Public Information and Communication
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 24, 2003
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Mary Jo Ryan
402-471-3434
800-307-2665
Deadline Nears for Student Entries for Letters About Literature Contest
December 6, 2003 is the
deadline for students to enter the annual Letters About Literature national
writing contest. Letters About Literature is a national reading promotion for
children and young adults sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of
Congress, in partnership with Target stores and the Weekly Reader Corporation,
and locally coordinated through the Nebraska Center for the Book.
Contest participants
compete on three levels: Level I for young readers in grades 4-6; Level II for
young adult readers in grades 7-8; and Level III for readers in grades 9-12.
Young readers are asked to write a letter to an author, living or dead,
explaining how the author's work changed their view of the world or themselves.
Contest winners will be announced in April during National Library Week. Two
national winners in each competition level will travel to the National Book
Festival and receive a Target gift card. The Nebraska Center for the Book will
select state finalists, who will be honored by the governor and receive cash and
other prizes.
Nebraska's winning
entries in the 2003 Letters About Literature contest can be read in their
entirety on the Library Commission Web site. Log on to the Commission home page
at <nlc.nebraska.gov>,
search on Letters About Literature 2004.
For a copy of the
official contest guidelines
plus the required entry coupon,
log on to the Nebraska Library Commission home page at <nlc.nebraska.gov>,
search on Letters About Literature 2004, or contact Mary Geibel at 402-471-2045,
800-307-2665, e-mail: Mary Geibel
for a print copy. Contest entry letters must be postmarked by December 6, 2003.
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