[CALIBK12] Fw: Letters About Literature, 2008!

[Sandy Schuckett]

Calibbers (and your students) may be interested in the message forwarded 
below from the California Center for the Book. Letters About Literature is a 
wonderful program, and it might be a great idea to get your students 
involved.

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Sandy Schuckett
California School Library Assn.
Liaison to CTA
2312 Claremont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-665-9811
aq061 at lafn.org
----- Original Message ----- 

> September 5, 2007,
>
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> My name is Katie Layman, and I'm the Programs Associate here at 
> theCalifornia Center for the Book.  The Center is the California 
> coordinator for an annual national contest, Letters About Literature, 
> that gives students the chance to write a heartfelt letter to their 
> favorite author and to win some wonderful prizes for themselves and  for 
> their communities.  Many students enter the competition as a  school 
> assignment, but we also welcome entries from individual  students and from 
> home-schoolers.  The kids and teens in your library  just may be 
> interested to hear about the excellent new prizes that
> national sponsor Target Stores is offering, and I have a feeling  they'll 
> light up your eyes as well:
>
>  Brand New Prizes for the (even more) Winners of the 2008 Letters  About 
> Literature Contest :
>
> 6 National Winners will each receive:
>
> 1. A $ 500 Target GiftCard
>
> 2. A $10,000 LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE READING PROMOTION GRANT for  their 
> community or school library for literacy programming.
>
>
> 12 National Honorable Mention Winners will each receive:
>
>  1. A $100 Target GiftCard
>
>  2. A $1,000 LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE READING PROMOTION GRANT
>
> Details, entry forms and guidelines can be downloaded from our  website, 
> www.calbook.org.  Click on "Letters About Literature."  This  year's 
> deadline is December 14, 2007.
>
> Should you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to 
> contact us at calbook at ucla.edu or 310-206-9361.
>
> Very Best Regards,
>
>
>
> Katie Layman
> Program Associate
> California Center for the Book
> www.calbook.org
> UCLA Box 951520
> Los Angeles, CA 90095-1520
> Phone (310)206-9361
> Fax (310)206-4460
>>> email katielayman at ucla.edu
>
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