Letters About Literature 2018

The Library of Congress has just launched the 25th annual Letters About Literature competition and the Center for the Book at the NH State Library invites Granite State students in grades 4-12 to enter.

Funding for this national reflective writing competition is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. Students are asked to write to a favorite author—past or present—describing how that author’s work changed the reader’s view of the world. Readers respond to the book they’ve read by exploring the personal relationship between themselves, the author and the book’s characters or themes. Readers may select authors, living or dead, from any genre—fiction or nonfiction, contemporary or classic.

Visit the NH Center for the Book website for details on entering, including the required entry coupon. The deadline for entries is December 9, 2017.