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Forsyth County Public Library Programs for Teens
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Forsyth County Public Library's
Bookmark Art Contest Aug. 20 – Oct. 3, 2022 Forsyth County Public Library, all locations For grades Pre-K through 12.
Entries will be accepted at all Forsyth County Public Library locations through Monday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. Winners selected will be invited to an awards ceremony and luncheon on Nov. 2 or 3. Winners will have their bookmarks distributed by the library during the course of the next year.
Entry forms may be downloaded from our website or picked up at your local library. For more information, call 336-703-3040.
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Forsyth County Public Library's
Short Story Contest
Theme: Scary Stories
Sep. 1- Nov. 30, 2022
Forsyth County Public Library- All Locations
Attention writers: It’s time for our annual short story contest. This year, we’re looking for scary stories, so do your best to spook us out. You have until Wednesday, November 30 to submit a hard copy of your most terrifying tale to your local library. Entries must be original work, up to 3,000 words in length, typed, and must include your name, age, and contact info. The winner of each age group will receive a $50 gift card to Bookmarks and have their work dramatized by “The Witch in the Woods” Podcast. For more details, call 336-703-2985, and for inspiration, check out the podcast!
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Games for Teens: Board, Card, and Video Games
Saturday, Sept. 10 from 2-4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 24 from 2-4 p.m.
Central Library-Teen Central
660 West Fifth Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Drop-in to play board, card, and video games together in Teen Central. You may use the games provided or bring your own (rated for teens or younger) to share. For ages 12-18. Program waiver is required to enjoy refreshments.
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STEAM for Teens
Wednesday, Sept. 7 from 5-6 p.m. - Make your own stress balls with kinetic sand and water beads.
Wednesday, Sept. 14 from 5-6 p.m.- Free build time in Makerspace.
Wednesday, Sept. 21 from 5-6 p.m.- Making slime.
Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 5-6 p.m.- Explore STEM with art.
(Every Wednesday from 5-6 p.m.)
Central Library-Makerspace
660 West Fifth Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Learn how to build your own creations to take home out of various materials. For ages 12 -18. For more information, email Mia Jordan (jordanmc@forsyth.cc).
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Book Club for Teens
Monday, Sept. 12 from 5-6 p.m. (Topic: Reader’s Choice)
Monday, Oct. 10 from 5-6 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 14 from 5-6 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 12 from 5-6 p.m.
Central Library- Teen Central
660 West Fifth Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
For ages 12-18. Participants choose a topic or genre for each month and we all read whatever we want related to that. Then we discuss what we read at our meeting. Program waiver is required to enjoy refreshments.
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Healthy Eating and Kitchen Skills for Teens
Tuesday, Sept. 13 from 5-6 p.m.- Fruit Salad
Tuesday, Oct. 11 from 5-6 p.m.- Stir Fry
Tuesday, Nov. 8 from 5-6 p.m.- TBD
Tuesday, Dec. 13 from 5-6 p.m.- TBD
Central Library- Auditorium's Kitchen
660 West Fifth Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Learn about kitchen safety and healthy recipes from a professional chef, Floyd Davis. You will prepare a different dish together each class. No experience in the kitchen required. Program waivers are required. If you have allergies or food restrictions, please let us know when you register so we will be able to accommodate them. To register, email Mia Jordan (jordanmc@forsyth.cc).
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Teen Anime Club
Saturday, Sept. 17 from 2-3 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 15 from 2-3 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 19 from 2-3 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 17 from 2-3 p.m.
Central Library- Teen Central
660 West Fifth Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Watch anime together and do anime-related activities. Ages 12-18. Program waiver is required to enjoy refreshments.
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College Foundation of North Carolina- Applying for College
Monday, Sept. 19 from 5-6 p.m.
Central Library- Makerspace
660 West Fifth Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Learn how to apply for college. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Presented by Takeila Barnes Hall, the College Foundation of North Carolina Regional Representative.
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Voter Registration Drive and Election Academy for New Voters
Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. (Voter Registration Drive)
Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 5:30-6:30 pm. (Election Academy for New Voters)
Forsyth County Public Library
660 West Fifth Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Ages 16 and up.
The Forsyth County Board of Elections will host a voter registration drive in the library’s lobby from 4:30-6:30 p.m. There will also be a class for new voters from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the library’s auditorium. The class will cover topics such as voter registration, how to find where to vote, what primaries are, information about early voting, etc. To register for the Election Academy for New Voters class, email Mia Jordan (jordanmc@forsyth.cc).
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Lego Robotics for Tweens & Teens Thursday, Sept. 22 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Central Library Auditorium
660 W. Fifth Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Ages 9-18.
Make your own robotic creations out of Legos. Registration suggested. Limit of 24 participants. Presented by Jeffrey Cates from NC Cooperative Extension, Forsyth County Center. To register, email Mia Jordan (jordanmc@forsyth.cc).
