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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;color:#CC0000'>Letters About Literature 2011 has begun!
</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#CC0000'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>All entries must be
postmarked <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:green'>December 10, 2010</span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a
href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml">http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Librarians and teachers can download and print <b><span
style='color:#CC0000'>entry forms</span></b>, <b><span style='color:#CC0000'>bookmarks</span></b>,
and <b><span style='color:#CC0000'>stickers</span></b> to distribute to your
students and patrons. <b><span style='color:#CC0000'>Lesson plans</span></b>
and an outline connecting Letters About Literature to national language arts
and reading standards are available <b><span style='color:#C00000'><a
href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml">online</a></span></b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>In 2010 over 1,200 students in Oregon entered the contest,
and 1 in 11 of them received <b><span style='color:#CC0000'>cash prizes</span></b>
or <b><span style='color:#CC0000'>gift certificates to Borders</span></b>
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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>At the national level 6 winners and 12 honorable
mentions will be selected. National winners receive a $500 Target gift
certificate and a <b><span style='color:#CC0000'>$10,000 grant</span></b> to
donate to the public or school library of the winner's choice. Honorable
mentions receive a $100 Target gift certificate and a <b><span
style='color:#CC0000'>$1,000 grant</span></b> to donate to the public or
school library of their choice. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please <a
href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml">visit the website</a>
for more information or contact <a
href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us?subject=LAL%20question">Katie Anderson</a>,
coordinator of the Letters About Literature activities in Oregon.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Katie Anderson,
Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>* Youth Services
Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Oregon State Library,
250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a
href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us?subject=LAL%20question"><span
style='color:blue'>katie.anderson@state.or.us</span></a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></p>
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