Eighteen year-old Maria Martinez, a student at the Academy of Art University, is this year's Miami-Dade Public Library’s Teen Read Week T-Shirt Design Contest winner. Her winning entry was chosen from hundreds of drawings and best represents the theme “Seek the Unknown @ the Library.”
Martinez will receive a Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet and had her design reproduced on T-Shirts which were worn by participants during the official observance of Teen Read Week on October 13-19.
First runner up, Adriana Aguilar, a 12th grader at Hialeah Miami Lakes High School and an avid Miami Lakes Branch Library patron, will receive a $100 Michaels Gift Card. Second runner up, David Santiago Diez, will receive a $50 Michaels Gift Card.
Winning designs can be viewed online at www.mdpls.org/news/press/pr/2013/trw_t-shirt_winners.asp.
The Miami-Dade Public Library System invites teens ages 12-19, to visit their nearest branch and be a part of Teen Read Week 2013, Outloud Events! scheduled now to October 26.
Following the theme Seek the Unknown @ the Library teens are asked to read ‘out loud’ from their favorite graphic novel, comic book, book or magazine during one of many events scheduled at various branches.
Participants will be awarded community service hours. Teen Read Week is a national adolescent literacy initiative created by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), which encourages teens to be regular readers and library users.
Teen Read Week and its activities are sponsored by the Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library and the Miami Dolphins Foundation.