HPL

The Hays Public Library is offering an incredible opportunity for five young adults.

Angie Thomas, the author of The Hate U Give, will be speaking at Kansas State University on April 11. The library will take five teens to the presentation in Manhattan for free.

The attendees will be selected through a contest that includes three parts. The teens must submit an essay, either written or visual, about what the quote “The Hate U Give Little Infants Fails Everybody” means to them. The essays should be no more than one page. The visual essays can be any medium but should be one continuous piece of paper of any size.

Applicants also must submit one question they would ask Angie Thomas if given the opportunity, and finally they must include a completed guardian permission form. All Hays teens ages 12 to 18 or in grades six through 12 are eligible to enter.

Submissions are due by March 22 and must be made in person by the applicant. Parent submissions are not allowed. The library will offer free printing for the contest.

For more information and the guardian permission form go to hayslibrary.org or call the Young Adult Department at 785-625-9014.