World Book Night U.S. announced that the 10 best essays submitted by the 2014 volunteer givers about their experience during this year's day of giving will be included in a special WBN e-book next year. The winners will be chosen in each of the nine regions and an overseas military base, and one grand prize-winner will receive a pair of domestic airplane tickets. Essay contests will also be held for booksellers and librarians with the grand prize bookseller winner getting tickets to BEA in 2015 and the librarian essay contest grand prize winner given a pair of tickets to next year's ALA convention.
WBN also announced that its first proprietary e-book, The World Book Night 2014 ebook: An Original Collection of Stories and Essays by Booksellers, Librarians, and Authors, will be ready for givers to hand out on April 23.
The deadline for givers, booksellers and librarians to submit essays is May 31. Full rules, guidelines, regional breakdowns, and terms and conditions can be found here.
