Garden State Teen Book Awards- Vote now!

2016 Garden State Teen Book Awards

Teens Vote!

Teens all across NJ are invited to vote for their favorite book title in any one or all three voting categories.  
Deadline for voting is December 31, 2015 and
Winners will be announced in January 2016!

Vote for Non Fiction Grades 6-12

Vote for Fiction Grades 6-8

Vote for Fiction Grades 9-12

Last year's winners :

Fiction, Grades 6-8: Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Fiction, Grades 9-12: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Nonfiction, Grades 6-12: Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal

NYT Summer Reading Essay Contest for teens 13-19

Fourth Annual New york Times Summer Reading Essay Contest  starts on June 14th and ends on August 16, 2013.
During that time, teenagers, 13-19 can choose any piece in The New York Times they like and write to tell why it interested them. Weekly winning submissions will be chosen. The contest is open to teenagers only — anyone from 13 to 19 years old, from anywhere in the world.

How it Works
The New York Times will  post the same Student Opinion question for every Friday, starting June 14.
Each will ask, “What Interested You Most in The Times This Week?”
That is where students  should post their  picks (and reasons) any time until the next Friday.
Then that post will be closed and  a new one opened with the same question.

Submissions (Comments on a particular article) should be 350 words or less and abide by the rules found here http://www.nytimes.com/content/help/site/usercontent/usercontent.html.

• Comments can be on anything in the print New York Times or on NYTimes.com including  videos, graphics, slide shows and podcasts.
•  Give your first name only, in accordance with the  privacy rules. No last names, but please also post your age and hometown.

Notes for Teachers
 Teachers: If you want all the students in a particular class to write in, just give them a code of some kind to affix to their first names

Teachers can  also consider telling students that it will be their responsibility when they return to school in the fall to provide a list of links to each of their comments.
Each comment has its own unique URL, which can be found by clicking “link” in the upper left-hand side of any individual comment

Rules and more information
See http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/the-fourth-annual-new-york-times-summer-reading-contest/#judges

Jersey City Girls Talk Back on Monday, May 9, 2011

JERSEY CITY GIRLS!
LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHO YOU ARE,
WHAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED,
WHAT CHALLENGES YOU HAVE OVERCOME,
AND HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT BEING LABELED “THE COMMUNITY’S WORST ENEMY”
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/04/jersey_city_schools_chief_says.html

The Community's Worst Enemy?
Jersey City Girls Talk Back!
Monday, May 9th , 2011
6pm-8pm
Gothic Lounge ( Hepburn 202)
New Jersey City University

2039 Kennedy Boulevard

Jersey City, NJ 07305

http://www.njcu.edu/i2e/visit/directions.asp

A forum facilitated by: Dr. Jacqueline Ellis, Dr. Ann Wallace, and Dr. Antoinette Ellis-Williams
Featuring: Patricia Bombelyn, Lawyer and social activist; Nathaniel Briggs, Vice-President, New Jersey NAACP; Barbara Milton, Ph.D., LCSW, author of “Our Pride and Joy: Stories about Hudson County Teens” blog.

Sponsored by the Black Alumni, Administrators, Faculty, Staff and Students Organization, the Lee Hagan Africana Studies Center, Women’s and Gender Studies.

AND
Tell our Young Women Stories of Those Female Teens Who Have Proceeded Them:

Melba Patillo Beals
Warriors Don’t Cry: a searing memoir of the battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High
Juv. 371.97 .B366w 2002

Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice
Juv. 323.0The Community's Worst Enemy?
Jersey City Girls Talk Back!

Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice
Juv. 323.092 .H789c

Freedom riders : 1961 and the struggle for racial justice
E185.61 .A69 2006

Defying the odds : triumphant Black women of Newark
F144 .N653 K85 2005


Learn What Can Be Done

Urban girls revisited : building strengths HV1431 .U734 2007
Beyond appearance : a new look at adolescent girls F144 .N653 K85 2005
Coming into her own : educational success in girls and women LC1503 .C65 1999
Stand by Me: the risks and rewards of mentoring today’s youth HV 1431.R48 2002

Watch

The souls of Black girls: a documentary film V3088

http://www.soulsofblackgirls.com/

Monday, May 9th, 2011 at 6pm (H202, NJCU ) Stand Up for our Young Women as they Speak Up for Themselves!

For more information call: Dr. Jacqueline Ellis, (201) 200 3170 or Dr. Ann Wallace, (201) 200 2015

Calling Newark-Teen Girls -Apply NOW for the SNLP Summer Institute

Sadie Nash Leadership Project's Summer Institute

is a 6-week program for young women housed at Rutgers University!***

Please visit us on our website - http://www.sadienash.org/

SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT

Frequently Asked Questions

What do we do?

