Teen Video National Challenge Seeks N.C. Submissions on Libraries and Reading

RALEIGH, N.C. - Dec. 11, 2013 - PRLog -- RALEIGH, N.C. -- Teens in North Carolina, and across America, are asked to showcase their interpretations on the 2014 Summer Reading teen slogan Spark a Reaction during the 2014 Teen Video Challenge. Their original 30 to 90 second videos will be among those entered in to the competition sponsored by the State Library of North Carolina and the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP). CSLP includes public libraries and state library agencies in the United States, its territories and the Cayman Islands.

CSLP members work together to provide high quality summer reading materials for public libraries to use in summer programs for children, teens and adults. Teens can now be involved in the process before, during and after summer months by being part of the process. The adolescents can also showcase their talent and creativity on the subjects of libraries and reading before a national audience.

Each state organizes and implements the 2014 Teen Video Challenge with submissions organized and accepted through public libraries. The winning video in each state will be named one of the CSLP 2014 Teen Videos to promote summer reading nationwide. The winning state video will receive $275 and the associated library will receive $125 from CSLP and Demco/Upstart. Winners will be announced in spring 2014. Find more details at www.cslpreads.org/ under 2014 Teen Video Challenge.

Contact your local public library for entry information and forms or visit http://www.cslpreads.org/pubfiles/2014/tvc/14_TVC_NC.pdf. Entries must be submitted by Feb. 14, 2014. The North Carolina winning video will be announced March 17.

The Summer Reading Program is administered by the State Library of North Carolina (http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/index.html), a division of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources.

About the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources:

The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) is the state agency with a vision to be the leader in using the state's cultural resources to build the social, cultural and economic future of North Carolina. Led by Secretary Susan Kluttz, NCDCR's mission is to enrich lives and communities by creating opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history and libraries in North Carolina that will spark creativity, stimulate learning, preserve the state's history and promote the creative economy. NCDCR was the first state organization in the nation to include all agencies for arts and culture under one umbrella.

Through arts efforts led by the N.C. Arts Council, the N.C. Symphony and the N.C. Museum of Art, NCDCR offers the opportunity for enriching arts education for young and old alike and spurring the economic stimulus engine for our state's communities. NCDCR's Divisions of Archives and Records, Historical Resources, State Historic Sites and State History Museums preserve, document and interpret North Carolina's rich cultural heritage to offer experiences of learning and reflection. NCDCR's State Library of North Carolina is the principal library of state government and builds the capacity of all libraries in our state to develop and to offer access to educational resources through traditional and online collections including genealogy and resources for the blind and physically handicapped.

NCDCR annually serves more than 19 million people through its 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, the nation's first state-supported Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the N.C. Arts Council and the State Archives. NCDCR champions our state's creative industry that accounts for more than 300,000 jobs and generates nearly $18.5 billion in revenues. For more information, please call (919) 807-7300 or visitwww.ncdcr.gov.