Utah Center for the Book

Letters about Literature

The Utah Center for the Book, in partnership with Target Stores and in cooperation with the National Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to enter Letters About Literature, a national reading-writing contest. To enter, readers write a personal letter to an author explaining how that author's work changed their way of thinking about the world or themselves.

Winners of the 2009-2010 competition are listed below:

Level 1:

Sierra Eyre, Murray, grade 6, wrote to Blaine Yorgasen, author of Charlie’s Monument

Level 2:

Christi Kim, Sandy, grade 8, wrote to An Na, author of The Fold

Level 3:

Erik Daniel Silsby, Ogden, grade 11, wrote to Jeff Scott Savage, author of Far World: Water Keep

Official launch of 2012 Letters about Literature contest: Sept 24-25, 2011
Submission deadline: January 6, 2012
Announcement of national winners: April 27

How to enter: www.lettersaboutliterature.org/how_to_enter

Click here to view national winners

For more information, please see:

www.lettersaboutliterature.org
Library of Congress
Participation Guidelines

Utah LAL Coordinator:
Matt McLain
mmclain@utah.gov
801-715-6742