DC PUBLIC LIBRARY OPENS 2010 LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE
Know a young person who can’t stop talking about a book
that changed their life? The DC Public Library wants to
know about it.
Letters About Literature, a national writing contest,
invites young readers to write a letter to an author
explaining how their book has impacted their life.
Sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of
Congress, the DC Public Library, and Target, the contest is
open to elementary, middle school, and high school
students. Each year, the program selects six national
winners, each of whom will earn a $10,000 Letters About
Literature Reading Promotion Grant for their community or
school library. Twelve national honorable mention winners
will each earn a $1,000 grant for the community or school
library of their choice. The DC Public Library will honor
and award local entries in the state competition where the
top three students from each category will read their
letters and receive gift awards from Target Stores and
other local sponsors.
The deadline for entries is December 7, 2009. Teachers and
librarians can download the contest guidelines and entry
forms from the Letters About Literature Web site at
www.lettersaboutliterature.org. Teaching materials
including lessons plans, writing samples and assessment
checklists are also available on the Web site.
The Center for the Book was established in 1977 as a
public- private partnership to use the resources of the
Library of Congress to stimulate public interest in books
and reading. The DC Public Library is the District of
Columbia’s state center for the book. For more information
about its activities and national reading promotion
networks, visit www.loc.gov/cfbook.
Target Stores, along with its parent company Target
Corporation (NYSE:TGT), 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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