SNLP is a unique educational leadership program that is made up of young women ages 14-21 in New York City and Newark, NJ. We are currently recruiting for our Summer Leadership Institute for 2011. SNLP gives young women a chance to meet amazing peers and accomplished leaders (like filmmakers, activists, scientists, artists, writers); take fun exciting courses (about things like human rights, creative writing, medicine, sociology, the environment); and to develop unique ways of leading with your peers and with our support. SNLP is about young women, run by young women and for young women.

Why do we do it?

The Sadie Nash Leadership Project is designed to guide young women through a process in which they come to understand the importance of their life experiences, and how these experiences can be applied to taking action and making change. We believe young women have the ability to change the world, now and in the future. The Sadie Nash Leadership Project is their opportunity to take some time and look at their own leadership, their potential leadership, and the leadership of the women around them.

How does it work?

The Sadie Nash Leadership Project requires an initial commitment of six weeks. The summer program lasts for six weeks from July 5th to August 12th, Monday through Friday from 10am until 4pm (on Fridays, we have special events and the hours are different). The summer program will be located in downtown Newark which is accessible by bus and train. There will be required pre-session orientation meetings in early June to prepare you for the summer, and to provide an opportunity to meet the staff and to get to know each other. During the summer you and your peers will take classes, meet women involved in different forms of leadership, take workshops on issues that are important to you, and explore your own and others' leadership. The program is FREE, and in fact you will receive a weekly stipend to attend.

What is the stipend? To help you cover your expenses (food and transportation) during the summer you will receive astipend during the program for everyday you attend. You only receive the stipend when you are at the program because it covers those two direct costs that come with attendance

Application Deadlines

Sadie Nash Newark:

Friday, February 28th

Monday, April 29th

If you would like a presentation at a Newark school please contact Tynesha at tynesha@sadienash.org

Garden State Teen Book Award Winners-2011

From NJLA

The Young Adult Section of NJLA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011



Garden State Teen Book Award!For a full listing of annotated nominations and more information on how the GSTBA works, check out our wiki page: http://njla.pbworks.com/w/page/12189805/Garden-State-Teen-Book-Awards.



Fiction:

Grades 6-8

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The boy, Nobody, has been raised by gentle ghosts in a graveyard following his escape from his family’s murderer. What will happen when the murderer returns for him?


Fiction:

Grades 9-12

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
In Panem, winning the lottery changes the lives of 24 children each year, but not for the better. These girls and boys become contestants in The Hunger Games, a televised battle to the death.


Nonfiction:

Grades 6-12

Eminem : The Way I Am by Eminem
One of the most influential rappers of all time allows readers to gain insight into his life and his emotional struggles. The book is as raw and personal as his music.

The 2012 Garden State Teen Book Award ballot will be available May 2011. (Print copies will be available at the NJLA Conference!) In the meantime, click here to view the 2011 ballot, current and past annotated lists of nominated titles, and past winners documents

NJ School Librarians ALERT -Have Students VOTE for GSTBA NOW!

New jersey School Librarians Alert
It's time for your students to vote for their favorite books!

The Garden State Teen Book Award Committee would like to remind librarians to have your students get out the vote!
http://njla.pbworks.com/w/page/12189805/Garden-State-Teen-Book-Awards

Garden State Book Awards
Each year, New Jersey teens vote for their favorite books in three categories.The ballot lists twenty nominees for each category, based on teen appeal and quality of writing.

Follow these links to on-line ballots listing all 60 nominees:

Follow this link for a listing of fiction books for Grades 6 to 8. http://www.bccls.org/gstba/2011/fiction6to8.shtml

Follow this link for a listing of fiction books for Grades 9 to 12 http://www.bccls.org/gstba/2011/fiction9to12.shtml

Follow this link for a listing of non-fiction books for Grades 6 to 12
http://www.bccls.org/gstba/2011/nonfiction6to12.shtml

Voting for the 2011 Garden State Teen Book Award will run through January 8, 2011


The winners will be announced in February 2011.
The Garden State Teen Book Award, first presented in 1996, is a project of the Young Adult Section of the New Jersey Library Association.

Teens can vote online at: http://www.bccls.org/gstba/2011/ or use a paper ballot.

Send your ballots or vote totals to:

Laura Leonard
Hillsdale Public Library
509 Hillsdale Ave
Hillsdale, NJ 07642
Region H 1147
leonard@bccls.org

Ballots must be received by Saturday, January 8, 2011.

