Read On!
April 02, 2012
YALSA’s 2012 Best of the Best Reading Challenge Begins!
Challenge objective
Reador listen to 25 of the 80 titles on YALSA’s 2012 Best of the Best list to finish the challenge. The list includes YA novels, audiobooks, graphic novels, and books for adults, so there’s plenty to choose from. Bonus objective: read or listen to all 80 titles to conquer the challenge!
Challenge rewards
Beyond experiencing the best of the best that YA lit has to offer if you participate in the challenge, everyone who finishes the challenge will be invited to submit a response to a book they read for the challenge. The response can be text, graphics, audio, video and will be published on The Hub. Furthermore, everyone who finishes the challenge will be entered into a random drawing for a grand prize: a YALSA tote bag full of 2011 and 2012 YA lit! (If the winner is a teacher or librarian or something similar, there will also be a few professional development titles included.)
Challenge conquerors will receive an elite digital badge to show off how well-read they are.
Challenge guidelines
The challenge begins at 12:01AM EST on April 1 and ends at 11:59PM EST on June 30.
Eligible books are those on YALSA’s 2012 Best of the Best list: 2012 winners and honor books for the Alex Award, Margaret A. Edwards Award, William C. Morris Award, Nonfiction Award, Odyssey Award, and Michael L. Printz Award, as well as the Top Ten Amazing Audiobooks, Best Fiction, Great Graphic Novels, Popular Paperbacks, and Quick Picks.
Format matters: a title that has been recognized for both the print version and the audiobook version can be both read and listened to and count as two books, but a book that has won multiple awards or appears on multiple lists in the same format only counts as one title. If a book was recognized as a print version, listening to the audiobook does not count.
Books must be read or listened to (both stared and finished) within the challenge time period. If a participant has already read or listened to a title, he or she must re-read or re-listen to it for it to count.
Just about everyone who doesn’t work for ALA is eligible to participate. Yes, non-ALA/YALSA members are eligible. Yes, teens are eligible. Yes, non-US residents/citizens are eligible.
Once a participant finishes the challenge, he or she will be contacted with details about creating and publishing his or her response.
The grand prize winner will be selected by 11:59pm EST on July 2. The winner will be notified via email.
Find out more details and how to participate by visiting The Hub at YALSA.