Currently BPL Teens have two ways for young adults to express themselves via the written word: Book Reviews and the BPL Scribe.

2010 Scribe Anthology

Deadline: 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Beginning February 1st, 2010 we will accept submissions for the annual Scribe Anthology, a collection of short stories, essays and poetry by middle and high school students. The submission rules are as follows: Students in 6th through 12th grades can submit original short stories, essays and poems. You may not submit someone else's work under your name; that is plagiarism, and it is illegal.

• All entries must be typed.
• You may submit up to five entries. Please type one entry on a page. Use paper clips on entries that are more than one page long; do not staple pages together.
• Each individual entry must have the following information PRINTED on the BACK of the first page of each entry:
  • your name
  • address
  • zip code
  • school
  • grade
• Entries must be 1,000 words or less.
• No entries will be returned.
• Entries can be submitted at the Bettendorf Public Library, 2950 Learning Campus Dr, Bettendorf, 52722 or emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . They must be received by 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 27th, 2010.
• Entries which do not follow these rules will not be eligible.
• This is a juried anthology; not all entries submitted will be published. We will notify you only if your entry has been accepted.

There will be an author reception for those young adults whose poems or prose has been selected to appear in the 2010 Scribe Anthology on Tuesday April 13th 2010 at 7:00 pm in the Junior League Program Room at Bettendorf Public Library.