Dear Educator/Librarian:

As someone who has participated in last year’s Letters About Literature (LAL) national writing program, you will be happy to know that this year’s LAL competition is now underway.  The new entry guidelines are posted online at our new website www.lettersaboutliterature.org. We’ll be providing monthly contest updates throughout the school year.

Once again this year we are offering state and national prizes for children and also awarding thousands of dollars in library grants as a way to promote literacy and reader response among all young readers.  The national winners themselves help to select the library that will receive the grants.  What a powerful way for a young person to make a difference in his or her school or community!

Please visit our site to download the new guidelines and required entry coupon, plus take some time to explore our lesson plans and winning letters from past years. Each year, more than 55,000 young people from across the country enter LAL and what they write to authors is amazing! At this site also, you can find contact information for the LAL competition within your state!

LAL supports national standards for teaching language arts & reading as recommended by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association.

Sincerely,

Catherine Gourley, National Project Director, Letters About Literature
Center for the Book in the Library of Congress
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