Letters About Literature Competition

This competition is for students in grades 4 through 12 and home-schooled students at equivalent grade levels. To qualify, applicants must be at least 9 years of age and legal US residents. To apply, applicants must write and submit a letter addressed to the author of a book of their choice. Applicants should address how the author's work--novel, nonfiction, poetry--changed their view of the world or themselves.

Deadline: December 10, 2013

Award: $200-$1000

More info: http://www.read.gov/letters/