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National Writing Contest Honors 134 Indiana Students
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National Writing Contest Honors 134 Indiana Students
 Letters
About Literature, a national reading-writing contest for
students in grades 4-12, named 134 Indiana students as national
contest semifinalists. Of the 90 students, state judges selected
18 to receive top state honors for the 2010 competition.
Letters About Literature is sponsored by the Center for the Book
in the Library of Congress, in partnership with Target Stores,
and is administered statewide by the Indiana Center for the
Book. Students in grades 4-12 entered the contest by writing a
personal letter to an author, explaining how his or her work
changed their view of the world or themselves.
Indiana's national semifinalists were among the top 9% of nearly
69,000 Letters About Literature entrants nationwide. They all
will be recognized at an awards ceremony this Saturday at the
Indiana State Library. Over 250 students, teachers, and their
guests will attend the ceremony, which is headlined by Margaret
McMullan - an award-winning young adult author and University of
Evansville English Professor.
The 18 state finalists, including their school and hometown, are
as follows:
Level I – Finalists (Grades 4-6)
1st Place: Samuel Huff – Castle North Middle School, Newburgh
2nd Place: A.J. Sallee – Tri-West Middle School, Lizton
3rd Place: Robert Vukovich – Zionsville Middle School, Zionsville
Hon. Mention: Lucy Bays – Zionsville Middle School, Zionsville
Hon. Mention: Sophia Olsen – St. Bavo Catholic School, Mishawaka
Level II – Finalists (Grades 7 & 8)
1st Place: Rachel Meyers – Hasten Hebrew Academy, Indianapolis
2nd Place: Madison Kemker – Jasper Middle School, Jasper
3rd Place: Sydney Gray – Battle Ground Middle School, West
Lafayette
Hon. Mention: Sigal Tavel – Hasten Hebrew Academy, Indianapolis
Hon. Mention: Elyse Romanovich – Battle Ground Middle School,
West Lafayette
Hon. Mention: Mrinalini Sugosh – Evansville Day School,
Evansville
Hon. Mention: Kiersten Reed – St. Bavo Catholic School,
Mishawaka
Level III – Finalists (Grades 8-12)
1st Place: Rahaf Safi – Plainfield High School, Plainfield
2nd Place: Shelby Orange – Clinton Prairie Jr/Sr High School,
Frankfort
3rd Place: Jessica Leeper – Huntington North High School,
Huntington
Hon. Mention: Laura Beckman – Jasper High School, Jasper
Hon. Mention: Natalie Collinsgru – Jasper High School, Jasper
Hon. Mention: Juan Ramos – Jasper High School, Jasper
All finalists receive a Target GiftCard, plaque and a frameable
copy of their letter. All semifinalists and finalists received a
certificate and a copy of
Margaret McMullan's newest novel,
Sources of Light. In
addition, students in attendance on Saturday will have an
opportunity meet Professor McMullan during a book signing
following the awards ceremony at the Indiana State Library.
For more information about Letters about Literature, including
photographs and winning entries from past awards ceremony, visit
the
Indiana Center for the
Book's website.
YALSA Helps Libraries Prep for Teen Tech Week 2010
 The
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of
the American Library Association, recently launched its
Teen Read Week 2010 website.
This website enables visitors to register for free and serves up
Teen Read Week activity ideas, planning resources, publicity
tools and applications for
Teen Read Week Mini Grants.
Teen Read Week will be celebrated Oct. 17-23, 2010, with a theme
of Books with Beat @ your library, which encourages teens to
read poetry, audiobooks, books about music and more, for the fun
of it.
For the first time, YALSA will offer Teen Read Week Mini
Grants, which award 10 mini grants of $450 and $50 in Teen Read
Week products to librarians to offer programs, services or
events for Teen Read Week. Registrants will also be eligible for
several giveaways and contests, courtesy of Team Teen Read Week:
Teen Read Week is a national literacy initiative aimed at
teens, their parents, librarians, educators, booksellers and
other concerned adults. The purpose of the event is to increase
the number of teens who are regular readers and library users.
For more information about Teen Read Week, YALSA, or for lists
of recommended teen reading, viewing and listening, go to
www.ala.org/yalsa/,
or contact the YALSA at 800-545-2433, ext. 4390 or
yalsa@ala.org.
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