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| "Into the Sublime" by Kate A. BoormanFour leave: in search of "The Sublime," a legendary subterranean lake with mystical powers. Amelie, Devon, H, and Gia, who barely know each other, hide their motivations for venturing into the claustrophobia-inducing cave system that supposedly conceals The Sublime.
Three come back: including Amelie, covered in someone else's blood and ready to share her account of the disastrous excursion.
How it's told: from the ending, when a skeptical deputy must untangle the truth from Amelie's horrific, possibly unreliable story. |
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"A Girl's Guide to Love & Magic"
by Debbie Rigaud
Who it's about: Cicely Destin is a fifteen-year-old Haitian American girl from Brooklyn.
What it's about: Cicely's beloved aunt, a social media influencer known for dabbling in Haitian Vodou, is possessed by a rogue, mischievous spirit and Cicely enlists the help of her best friend to set things right.
Read it for: first kisses, family legacies, and magical hijinks.
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"The Dragon's Promise"
by Elizabeth Lim
What it is: a reimagining of the story "The Wild Swans" that incorporates Chinese myths and legends.
What happens: Princess Shiori journeys to return the dragon's pearl to its rightful owner in this conclusion to the epic story that began in "Six Crimson Cranes."
If you like: fantasy, sincere romance, and political intrigue.
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| "Wake the Bones" by Elizabeth KilcoyneWhat it is: an atmospheric and suspenseful horror novel set in the cursed farming town of Dry Valley, Kentucky.
What happens: Taxidermist and tobacco hand Laurel witnesses her bone pile standing up and walking away. To save everyone and everything she cares about, Laurel must uncover her late mother's secrets and tap into her own magic.
Who it's for: fans of gory, visceral horror and anyone who understands simultaneously loving and loathing your hometown. |
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| "Beating Heart Baby" by Lio MinThe new kid: Santi, troubled by his past, arrives at his new school eager to join the award-winning, rambunctious marching band. Suwa, the drum major with a similar painful history, finds Santi annoying yet intriguing. The two forge a friendship that soon blossoms into something more.
How it's told: like a vinyl record, with Santi narrating the A-side and Suwa narrating the B-side.
Read it for: the lyrical writing style overflowing with love for indie rock, Los Angeles, and art. |
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| "His Hideous Heart: Thirteen of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined" by Dahlia Adler, editorWhat it is: 13 fresh, creepy interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe's work.
Featuring: twisted tales by YA authors including Tessa Gratton, Kendare Blake, and Tiffany D. Jackson. Poe's original stories and poems are also included.
Don't miss: Rin Chupeco's "The Murders in the Rue Apartelle, Boracay," blending Filipino mythology into "The Murders in the Rue Morgue;" and "The Oval Filter," by Lamar Giles, in which a deceased Instagram influencer haunts a star football player. |
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| "White Smoke" by Tiffany D. JacksonWelcome home? Fresh from rehab, Mari moves with her newly blended family to a gentrifying town where their renovated house is plagued by strange smells, unexplainable shadows, and sinister forces tied to the town's deadly history.
Reviewers say: "searing social commentary and genuinely creepy haunts" (Kirkus Reviews).
Is it for you? Mari's experience of anxiety and addiction is vivid and gripping; those looking for a less intense (but just as eerie) story might prefer Cherie Priest's The Agony House.
Click here for the e-book.
Click here for the e-audiobook. |
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| "The Bone Houses" by Emily Lloyd-JonesAccording to legend: a fae curse animates the bone houses, rotting corpses rising nightly in the forbidden forest.
Enter: Ryn, a gravedigger and one of the few who believes the legend. She teams up with Ellis, a mapmaker dealing with chronic pain, to brave the forest, break the curse, and protect Ryn's village.
Why you might like it: This atmospheric, Welsh-inspired tale pairs its melancholy meditation on life and death with moments of comic relief, mostly from an undead goat. |
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| "Girls Save the World in This One" by Ash ParsonsBraaaaaains! June Blue is ready to make memories with her BFFs Imani and Siggy at ZombieCon!, the convention for their favorite show, Human Wasteland.
But seriously, braaaaaains! Not all the zombies shuffling through the convention center are cosplayers. Now the trio must band together with some actors and fellow convention-goers to stay alive and save humanity.
Try this next: Lily Anderson’s Scout's Honor or Kelly Devos' Eat Your Heart Out, two further fast-paced, darkly humorous tales of teens vs. monsters. |
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| "The Woods Are Always Watching" by Stephanie PerkinsThe danger: the unfamiliar terrain of North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest, where high school graduates Neena and Josie are on a three-day backpacking trip before setting off for college. When Josie falls into a sinkhole, she's gruesomely injured and trapped.
The bigger danger: the pair of serial killers Neena crosses paths with as she leaves Josie to find help.
Read it for: the immersive world-building, the ratcheting tension, and the emotionally grounded friendship.
Click here for the e-book.
Click here for the e-audiobook. |
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Featured Online Resources
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Volunteer at the Forsyth County Public Library
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up! |
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