Paper ballots, past winners, and information about the award can be found at:
http://njla.pbworks.com/w/page/12189805/Garden-State-Teen-Book-Awards

2010 NYC Teen Author Festival

From: http://readergirlz.blogspot.com/2010/03/2010-nyc-teen-author-festival.html

The 2010 NYC Teen Author Festival!

First Draft to Final Draft – Talking About the Writing Process

Monday, 3/15

(NYPL, Tompkins Square Branch, 331 East 10th Street, 6pm):

featuring:

Gayle Forman, Daphne Grab, Carolyn Mackler, Sarah Mlynowski, Blake Nelson, Marie Rutkoski, Eliot Schrefer, Natalie Standiford

Getting Inside the Mind of a Teen Boy

Tuesday, 3/16

(Barnes & Noble Tribeca, 97 Warren Street, 7pm):

featuring:

Nick Burd, Matt de la Pena, Gordon Korman, David Levithan, Barry Lyga, Michael Northrup, Jon Skovron, Jake Wizner

The Treasure Map to Going Bovine with Will Grayson(s) (or, an evening of readers’ theater) Wednesday, 3/17

(Mulberry Street Branch, NYPL, 10 Jersey St, 6pm)

featuring:

Libba Bray, John Green, David Levithan, E. LockhartThursday,

3/18

(Five Borough Read, 10am):

Authors read to high school students and the public in libraries across the city.

Manhattan:

Countee Cullen Branch, NYPL, 104 W 136th

StDonna Freitas, Eliot Schrefer, Rachel Vail, Lynn Weingarten, Ebony Wilkins

Jefferson Market Branch, NYPL, 425 6th Ave

Gabe Guarente, Carla Jablonksi, Kristen Kemp, Barry Lyga, Samantha Schutz

Muhlenburg Branch, NYPL, 209 W 23rd St

Emma McLaughlin, Lauren McLaughlin, Courtney Sheinmel, Jennifer Smith

Mulberry Street Branch, NYPL, 10 Jersey Street

Angie Frazier, Aimee Friedman, Alice Hoffman, Robin MacCready, Sarah Maclean, Amanda Marrone

Seward Park Branch, NYPL,

192 East Broadway

Cathleen Bell, Susane Colasanti, Matt De La Pena, Gayle Forman, Daphne Grab

Yorkville Branch, NYPL,

222 East 79th St

Micol Ostow, Robin Palmer, Shani Petroff, Robyn Schneider, Abby Sher, Jake Wizner, Michelle Zink

Brooklyn:

Central Branch, Brooklyn Public Library, Dweck Auditorim, 10 Grand Army Plaza

Emily Horner, Melissa Kantor, O.Rhuday-Perkovich, Matthue Roth, Siobhan Vivian, Adrienne Maria Vrettos, Melissa Walker, Robin Wasserman

Bronx: Bronx Library Center, NYPL, 310 East Kingsbridge Road

Coe Booth, Sarah Darer Littman, Neesha Meminger, Maryrose Wood

Queens: Broadway Branch, QPL, 40-20 Broadway, Long Island City

Jessica Blank, Sarah Burningham, Heather Duffy-Stone, Marianne Mancusi, Elizabeth Scott

Staten Island: West New Brighton Branch, NYPL, 976 Castleon Avenue

Elizabeth Eulberg, David Levithan, Michael Northrup, Kieran Scott

Thursday Evening,

3/18 (Books of Wonder, 18 W 18th St, 6-8pm):

Sourcebooks Fire Launch Party

featuring authors

Lisa Brown, Anne Eliot Crompton, Helen Ellis, Adele Griffin

and music of Tiger Beat!with Libba Bray, Dan Ehrenhaft, Barnabas Miller, and Natalie Standiford

Friday, 3/19

(South Court, 42nd Street, 2-5 and 6-8:30)

NYC Teen Author Festival Symposium Afternoon

2:00 Introduction

2:10 – 3:00: Using Genre to Tell the True Story of Adolescence

featuring: Judy Blundell, Sarah Beth Durst, Lauren McLaughlin, Diana Peterfreund,Sara Shepard, Maggie Stiefvater, Robin Wasserman

3:00 – 3:30: Making a First Impression – 2010 Debut Authors

featuring: Angie Frazier, Emily Horner, Alyssa Sheinmel, Ebony Wilkins

3:30 - 4:15: Grief, Loss, and the YA Novel

featuring: Alexandra Bullen, Heather Duffy-Stone, Donna Freitas, Alice Hoffman, Sarah Darer Littman, Lisa Ann Sandell, Samantha Schutz

