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Letters about Literature 2005

The Indiana Center for the Book is pleased to announce the results of the 2005 Letters about Literature competition, from a combined field of over 1,000 entries across Indiana.

Semifinalists:

From this field of 1,000 entries, judges chose 83 letters of special merit as semifinalists for the state of Indiana. Of these 83 semifinalists, 20 were for Level I, 40 for Level II, and 23 for Level III.

Arcadia3Evansville 3Kokomo 2Peru1
Braunsburg1Fishers1Lafayette2Petersburg1
Brookville 1Fort Wayne1Lake Village1Shoals3
Cambridge City3Franklin1Lizton3South Bend1
Carmel 7French Lick1Martinsville1Speedway 1
Charlestown4Goshen1Middlebury3Valparaiso 4
Crawfordsville6Greenwood4Muncie1West Lafayette2
Ellettsville 1Indianapolis 14Munster 3Westfield2

Winners:

From these semifinalist letters, judges chose 9 letters as the winners for Indiana.

Level I (Grades 4-6)

  1. Logan Rassel, Valparaiso
  2. Mackenzie Rosenberger, Brookville
  3. Nandita Chittajallu, Indianapolis

Level II (Grades 7-8)

  1. Christina Goggin, Cambridge City
  2. Lynsey Sell, Valparaiso
  3. Liz Wyman, Carmel

Level III (Grades 9-12)

  1. Shannon O'Halloran, Muncie
  2. John M. Kelsey, Crawfordsville
  3. Sarah Howland, Crawfordsville

First place winners received $100 and a Target GiftCard. Second place winners received $75. Third place winners received $50. All winners also received plaques at a special ceremony at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis in April 2005.