By: Emily Balser, Integrated Marketing Specialist

You’ve been hard at work all school year promoting your school’s library and Sora digital collection to your students and community. Now, it’s time to snap, share, and show off what you’ve been working on!

Our School Stars contest is officially underway and we’re collecting submissions through Mar. 28, 2025. This year, we’ll have 16 winners! With so many chances to win, what are you waiting for? Enter today! 

No School Stars entry is too small, so check out the categories and gather your materials. All winners will be notified in April.  

Categories

Your school can enter up to five times – once per category. If you want to enlist the help of your school’s staff, you can download our handy Teacher’s Lounge Flyer. If you want to get your staff and students involved, you can try out our new instant photo template on Canva! 

  • Best in Visual/Virtual Display or Bulletin Board – If you’ve ever promoted Sora on a bulletin board or on a digital screen, we want to see it!    
  • Best in Social Media – Does your school use social media? Share with us how you’ve used your platforms to promote Sora and engage your community.    
  • Best Community Engagement – Your school walls don’t have to be the stopping point for your Sora promotion. If you’ve engaged with your school community to encourage at-home reading, faculty engagement, worked with your public library, or more, this category is for you.    
  • Best use of Sora in the Classroom – Titles in Sora can be used for pleasure reading or for classroom curriculum use. This category is for you to show off how you’ve used Sora in your classes to support learning objectives, activities, assignments, and to foster your student’s learning.    
  • Best Student-Made Submission – Sora was made for students, and we’d love to see how yours are loving and using the platform. Show us how your students spread the word about your digital collection to their peers, parents, or school community. 

Prizes 

We’re so proud of each one of our school partners for all of the hard work you put in each day with your students and communities. However, there can only be 16 official School Stars award winners. Check out this year’s prizes below:  

  • Grand Prize (Best overall, one winner) – $3,000 USD in Sora content credit plus one School Stars winner poster 
  • Best in Category (One winner per category, five total winners) –  $500 USD in Sora content credit plus one School Stars winner poster 
  • Category Runner-Up (One runner-up per category, five total winners) – $250 USD in Sora content credit plus one School Stars winner poster 
  • Participation Winners (Five winners) – Five winners from all total entries will be chosen at random to each win $100 USD in Sora content credit 

Share a sneak peek! 

Our social media team has been hard at work creating another opportunity for you to win! Share a sneak peek of your entry on your school’s social media account and follow the directions on our Instagram post (@sorareadingapp) by Feb. 21, 2025 for a chance to win some cool prizes! 

More to explore 

If you need some inspiration for your entry, you can check out last year’s winners on our School Stars website. You can also always find fun graphics and printables on our Resource Center.  

Best of luck to everyone as you shoot for the stars!