Update: we have our winners! 🥁 Congratulations to…

• Brannan from Blount County Public Library in Tennessee! After a recent visit to see his daughter who lives in Spain, he is doubling down on his efforts to learn Spanish, with an impressive 14 hours in March:

“I’m inspired by all the nice folks I meet who were born in Spanish speaking countries who I now call neighbors. They work really hard to learn English and do a really good job of it. I plan on continuing my studies indefinitely. I will be more proficient in Spanish eventually. It’s also quite fun.”

• Karen from Amery Area Public Library in Wisconsin! At 76 years old, she likes to keep her brain active, so she spent 8 hours learning German:

“I studied German for a couple of years in high school and for a while on Duolingo.  I have so much respect for people who speak more than one language, and I’d like to be one of them!”

• Yomaira from Harris County Public Library in Texas! She is working to improve her English listening, writing, and speaking skills. She’s well on her way after 15 hours of practice in March:

“I spent 15 hours learning English to improve my English skills and learn more vocabulary, it’s interesting for me because each unit is different and we are given different situations in which we can learn every day.”

Have a ball competing with library patrons all over the world in Multilingual March.

It’s simple. Log in to Transparent Language Online for Libraries. Pick any (or many) of the 140+ available languages. Learn at least 5 hours during the entire month of March.

Once you hit 5 hours of learning time, you’ll be automatically entered into the contest for a chance to win. Three winners (and their libraries!) will be randomly selected to win a $100 Amazon gift card.

That’s it! We’ll announce and email the winners in early April.

? Ready to compete? Find a library near you that offers Transparent Language Online.

? And librarians – if your library offers Transparent Language Online, you’ll find oodles of materials in the Library Marketing Kit to help you promote the contest! Videos, memes, posters, and more.

Now the “fine print” stuff:

1. Only library patrons using Transparent Language Online for Libraries in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Ireland are eligible. Individual subscribers, users from libraries in other countries, and users sponsored by any other organization are not eligible, sorry!
2. You must have an email associated with your account (either your username or entered in your user profile) so we can contact you. No email in the account = not eligible to win.
3. Learning time = time spent doing lessons, refreshing Learned Vocab, or doing Practice activities in Transparent Language Online on web or mobile.
4. The contest runs from 12:01am EST on March 1, 2025 to 11:59pm EDT on March 31, 2025. Only learning time completed during that time will count.
5. We will select the winners based on learning time completed, but reserve the right not to select a specific user for any reason. Winners will be announced by April 30, 2025 and contacted by email. Failure to reply to the email within 7 days forfeits the prize and a new winner will be selected.
6. Prizes are Amazon gift cards amounting to $100 each for the three selected patrons and their libraries (totaling 6 gift cards worth $100 each). If the winning patrons and/or libraries are not in the US, we will try to accommodate their local currency. Applicable exchange rates will be applied.