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As the LISNews Librarian Essay Contest winds down it seems like a good time to formally announce the LISNews Librian Joke Contest! We won’t judge each joke, but anyone who submits a joke will be entered to win some cool prizes.

From www.funkandweber.com and www.StitchingForLiteracy.com …a set of four Needle and ThREAD: Stitching for Literacy cross stitch bookmark patterns, including two designed from the old chicken-and-frog library joke. You know, a chicken walks into a library and says, “book, Book, BOOK!” (you gotta say it like a chicken), so the librarian gives her a book. The chicken takes the book outside and down to a pond where a frog sits on a lily pad and croaks, “read-it, read-it” (that’s right, say it like a frog).

Book Marks from www.InMyBook.com
Web Hosting from www.LISHost.org

You’ll want to submit your joke(s) HERE starting on MONDAY.

Follow along on the tracker page (https://lisnews.org/joketracker) or RSS feed (https://lisnews.org/jokes/rss)

The first ever LISNews Librarian Essay Contest invites librarians to write an original essay about issues that impact librarianship. The contest will run for the entire month of February, 2010, with the fabulous prizes awarded sometime in March. Winning essayists will receive one of several prizes including Amazon or Borders gift cards, and a year of hosting from LISHost.org.

The first ever LISNews Librarian Essay Contest invites librarians to write an original essay about issues that impact librarianship. The contest will run for the entire month of February, 2010, with the fabulous prizes awarded sometime in March. Winning essayists will receive one of several prizes including Amazon or Borders gift cards, and a year of hosting from LISHost.org.

All Essays Must Be Submitted Here!

You can view only essay entries at https://lisnews.org/essays/
OR
Subscribe to the Essay Contest Entries RSS Feed Here: https://lisnews.org/essays/rss
Below the break you’ll see answers to your questions.

What did you mean “issues”, what should I write about? ANYTHING that ties into libraries, librarianship or librarians and all those that we deal with. There are over 10 years of stories we’ve posted here, take a look in the archives to see what interests us. Personally, I’m looking forward to reading about everything and anything that people decide to write about, as long as it comes back to libraries somehow. I’m looking to be surprised, challenged, I want to learn a thing or two, and maybe have good laugh.

What about format? You’re writing for librarians, on the web. HTML is welcome, links, short paragraphs, images, and so on… There are a million sites out there that will tell you about the best way to write for the web.

How many words? I’m hesitant to set a hard limit, so let’s just say “essay length.”

How will judging be done? Well, judging writing isn’t exactly easy is it? It’s very subjective, that’s why there will be somewhere between 5 and 10 judges. We’ll all pick our favorites and base the winners on that.

What are the prizes? $25 from Amazon, $50 from Borders, and a year of hosting from LISHost.

What about deadlines? Anything entered in the month of February. You’ll need to put it in the submissions queue and tag it with “essay”. Don’t email anything to me, use the queue.

No, you don’t need to be a librarian.

Yes, you can co-author an article.

Yes, this essay should not be available elsewhere.

No, if you’re a judge you’re not eligible to win.

Yes, if you’ve written for LISNews before you can still win, you just can’t be a judge.

How many essays do you expect to receive? Not many.

The first ever LISNews Librarian Essay Contest invites librarians to write an original essay about issues that impact librarianship. The contest will run for the entire month of February, 2010, with the fabulous prizes awarded sometime in March. Winning essayists will receive one of several prizes including Amazon or Borders gift cards, and a year of hosting from LISHost.org.

When I announced our little contest a few weeks ago I didn’t provide many details. So read on below for a bit of an FAQ. Any other questions just let me know.

What did you mean “issues”, what should I write about? ANYTHING that ties into libraries, librarianship or librarians and all those that we deal with. There are over 10 years of stories we’ve posted here, take a look in the archives to see what interests us. Personally, I’m looking forward to reading about everything and anything that people decide to write about, as long as it comes back to libraries somehow. I’m looking to be surprised, challenged, I want to learn a thing or two, and maybe have good laugh.

What about format? You’re writing for librarians, on the web. HTML is welcome, links, short paragraphs, images, and so on… There are a million sites out there that will tell you about the best way to write for the web.

How many words? I’m hesitant to set a hard limit, so let’s just say “essay length.”

How will judging be done? Well, judging writing isn’t exactly easy is it? It’s very subjective, that’s why there will be somewhere between 5 and 10 judges. We’ll all pick our favorites and base the winners on that.

What are the prizes? $25 from Amazon, $50 from Borders, and a year of hosting from LISHost.

What about deadlines? Anything entered in the month of February. You’ll need to put it in the submissions queue and tag it with “essay”. Don’t email anything to me, use the queue.

No, you don’t need to be a librarian.

Yes, you can co-author an article.

Yes, this essay should not be available elsewhere.

No, if you’re a judge you’re not eligible to win.

Yes, if you’ve written for LISNews before you can still win, you just can’t be a judge.

How many essays do you expect to receive? Not many.

The first ever LISNews Librarian Essay Contest invites librarians to write an original essay about issues that impact librarianship. The contest will run for the entire month of February 2010, with the fabulous prizes awarded sometime in March. Winning essayists will receive one of several prizes including Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift cards, and a year of hosting from LISHost.org.

I’ll be happy to answer any questions via email or in the comments below. If you’re interested in being a judge, let me know. I’ll post more details a little later in the month.