Letters About Literature Contest Guidelines

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 11:48am by Bertha

What is Letters About Literature? It's an annual program from the Library of Congress, in partnership with Target Stores. Level I, II and III state winners receive a $50 Target gift card and can direct a $300 grant for children and youth materials to the community library of their choice. Finalists receive a $20 gift card to Schulers Books & Music from the Michigan Center for the Book.
This national reading-writing contest invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to write letters to authors of books that have changed their lives. This program gives students the opportunity to reflect deeply on a book.
Life changing for me? Possibly, Chris Crutcher, Robert Cormier, or Walter Dean Myers.
You can find more information, including last year's winning letters here.