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A National Reading and Writing Promotional Program for children & young adults.
The Kansas Center for the Book in conjunction with the State Library of Kansas
is proud to promote and oversee Kansas' involvement with Letters About Literature. |
A National Reading-Writing Program, this opportunity is sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and is in partnership
with Target Stores. Cooperation with affiliate state Centers for the Book insure the project's success.
To enter, students (grades 4-12) write a personal letter to an author, living or deceased, from any genre:
fiction or nonfiction, contemporary or classic
...explaining how that author's work changed their way of thinking about the world or themselves.
Winners, announced in the spring of each year, receive cash awards at the national and state levels.
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► Library of Congress: Letters About Literature
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Submission deadline for the Letters About Literature, 2009 initiative, all levels -- TBA.
All students are encouraged to participate in this educational thought provoking contest. Three competition levels:
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The 2008 Kansas Letters About Literature project!
By Roy Bird, Director, Kansas Center for the Book
Almost 1,300 Kansas students in grades 4 through 12 submitted letters to the 2008 initiative. One hundred six were selected as semi-finalists.
 The State Winner for Level I, grades 4 through 6, was Jamie Yearout of Stilwell for her letter to Ann Martin about A Corner of the Universe. The state winner for Level II,
grades 7 through 8, was Corinne Andresen for her letter to Madeline L'Engle about A Swiftly Tilting Planet. The state winner for Level III, grades 9 through 12, was Ammarah Usmani of Wichita, who wrote to Firooseh Dumas about Funny in Farsi.
Kansas state winners each receive a certificate, a case award plus a $50 gift card to Target Stores. Recognition and awards were made at the three students' schools in mid-April, 2008.
The Kansas Center for the Book promotes reading and libraries, fosters statewide literary activities, and seeks to stimulate public interest in the educational and cultural role of the book, authorship and writing. As a state affiliate of the Center for
the Book in the Library of Congress, the Kansas Center for the Book is a nonprofit, tax-exempt program of the State Library of Kansas.
Target Stores, along with its parent company Target Corporation, gives back more than $2 million a week to its local communities through grants and special
programs. Since opening its first store in 1962, Target has partnered with nonprofit organizations, guests and team members to help meet community needs."
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