South Carolina State Library to host literary cake decorating contest

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Best designs to be awarded prizes, featured on SCSL social media - To celebrate National Library Week (April 10-16, 2016), the South Carolina State Library will host a literary cake decorating contest.  Anyone interested must register online to participate.  Participants may submit cakes decorated to represent a character from a favorite book, a favorite children's book cover, or anything else book-related. 

Cakes should be dropped off at the State Library (1500 Senate Street) between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12, 2016.  Library visitors may vote for their favorite cake any time between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.  When voting is closed, the votes will be counted and winners will be announced.  After winners are announced, the cakes will be cut and served.

Winners will receive special prizes and photos of the winning cakes will be posted on the State Library's website and social media.  

UPDATE: Congratulations to this year's winners! Kayla McCormack, 1st place for Through the Looking Glass; Daphne Thompson, 2nd place for The Very Hungry Caterpillar; and, Mikayla Bostick, 3rd place for If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.

Upcoming Event

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Jennifer Bartell Boykin, Poet Laureate of Columbia, SC

April 25, 2024, 6:00 PM
Join the South Carolina State Library's Center for the Book for our next Speaker at the Center Author Talk, featuring Poet Laureate of Columbia, SC, Jennifer Bartell Boykin. She will discuss her debut book of poetry, Traveling Mercy, and her upcoming release, Only Believe (The Word Works), a winner of the 2023 Hilary Tham Capital Collection.