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Leslie Powell-Skinner! Her creative essay “A ‘Cents’ible Resource” won the judges over with its humorous rhythm and rhyme. Powell-Skinner will receive a prize of $350, courtesy of American Library Association.

Tamra Mathias’ “A Life Filled With a Love of Library, Literature and Obviously Alliteration,” garned the most votes and won the People’s Choice Award.

On Monday, we announced our “Tweet a Fact About Our Site Contest,” and the submissions immediately started flowing in. All Twitter users have to do is send us a tweet with one fact about atyourlibrary.org and a link to any page on the site. Each day, ten lucky winners will receive a free @ your library tote bag from our Design a Tote Bag Contest.

The winner of the first atyourlibrary.org e-newsletter iPod raffle will be trying to keep her new audio and video player away from the prying hands of her husband.

Dorothy Vance, from Brandon, Mississippi, was the November winner of the iPod raffle. “I was very excited about finding out I won.” Vance said. “Especially around Christmastime!”

Her and her husband both enjoy listening to audio books, which she says will be the main usage for the player.