SC Center for the Book - Letters About Literature Award

Letters About Literature Award

Thursday, 11 January 2007

Letters About Literature is a national reading-writing contest sponsored by the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress in partnership with Target Stores and in cooperation with affiliate state centers for the book. The contest is open to readers in grades 4 through 12 and is sponsored in South Carolina by the South Carolina Center for the Book.

To find out more about the program and how your school or individual child can get involved, please visit the contest website.

2007 South Carolina Winners

Level I:

First Place:
Jordan Caroway, Lancaster
Letter to Charles R. Smith, Jr., Basketball Pix, Rolls, and Rhythms

Second Place:
Lauren Cercopely, Summerville
Letter to Dave Pelzer, A Child Called It

Third Place:
DeAri Jackson, Little Mountain
Letter to Ralph Fletcher, Grandpa Never Lies

Level II:

First Place:
Jordan Slisher, Westminster **National Winner
Letter to J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Second Place:
Caitlin Lejeune, Moore
Letter to Flavia Bujor, The Prophecy of the Stones

Third Place:
Anna Lynn, Columbia
Letter to Crockett Johnson, Harold and the Purple Crayon

Level III:

First Place:
Jack Sniezak, Columbia
Letter to Lance Armstrong, It's Not About the Bike

Second Place:
Ismael Lopez, Prosperity
Letter to Victor Martinez, Parrot in the Oven, Mi Vida

Third Place:
Annabel Lang, Columbia
Letter to Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

2006 South Carolina Winners

Level I:

First Place:
Daisi Rubi Flores, Prosperity
Letter to Pam Munoz Ryan, Esperanza Rising
Second Place:
Cannon Elliott, Little Mountain
Letter to Estelle Condra, See The Ocean
Third Place:
Thomas Johnson,Spartanburg
Letter to Arthur Ashe, Tennis and the Human Spirit

Level II

First Place:
Haynes Werner, Beaufort
To Marjorie Kinan Rawlings, The Yearling
Second Place:
Christin Darling, Charleston
To Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees
Third Place:
Elizabeth Adkins, Columbia
To Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl

Level III

First Place:
Whitley Fulcher, Easley
To Davida Hurley, A Time For Dancing
Second Place:
Jeremiah Jones, Easley
To J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Third Place:
Luiis Miguel Suarez, Columbia
To John McCain, Faith of My Fathers

Past First Place Winners

2005

Level I:
Mallory Blackmon, Lancaster
To Patricia Polacco, Thank You, Mr. Faulker
Level II:
Brittany Cach, Chesnee
To Randy Powell, Dean Duffy
Level III:
Amy Zhang, Columbia
To Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

2004

Level I:
Kira O'Neal, Orangeburg
To Robert Coles, Ruby Bridges
Level II:
Jared Uribe-Sullivan, Columbia
To J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Level III:
Claresa Turner, Newberry
To Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

2003

Level I:
Cassie Harris, Salem
To Will Hobbs, The Condor Project
Level II:
Krupa Sandhinti, Columbia
To Elie Wiesel, Night
Level III:
Maranda Robinson, Duncan
To Sharon Draper, Forged by Fire

2002

Level I:
Teonica Murphy, Columbia
To Mildred Taylor, Let the Circle Be Unbroken
Level II:
Sadia Khan, Columbia
To Mildred Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

2001

Level I:
Hannah Bauchat, Columbia **National Winner
To Stephen King, The Green Mile
Level II:
Abigail Geese, Myrtle Beach
To Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule

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