners!
Submitted by erin on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 10:35am.
Once again our annual LEGO® contest was a blast! Families dropped off their entries on Tuesday night and all day Wednesday, the judges deliberated for almost 3(!) hours and then we packed the house with people wanting to look! This year we had over 130 projects entered into the contest - making it tougher for the judges to decide. Thanks to our judges Eli Neiburger, AADL Associate Director of IT and Product Development, Eric Klooster, AADL IT Component Developer and finally Duane Collicott, local LEGO® enthusiast and Brick Bash Master. Those that placed 1st Place, Runner-Up and Honorable Mention each got gift cards to Toys R Us, plus an award medal. Award medals were also given to those who placed in the special categories. NEW this year! Stay tuned later this summer for the LEGO® Contest Photo Gallery of every project submitted!
Without further ado behold the winners!
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