The letters have been read (50,000 of them from throughout the United States!) and the New Hampshire winners have been selected:Marissa McCoo of Pembroke is the Level I New Hampshire winner for her letter to Frances Hodgson Burnett about A Little Princess. Marissa is a sixth grader at Three Rivers School.
Livie Lane of Dover is the Level II New Hampshire winner for her letter to Davida Wills Hurwin about A Time for Dancing. Livie attends Dover Middle School.
Rachel Arnold is the Level III New Hampshire winner for her letter to Anne Rice about Memnoch the Devil. Rachel is a junior at Milford High School.
Prizes are on the way to each New Hampshire winner and their letters will be posted on our Letters About Literature web site soon. Their letters have been sent on to represent the Granite State in the National Letters About Literature competition.
The New Hampshire judges this year were Ann Hoey, Youth Services Coordinator, NHSL; Author David Elliott, Michael Landroche, Dean of Faculty, Tilton School; NH Poet Laureate Pat Fargnoli; Nancy Christiano, Supervisor of the Family Resource Connection; and Elizabeth Walters of the Concord Monitor.
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