4:15 – 5: The Boy You Can’t Have f

featuring: Susane Colasanti, Elizabeth Eulberg, Robin Palmer, Elizabeth Scott, Melissa Walker, Maryrose Wood5-6:

BreakEvening6:00 – A Tribute to Regina Hayes

featuring: Sarah Dessen, Joy Peskin, Jacqueline Woodson

6:45 – 8:30: What it Feels Like for a Girl – Writing in a Teen Girl’s Voice

featuring: Jessica Blank, Eireann Corrigan, Sarah Dessen, Jenny Han, Terra Elan McVoy, Siobhan Vivian, Adrienne Maria Vrettos, Jacqueline Woodson

Saturday, 3/20 (Bartos Forum, 42nd Street, 1pm):

Stuff for the Teen Age Event

The New York Public Library’s list of the hottest books, movies, music, and video games from 2009.

Keynote speaker, Libba Bray, the author of Going Bovine.

Sunday afternoon: Books of Wonder Signing

(18 W 18th St, 2-6)

NOTE: Because of the number of authors, signings will be in shifts.

NJ Graphic Novel Fans Alert!

COME ROCK OUT AT THE SOUTH ORANGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
So Punk Rock (and Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother), a graphic novel for teens written and illustrated by brother/sister team Micol and David Ostow, will be presented at the South Orange Public Library on Thursday evening, Aug. 6th, at 7 p.m. by the authors, who are South Orange natives.

Micol and David will show the MTV-style book trailer for So Punk Rock, and read a short selection of the book. Teens will have a chance to look at the hilarious illustrations designed by Dave, ask questions, learn a little bit about the writing and publishing process, and maybe even win a copy of the book.

All are welcome and refreshments will be served. For further information please contact Phyllis Kalb at the South Orange Public Library at (973) 762-0230 or pkalb@sopl.org. For a description of the book, see the author website at http://www.micolostow.com/, and http://www.micolostow.com/sopunkrock/

Calling Newark-Teen Girls -Apply NOW-June Deadline

From the Sadie Nash Leadership Project

Last Chance: Apply for Newark Summer Institute ONLINE Last Chance!

Apply Online: Apply now for Newark Summer Institute 2009

Please help spread the word to your youth contacts about this great opportunity. The application date has been extended to June!
www.sadienash.org or 718.422.8664

SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT
Frequently Asked Question

What do we do? SNLP is a unique educational leadership program that is made up of young women ages 14-21 in New York City and Newark, NJ. We are currently recruiting for our Summer Leadership Institute for 2009. SNLP gives you a chance to meet amazing peers and accomplished leaders (like filmmakers, activists, scientists, artists, writers); to take fun exciting courses (about things like human rights, creative writing, medicine, sociology, the environment); and to develop your unique way of leading with your peers and with our support. SNLP is about you, run by you and for you, as a leader and as a young woman.

Why do we do it? The Sadie Nash Leadership Project is designed to guide you through a process in which you come to understand the importance of your life experiences, and how these experiences can be applied to taking action and making change. We believe you, as a young woman in high school, have the ability to change the world, now and in your future. The Sadie Nash Leadership Project is your opportunity to take some time and look at your own leadership, your potential leadership, and the leadership of the women around you.

How does it work? The Sadie Nash Leadership Project requires an initial commitment of six weeks. The summer program lasts for six weeks from July 6th – August 14th, Monday through Friday from 10am until 4pm (on Fridays, we have special events and the hours are different). The summer program will be located in downtown Newark (we hope on the Rutgers Newark campus where it was located last year) which is accessible by bus and train. There will be required pre-session orientation meetings in early June to prepare you for the summer, and to provide an opportunity to meet the staff and to get to know each other. During the summer you and your peers will take classes, meet women involved in different forms of leadership, take workshops on issues that are important to you, and explore your own and others' leadership. The program is FREE, and in fact you will receive a weekly stipend to attend.

What is the stipend? To help you cover your expenses (food and transportation) during the summer you will receive a stipend during the program for everyday you attend. You only receive the stipend when you are at the program because it covers those two direct costs that come with attendance

Young Adult Literature Events in NYC

Juvenalia Smackdown

Monday, 3/16, 4-6pm, Tompkins Square Park branch of the NYPL, 331 E. 10th Street

Join Holly Black, Cassandra Claire, Alaya Johnson, Justine Larbalestier, David Levithan, Diana Peterfreuend, Scott Westerfeld as they read some of their (ahem) less accomplished work from their middle school and high school years. Hosted by Libba Bray.


