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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:#CC0000">The 2012 Letters About Literature reading and writing contest has begun!<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">January 6, 2012</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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. Entry forms and guidelines are now available online:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">If you are submitting several letters for the students you work with, please use the
<b><span style="color:#C00000">class set</span></b> <a href="http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Guidelines_School_Library_2012_pdf.213142425.pdf">
entry form and guidelines</a>.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">If you are distributing entry forms and guidelines to students directly, please distribute the
<b><span style="color:#C00000">individual</span></b> <a href="http://lettersaboutliterature.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Guidelines_Individual_2012_pdf.249113001.pdf">
entry form and guidelines</a>.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Librarians and teachers can download and print <b><span style="color:#C00000">posters</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 2011 over 900 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
</span></b>to a<b><span style="color:#CC0000"> </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"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></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">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">URLs if you need them:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Entry forms and Guidelines <a href="http://lettersaboutliterature.org/how_to_enter/entry_forms">
http://lettersaboutliterature.org/how_to_enter/entry_forms</a> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Bookmarks, stickers, and lesson plans
<span style="color:#C00000"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml">http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml</a>
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Oregon Letters About Literature website
<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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">National Letters About Literature website
<a href="http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/home">http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/home</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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