Teen Blogging Contest for Teen Read Week YALSA’s young adult literature blog, The Hub, is looking for teens to guest blog about various topics related to young adult literature and literacy culture during Teen Read Week, October 12–18, 2014. Teens aged 12–18 are eligible to apply. The deadline is August 1, 2014. Money for Underserved School Libraries The Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) grant application for the 2014–15 and 2015–16 school years has just been announced. The deadline to apply is July 18, 2014—you can find the details from ALA here. A large portion of the IAL program funds underserved school libraries. Galleys Galore! and Your Shot at ALA Swag K. A. Harrington has been working in the YA trenches for a few years, and it could be that her forthcoming release, Forget Me (Putnam, Aug. 2014), puts her on the charts. The premise is fresh; Morgan's deceased boyfriend is seemingly back from the grave, at least according to social media site FriendShare, which uses facial recognition software to identify "friends." But the intrigue doesn't end there—after digging through layers of secrets and lies, Morgan is left questioning everything she thought she knew about her town, her boyfriend, and even her parents’ involvement in the fall of Stell, the mega-corporation that Evan’s family owns that took down the entire town of River’s End in its collapse. Bad bad adults...often make for great YA reading! Twenty SLJTeen readers will be chosen at random to receive a galley of Forget Me. Send an email to youngreaderspublicity@us.penguingroup.com by July 16 with "Forget Me Galley" in the subject line with your mailing address (North America only) and name of your library or school. Winners will be notified via email by July 21. And where is that ALA swag I promised? For those who weren't able to be at ALA to get a galley of Suzanne and Melanie Brockmann's debut YA novel, Sourcebooks will happily ship Night Sky out to 20 randomly chosen SLJTeen readers. To enter, send an email to teenfire@sourcebooks.com (available to readers in the United States and Canada only) by July 15 with the subject line "SLJTeen Night Sky." On the Makerspace Train? Make the Most Out of It Apply for YALSA’s 2014 Maker Contest. The contest to encourages “making” during the summer months at libraries across the nation. Qualified maker programs must be specifically designed for and targeted at young adults ages 12–18, take place during the summer months of June through August 2014 and engage young adults in some aspect of making as defined in the Making in the Library Toolkit (PDF). Applications will be vetted based on the program’s innovation, engagement and outcomes. At the conclusion of the contest, a compilation of best practices from the submitted programs will be shared with the library community. Applications must be submitted by September 1, 2014. Selected recipients will be notified through email the week of Oct. 6, 2014. To apply, visit the online form. YALSA has lots of resources to help you make this happen—visit their Maker & DIY wiki for great ideas and encouragement.