{"id":186,"date":"2013-10-30T14:49:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T19:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/ctfb\/?p=186"},"modified":"2017-03-01T16:19:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T22:19:06","slug":"letters-about-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/2013\/10\/30\/letters-about-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters About Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-187 center-block\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/files\/2016\/10\/lal.jpg\" alt=\"lal\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/files\/2016\/10\/lal.jpg 694w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/files\/2016\/10\/lal-300x43.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All entries will be accepted until January 21, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Writing Contest for Young Readers<br \/>\nSponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress in cooperation with the Alabama Center for the Book and other participating state centers.<\/p>\n<p>For a complete list of guidelines and to get your official contest entry forms visit: www.read.gov\/letters.<\/p>\n<p>Attention Students in Grades 4-12!<\/p>\n<p>Take the Letters About Literature writing challenge! Read a book and write a personal letter to an author you admire or inspired you. Your letter must explain how the author\u2019s work changed your view of yourself or your world.<br \/>\nLevel 1 \u2013 Grades 4-6<br \/>\nLevel 2- Grade 7-8<br \/>\nLevel 3 \u2013 Grades 9-12<br \/>\nOne National Winner will receive a $1,000 cash award on each competition level.<br \/>\nOne Second Place Winner will receive a $200 cash award on each competition level.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama Center for the Book will award a $100 cash award for first place, $50 cash award for second place, $25 cash award for second place, and a $15 cash award for honorable mention (judge\u2019s discretion) on each competition level. All Alabama semi-finalists will receive a certificate and invitation to the award ceremony, tentatively scheduled for April 2014.<br \/>\nFor additional information about the state contest, contact Donna Adcock, dbadcock@ua.edu or 205-348-1416.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing Contest for Young Readers<br \/>\nSponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress in cooperation with the Alabama Center for the Book and other participating state centers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12084],"tags":[23546],"class_list":["post-186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-letters-about-literature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions\/555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}