Letters About Literature Writing Competition

Who
Students in grades 4-12.

What
A writing competition where students each write a personal letter to an author, poet or playwright, living or dead, from any genre explaining how their ways of thinking about the world or themselves have changed as a result of reading the author's work.

Each year, Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book, in affiliation with the Library of Congress and in partnership with Target stores, implements Letters About Literature in Colorado. Colorado Humanities receives Letters About Literature entries from the national office, administers the Colorado judging, and coordinates our Student Literary Awards for the winners in the spring.

Why
Winners are announced in the spring and receive cash awards at the national and state levels. The work of Colorado winners is published in Colorado Humanities' annual Student Literary Awards Anthology. National winners win a Reading Promotion Grant for a community library of their choice!

Where
Students throughout Colorado are encouraged to enter the competition. The Colorado winners of Letters About Literature are recognized each spring at Colorado Humanities' annual award ceremony, the Student Literary Awards.

How Much
All events are free to participate, enter and win.

When
Deadline is January 6, 2012. Entries must be postmarked by January 6, to arrive at LAL Central by no later than January 17, 2012.

Start Here

Letters About Literature Official Guidelines for Teachers and Librarians group entries (includes mandatory entry coupon)

Letters About Literature Official Guidelines for Students as individual entrants (includes mandatory entry coupon)

Letters About Literature Video Clip
Purchase the 2011 and/or 2010 Student Literary Awards Anthology


For more information contact Tim Hernandez, 303.894.7951 x19, Fax 303.864.9361, tzhernandez@coloradohumanities.org.