The Kirkus Book Video Awards is a competition that challenges student filmmakers to create video trailers based on three upcoming young-adult novels to be published by Random House Children's Books. The finalists for the fourth annual Teen Book Video Awards are Rosie Lambert (Chapman University), Ben Bliss (Chapman University) and Brighton Linge (University of North Carolina School of the Arts.)
2009 voting is CLOSED. Check back here after Wed, Nov 11 to find out this year's winner!

VERY LEFREAK: 2009 BOOK VIDEO AWARDS FINALIST

VERY LEFREAK is both the title and tech-addled protagonist of Rachel Cohn's novel, which award-winning director Rosie Lambert features in her entry to the Kirkus 2009 Book Video Awards contest. This popular event, sponsored by Random House Children's Books and co-hosted by Barnes & Noble.com, has helped launch the careers of many budding filmmakers.

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THE MAZE RUNNER: 2009 BOOK VIDEO AWARDS FINALIST

James Dashner's thrilling novel, THE MAZE RUNNER, gets star treatment in Brighton Linge's dazzling video, a finalist in the Kirkus 2009 Book Video Awards, sponsored by Random House Children's Books and co-hosted by Barnes & Noble.com. Linge is a fourth-year cinematography major at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

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FALLEN: 2009 BOOK VIDEO AWARDS FINALIST

FALLEN rises to the top in singer-filmmaker Ben Bliss' exciting trailer about author Lauren Kate's star-crossed supernatural romance novel. The video is a finalist in the Kirkus 2009 Book Video Awards, sponsored by Random House Children's Books and co-hosted by Barnes & Noble.com.

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