In September 2021, the Homewood Public Library hosted the 2nd annual Snapshots Online Photography Contest for Teens. Designed by the Teen Advisory Board, this contest was open to local 6th-12th graders who had an interest in photography. The Library received triple the entries this year versus 2020! To view all submissions, please click here. The…
To celebrate National Poetry Month, the Homewood Public Library hosts an annual poetry contest in April. This contest is open for any 6th-12th grader in Jefferson County. This year, the Library received over 150 entries. Thank you to all the students who took time to submit their writing. The judges selected the following entries for…
The Homewood Public Library held its 5th Annual Student Art Contest in March 2021. This year the contest was moved virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Library received the most submissions in all the contest years. All entries can be viewed here. We appreciate all the artists, teachers, and parents for helping make this…
Each year, the Homewood Public Library challenges our local 6th-12th graders to an annual Six Word Story Contest. Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway placed a bet that he could write a story in just six words. If the legend is true, he won with “For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn.” Each year, our teens can…
In January/February of 2020 the Homewood Public Library sponsored a contest to learn people’s library love stories. We placed contest entry forms in our front lobby and added an online submission link to our website. In just four weeks we received 129 submissions, all of them spoke of the many reasons our community loves their library. From…
Like every month, we have way too many awesome events for our 6th-12th graders. Since there are so many cool options, we have decided to highlight our top ten events for March 2020. All events are free and open to any 6th-12th grader. Some events require registration and you can click on the event title…
