About Letters about Literature

Letters about Literature update

The Center for the Book in partnership with Target Stores invited readers in grades 4 through 12 to enter Letters About Literature, a national reading-writing contest. To enter, readers write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, from any genre-- fiction or nonfiction, contemporary or classic. explaining how that author's work changed the student's way of thinking about the world or themselves.

The contest ended December 14, 2007. The judging process takes six to eight weeks. State semi-finalists will be notified in late February or early March.

Congratulations to our RI 2007 Letters about Literature Winners!

Level I State Winner & Honorable Mention

State Winner and National Runner-up!

Andrew F. Miner, Grade 5, East Greenwich
(Letter to William H. Armstrong, author of Sounder)
Congratulations, Andrew!

State Honorable Mention

Alia Noor Sasa, Grade 5, Brown Avenue Elementary School, Johnston
(Letter to Tomie dePaola author of Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs)

View all Level I Finalists and Semi-finalists

Level II State Winner & Honorable Mentions

State Winner & National Winner!

Elena Suglia, Grade 8, Davisville Middle School, North Kingstown
(Letter to the author of "Legacy of an Adopted Child")
Congratulations, Elena!

State Honorable Mentions

TJ Cienki, Grade 8, East Greenwich
(Letter to Francine Prose, author of After)

Jaime Carvalho, Grade 8, Davisville Middle School, North Kingstown
(Letter to Alison McGhee, author of Snap)

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Level III State Winner & Honorable Mentions

State Winner

Elizabeth Ruggieri, Grade 9, Cranston High School West
(Letter to Jodi Picoult, author of My Sister’s Keeper

State Honorable Mentions

Matthew Cournoyer, Grade 12, Cranston High School West
(Letter to John Irving, author of A Prayer for Owen Meany

Helen Smith, Grade 9, LaSalle Academy, Providence
(Letter to Anthony Rapp, author of Without You

Rebecca Rossi, Grade 11, St. Mary Academy, Bay View, Riverside
(Letter to Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees

View all Level III Finalists and Semi-finalists

Letters About Literature Archive

Contact

For additional information about the Rhode Island Center for the Book, contact Providence Public Library Community Services Coordinator, Louise Moulton, at 455-8134 or email ribook@provlib.org.