I Have Seen the Future…and It Sounds Like This
Wednesday, 3/18, Mulberry Street Branch of the NYPL, 10 Jersey St.6pm


Teen authors are notoriously stingy about reading from their works-in-progress. But for Guest of Honor Joe Monti, authors Libba Bray, Rachel Cohn, Eireann Corrigan, Justine Larbalestier, Barry Lyga, and Scott Westerfeld are willing to share a little bit from their future books. Hosted by David Levithan.

The Five-Borough Read
Thursday, 3/19

BROOKLYN: Central Library, Dweck Center, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
10-11am

Gayle Forman
Jenny Han
Leslie Margolis
Abby Sher
Matthue Roth
Robin Wasserman


BRONX: Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Road, Bronx
4-5pm

Coe Booth
Madeleine George
Paul Griffin
Brian Sloan
Melissa Walker



MANHATTAN: Countee Cullen Branch, 104 W 136th St
4-5pm

Matt de la Pena
Daphne Grab
Mary Hogan
Barry Lyga
Carolyn McCormick


MANHATTAN: Jefferson Market Branch, 425 Avenue of the Americas

4-5pm

David Levithan
Bennett Madison
Lauren McLaughlin
Billy Merrell
Marie Rutkoski


MANHATTAN: Webster Branch, 1465 York Avenue
4-5pm

Lisa Ann Sandell
Courtney Sheinmel
Rachel Vail
Cecily Von Ziegesar
Martin Wilson


QUEENS: Far Rockaway Branch, 2002 Cornaga Ave, Queens 4-5pm

Tara Altebrando
Laura Dower
Heather Duffy-Stone
Aimee Friedman
Eliot Schrefer
Siobhan Vivian
Rita Williams-Garcia


STATEN ISLAND: St. George Library Center, 5 Central Avenue 4-5pm

Kate Brian
Judy Goldschmidt
Michael Northrop
Micol Ostow
Lynn Weingarten

Rock Out with TIGER BEAT!
Thursday, 3/19, 6pm at Books of Wonder


By day, Libba Bray, Daniel Ehrenhaft, Barney Miller, and Natalie Standiford are upstanding authors. But by night, they turn into … TIGER BEAT, the first ever YA author rock band. Tonight is their debut public performance … and it’s sure to go down in legend.


With opening act The Infinite Playlists (Rachel Cohn and David Levithan reading a litany of musical references, but mercifully not singing).


I Love You, New York: Teen Lit in the City

Friday, 3/20, 6pm, NYPL, 42nd Street, Court Room

Join authors Coe Booth, Paul Griffin, Maureen Johnson, David Levithan, Cecily von Ziegesar, and Rita Williams-Garcia in a spirited reading and discussion about teen novels set in New York City – from the glamour of the gossip girls to the grit of the Bronx projects, from the everyday battles of the high school halls to the extraordinary events of 9/11.



Stuff for the Teen Age Ceremony
Saturday, 3/21, 1pm, NYPL, 42nd Street, Celeste Bartos Forum

This new list only has the best of the best, and includes books, music, movies, and video games. Featuring a keynote by Walter Dean Myers



Teen Authors Celebrate Teen Readers
Sunday, 3/22, NYPL, 42nd Street, Trustees Room, 1pm

Over a dozen authors salute teen readers and teen advisory board members from around the city, including Blake Nelson, reading from his upcoming novel Destroy All Cars.


The Biggest Teen Author Signing EVER
Sunday, 3/22, Books of Wonder, 4pm

Join over 40 authors for a signing extravaganza as they take over Books of Wonder, sign books, and converse with fans new and old. An incredible event that is sure to go down in book-signing history.

Authors include:

Nora Baskin
Jessica Blank
Judy Blundell
Coe Booth
Elise Broach
Susanne Colasanti
Sarah Darer-Littman
Matt de la Pena
Heather Duffy-Stone
Daniel Ehrenhaft
Gayle Forman
Aimee Friedman
Madeleine George
Maureen Johnson
Kristen Kemp
Justine Larbalestier
David Levithan
E. Lockhart
Barry Lyga
Carolyn Mackler
Sarah MacLean
Megan McCafferty
Lauren McLaughlin
Neesha Meminger
Billy Merrell
Blake Nelson
Micol Ostow
Matthue Roth
Marie Rutkoski
Lisa Ann Sandell
Courtney Sheinmel
Abby Sher
Brian Sloan
Jennifer Smith
Rachel Vail
David Van Etten
Ned Vizzini
Adrienne Maria Vrettos
Cecily von Ziegesar
Melissa Walker
Robin Wasserman
Scott Westerfeld
Suzanne Weyn
Maryrose Wood
Lizabeth Zindel