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For students: write how an author’s work affected you, win trip to D.C.


From this week’s Writer’s Week (through Society of Professional Journalists) and the Cleveland Public Library‘s Ohio Center for the Book:

Cleveland Public Library looks for young writers – Dec. 14 deadline
Calling all students in grades 4th through 12th! The Cleveland Public Library is sponsoring a letter writing contest. To enter, readers must write a personal letter to an author, explaining how his or her work changed their view of the world or themselves. Young readers can select authors from any genre—fiction or nonfiction, contemporary or classic.

The winner has the ability to win an expenses-paid trip to Washington, D. C. for themselves, their parents and their teacher. The trip to our nation’s capital is the national prize in Letters about Literature (LAL), a writing contest sponsored by the Ohio Center for the Book in partnership with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, with the Target Corporation as presenting sponsor.

Student winners will be selected in three competition levels: Level I – grades 4-6; Level II – grades 7-8; and Level III – grades 9-12. Ohio finalists at each competition level will receive a $100 cash award, Target $50 gift card, and $40 gift card from Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Legacy Village, Lyndhurst, OH.

State winners will be notified in March 2008.  Each state’s first place winners will advance to national judging in Washington, D.C.

Two national winners will be selected in each competition level. Each of the six national winners will receive a $500 Target gift card and a $10,000 community grant to promote reading by children and young adults. Twelve national honorable mentions, four in each level, will receive a $100 Target gift card and a $1,000 grant for their community.

Submission deadline for all levels is Dec. 14, 2007. Entry forms and participation guidelines may be obtained at www.ohiocenterforthebook.org. Teachers, librarians, or parents interested in obtaining the required entry coupon, program specifics, teacher’s guides, lesson plans, black line masters and assessment checklists may contact the LAL Project Director at lettersaboutlit@epix.net. For more information, call (216) 623-2831.

Please spread the word.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:24 pm November 27th, 2007 in Announcements, Education, Ohio, Writing 

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