[kids-lib] Letters About Literature entry deadline Jan. 6th

[Katie Anderson]

Hi!  I just wanted to remind you that Letters About Literature entries are due in three weeks!

Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us<mailto:katie.anderson at state.or.us>, 503-378-2528

The 2012 Letters About Literature reading and writing contest begins September 15, 2011

All entries must be postmarked January 6, 2012

Letters About Literature is a national reading and writing contest.  Students write letters to an author explaining how that author's book changed their way of thinking about the world or themselves.  There are three competition levels:  Level I for 4th-6th graders, Level II for 7th-8th graders, and Level III for 9th-12th graders.  Oregon's three winners (one from each competition level) will go on to compete nationally.  Entry forms and guidelines are now available online.

  *   If you are submitting several letters for the students you work with, please use the class set entry forms and guidelines<http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Guidelines_School_Library_2012_pdf.213142425.pdf>.
  *   If you are distributing entry forms and guidelines to students directly, please distribute the individual entry form and guidelines<http://lettersaboutliterature.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Guidelines_Individual_2012_pdf.249113001.pdf>.

Librarians and teachers can download and print posters, bookmarks, and stickers to distribute to your students and patrons. Lesson plans and an outline connecting Letters About Literature to national language arts and reading standards are available online<http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml>.

In 2011 over 900 students in Oregon entered the contest, and 1 in 11 of them received cash prizes or gift certificates to Borders bookstore. These prizes are made possible through support from the Oregon Reading Association, Oregon Association of School Libraries, and the Oregon Library Association's Children Services Division and Young Adult network.

At the national level 6 winners and 12 honorable mentions will be selected.  National winners receive a $500 Target gift certificate and a $10,000 grant to donate to the public or school library of the winner's choice.  Honorable mentions receive a $100 Target gift certificate and a $1,000 grant to donate to the public or school library of their choice.

Please visit the website<http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml> for more information or contact Katie Anderson<mailto:katie.anderson at state.or.us?subject=LAL%20question>, coordinator of the Letters About Literature activities in Oregon.

Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us<mailto:katie.anderson at state.or.us?subject=LAL%20question>, 503-378-2528


URLs if you need them:

  *   Entry forms and Guidelines http://lettersaboutliterature.org/how_to_enter/entry_forms
  *   Bookmarks, stickers, and lesson plans http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml
  *   Oregon Letters About Literature website http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml
  *   National Letters About Literature website http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/home

Teachers/Librarians


The 2012 Letters About Literature competition has begun!  Please download and print the guidelines and entry form (http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Guidelines_School_Library_2012_pdf.213142425.pdf ) to learn how to enter.  The deadline for the competition is January 6, 2012.

Bookmarks
Letters About Literature bookmarks present information specific to state level prizes in Oregon. Print double-sided, five bookmarks per standard 8.5 X 11 inch paper. They were developed by the Oregon Center for the Book, with official graphics from the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and Target Corporation.

Stickers
Stickers provide a link to the national Letters About Literature website, and can also be used to promote the contest each year.  Print on standard Avery labels, 5294 Round, 2.5 inches high and wide. (Printing of the stickers was successfully tested, but may not print properly from every machine.  Be sure to test one page before printing large quantities.) They were developed by the Oregon Center for the Book, with official graphics from the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and Target Corporation.

Poster
The official Letters About Literature poster presents generic information that can be used to promote the contest each year. The poster is full color, and 22 x 28 inches. You can resize and print it on standard 8.5 x 11 paper:

  1.  Open the pdf
  2.  Go to ‘file’ in the upper left corner of your screen
  3.  Select ‘print’ from the dropdown menu
  4.  Select ‘properties’ in the upper right corner of the pop-up box
  5.  Go to ‘page size’ in the upper center part of the pop-up box
  6.  Select ‘letter’ from the dropdown menu
  7.  Select ‘OK’ at the bottom of the pop-up box
  8.  Now, you are looking at the main print pop-up box again
  9.  Go to ‘page scaling’ in the left middle part of the pop-up box
  10. Select ‘fit to printable area’ from the dropdown menu
  11. Select ‘OK’ to print





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