Tewksbury, Wilmington Libraries Set For Reading Rivals Challenge II

TEWKSBURY, MA —The Tewksbury Public Library and Wilmington Memorial Library have announced they will once again compete to see which library's users can log the most reading minutes.

The 2nd annual Reading Rivals challenge will last from Oct. 1 to Nov. 23. Readers from Tewksbury and Wilmington are asked to register with their town's library and then log the minutes they spend reading.

All ages are welcome and reading materials like books, magazines, newspapers, graphic novels and even audiobooks are acceptable.

There are weekly prize raffles and a grand prize raffle, in addition to the chance to help one's local library win the Reading Rivals trophy.

Last year, in the inaugural event, Wilmington Memorial Library won the challenge, its readers logging 769,931 minutes to Tewksbury's 761,399. Tewksbury had held a 7,000-minute lead entering the final two days of the competition.

The two libraries combined for over 1.5 million minutes of reading

"Thank you SO MUCH to all our patrons for logging all your minutes — you absolutely crushed this challenge," Wilmington Memorial wrote in a statement last year. "We can't thank you enough for your loyalty to our library and your dedication to reading."

Tewksbury Public Library put out its own statement after the 2021 competition.

"Tewksbury lost by just 0.5 percent. We'll get them next year!" the Tewksbury Public Library wrote.

Next year has arrived.