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Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

Win Great Prizes at the Edible Book Festival

ediblebooks_button (1)Time is running out if you want to register an entry!

Registrations for contest entries accepted until noon April 13. Stuck for ideas? Contact CMLE staff we have a folder full of ideas! Our ideas sometimes jump-start your even greater ideas.

Hot tip: None of the entries are ever tasted, so even if you are a terrible cook it doesn’t matter at all. Just use edible materials to create and bind your entry together!

Public viewing and voting of edible book entries is from 4-6 p.m. in the SCSU Library Lobby. No time to create? No problem. Come anyway, bring family and friends to vote for your favorite entries, then view and eat professional entries from local bakeries, listen to book-themed music from Radio Station KVSC, participate in hands on, just-for-fun assorted table activities, and try your luck at edible book visual trivia too!

Back to Prizes! Be strategic, pick the category that may land you the big win!

Individual Entries (Do you want all the glory to yourself?)

1st Place: $100 value, including a new Kindle  E-reader

2nd  Place: $80 value, including a digital photo frame

3rd  Place: $65 value, including a $30 Mexican Village certificate

Group Entries (Shy about doing your own? Get others to work with you; register as a group)
1st place = $85 value, which will include an edible celebration for your group!

Remember! You must enter to win!  Contestants must register by noon on April 13.  Registration information is available at http://scsu.mn/EdibleBooks2015.

Supporting Sponsors:  Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, HuskyTech, KVSC, the SCSU Bookstore.

 

Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

Are You Coming to the Edible Book Festival?

ediblebooks_button (1)We hope so! This is the first year that CMLE is co-sponsoring and helping to offer this Edible Book event out beyond the St. Cloud State University (SCSU) campus, and we really hope that some staff and/or end users from area libraries and school media centers join us!

Have you always wondered about doing your own Edible Book event in your setting? Participate in ours to get the lay of the land! Looking for an activity to do in your makerspace? Do an edible book entry for April 14th and register as a group; win a group prize!

Prize categories are shown below.  Which category do you think you might have the best chance in winning?

  • Individuals entries will compete for: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place; based on the popular vote of attendees at the event. Individual prizes will be valued at $100, $80, and $65 respectively!
  • SCSU Student Groups ($50 cash; total value of $85) (2nd place, $75 value)
  • Other Group outside of SCSU Student Groups ($85 value)

You only need to register if you are entering an edible creation in the contest. Spectators are encouraged and welcome, bring your friends and family! Everyone will have two hours to vote for favorites on April 14th.

Activities! Wondering what to do during the judging period?  Come to the Miller Center coffee shop (library lobby) and enjoy book-themed music by the campus radio station, KVSC.  There will also be Creation Station table activities to keep those jitters at bay while we wait for the judging results. Just for fun, try your hands-on-skills in several areas, or deduce book titles in a visual edible book trivia activity. But wait, there is more! View the professional entries from five local bakeries too and enjoy refreshments!

A little late to the game?  Get ideas and details here. Got questions? Email CMLE or call us at 320-308-2950.

Registration must be submitted by 12:00 PM (noon) on April 13, 2015.  Register here

Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

Hey Central MN: You’re Invited to an Edible Book Festival!

ediblebooks_button (1)Save the Date for Some Serious Book Fun in April!

CMLE is pleased to co-sponsor this upcoming SCSU Library event and invites all library/school media staff in Central MN to join in the fun!

WHAT? Create and bring a piece of edible art related to books: it can be a pun on a title, refer to a scene or character, look like a book or somehow be inspired by a book. All materials must be edible – but may or may not taste good together; tastiness receives no points! No time to create? Come as a spectator, vote for your favorites, and take in additional entertainment, treats, and fun. (No registration required for spectators)

WHO? Whether you’re library staff, a voracious reader, professional chef, starving artist, and/or someone who just likes to play with their food, you’re eligible to join in the fun! Group entries are welcome too, so consider creating your entry with colleagues!

Get all of the details here!

Ready to help get the word out? Download the poster now!

Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

Edible Books 2014

Edible_Books_winner_2014Each year, the library at St. Cloud State University holds an edible book event. This years’ was a huge success with many fun and interesting entry’s. Check out pictures on the SCSU Library Facebook page or WJON’s article about the event.

CMLE is looking for news about other edible book events in the region and we’d love to hear from you. Have you held an edible book event at your library? Send us a link or any pictures and we’ll add them to this post.

Looking for a guide to planning and hosting an edible book festival at an academic library?