Public Information and Communication
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 15, 2021
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Tessa Terry
402-471-3434
800-307-2665
Young Readers Invited to Write
to Favorite Authors
Young readers in grades 4-12 are invited to write a
personal letter to an author for the Nebraska Letters about Literature (LAL)
contest, a state reading and writing promotion program. The letter can be to
any author (living or dead) from any genre-fiction or nonfiction,
contemporary or classic-explaining how that author’s work changed the
student’s view of the world. Submissions must be completed online November
1- December 31, 2021. Nebraska Letters About Literature is coordinated and
sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book and the Nebraska Library
Commission, with support from Houchen Bindery, Ltd., Humanities Nebraska,
and Chapters Bookstore in Seward.
The Nebraska Center for the Book’s panel of judges will select a winner and
an honorable mention per competition level (Level I for grades 4-6, Level II
for grades 7-8, and Level III for grades 9-12) to be honored in a
proclamation-signing ceremony at the state capitol during National Library
Week in April 2022. Their winning letters will be placed in the Jane Pope
Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors at Bennett Martin Public Library in
Lincoln. Nebraska winners and honorable mentions will receive state prizes.
Teachers, librarians, and parents can download the contest guidelines, free
teaching materials, information on the online entry system, and past winning
letters on the
Nebraska
Center for the Book website. A recording of the informational
NCompass Live webinar on
November 3rd, discussing this year’s contest, is available
online. For more information contact
Nebraska Center for the Book.
The Nebraska Center for the Book is housed at the Nebraska Library
Commission and brings together the state’s readers, writers, booksellers,
librarians, publishers, printers, educators, and scholars to build the
community of the book, supporting programs to celebrate and stimulate public
interest in books, reading, and the written word. The Nebraska Center for
the Book is supported by the national Center for the Book in the Library of
Congress and the Nebraska Library Commission.
As the state library agency, the Nebraska Library Commission is an advocate
for the library and information needs of all Nebraskans. The mission of the
Library Commission is statewide promotion, development, and coordination of
library and information services, “bringing together people and
information.”
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