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  • 2009 Letters About Literature Contest for children in grades 4 - 12

The Hawaii Center for the Book invites young readers to write a letter
to their favorite author, and enter the 2009 Letters About Literature, a
national reading-writing contest.

To enter, readers must write a personal letter to an author, explaining
how his or her work changed their view of the world or themselves. They
may select authors from any genre fiction or nonfiction, contemporary
or classic. Authors may be from any time period and from any country.

Readers in grades 4 through 12 are eligible to enter the Letters About
Literature contest, which is sponsored by the Center for the Book in the
Library of Congress, in partnership with Target Stores.

The Hawaii Center for the Book will select the top essayists in the
state on each of the three competition levels: Level I for children in
grades 4 through 6; Level II for grades 7 and 8, and Level III, grades 9
through 12.

The winning Hawaii essayists will receive a cash prize and a Target
GiftCard, and they will be entered in the national competition.

National winners will also receive a Target GiftCard, plus each will win
a $10,000 Letters about Literature Reading Promotion Grant for their
local public library or school library so that others can experience
personal relationships with authors and the stories that they tell.

The deadline for entries is Saturday, December 6, 2008. To obtain the
required entry coupon, go to the Hawaii State Public Library System
website at www.librarieshawaii.org and download the coupon. In
addition, copies of contest guidelines and the entry coupon will be
available in all public libraries.

Teachers, librarians, or parents may visit the same website to download
copies of the contest guidelines, lesson plans and writing samples.

Target Stores, along with its parent company Target Corporation, gives
back more than $2 million a week to its local communities through grants
and special programs. Since opening its first store in 1962, Target has
partnered with nonprofit organizations, guests and team members to help
meet community needs.

The Center for the Book was established in 1977 as a public-private
partnership to use the resources of the Library of Congress to stimulate
public interest in books and reading. For information about its
activities and national reading promotion networks, visit
www.loc.gov/cfbook.

For more information, call the Hawaii Center for the Book at (808)
586-3555.


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