MeeGenius! Culminates Worldwide Search and Contest for Aspiring Children's Authors

NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MeeGenius!, the premier virtual bookstore for enhanced children's stories, has culminated their Worldwide Search and Contest for aspiring children's book authors. Celebrated novelists and guest judges Laura Dave (author of The Divorce Party), Jane Green (author of Promises to Keep), and Allison Winn Scotch (author of The One That I Want) have hand selected four runner up authors to receive an e-book publishing contract and iPod Touch, and one grand prize winner who will receive an e-book publishing contract on the MeeGenius! proprietary publishing platform and an iPad.

The winners of the MeeGenius! Worldwide Search and Contest for Aspiring Children's Authors include:

• Grand Prize: Pajama Girl by Sarah Perry (librarian and mother from the metro-Detroit Area) and Ingvard the Terrible (University of Central Oklahoma graduate and Senior Design Director and Illustrator)
• 1st Runner Up: The Cat Just Sat in the Chair by D.T. Walsh
• 2nd Runner Up: Floppity Phillip Flaut, words by Gary Guthrie, illustrations by Sunyoung Kim, characters by Taylor Lewis Guthrie
• 3rd Runner Up: Who Is the Most Beautiful Bird in the Barnyard? by Sharon Mann
• 4th Runner Up: The Little Green Bubbles by Kevin Malone, illustrated by Lee Hadziyianis

About MeeGenius!

MeeGenius! is your premier virtual bookstore for enhanced children's stories. Initially available on the Web at www.MeeGenius.com and now as a smart phone application, MeeGenius! offers a selection of classic children's stories -- both old and new -- and adorns each story with advanced technological features such as word highlighting, digital recording, audio playback and character personalization. MeeGenius! was created for the modern on-the-go family -- making books as easily accessible on the road as they are at home. Geared towards infants and children up to 8-years-old, MeeGenius! promotes early reading comprehension skills in an atmosphere that still preserves family story time.

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