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<\/p>\nTUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama Center for the Book will host the 2016 Letters About Literature Award Ceremony on Saturday, May 14, at 11:00 am in the Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library in room 205 at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. State winners, semi-finalists, families, and teachers are invited to attend the ceremony. Author Jeff Weddle will be the guest speaker.<\/p>\n
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Weddle\u2019s stories, poems and essays have appeared in many print and online publications. His latest book is a short story collection, When Giraffes Flew<\/em>(Southern Yellow Pine, 2015). He won the Eudora Welty Prize for Bohemian New Orleans: The Story of the Outsider and Loujon Press <\/em>(University Press of Mississippi, 2007). Jeff\u2019s other books include a poetry collection, Betray the Invisible<\/em> (OEOCO, 2010) and, as co-author, The Librarian\u2019s Guide to Negotiation: Winning Strategies for the Digital Age<\/em> (Information Today, 2012). He is an associate professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama.<\/p>\n All students will receive a certificate. Student winners in each level will receive cash prizes. The first place winner in each level will compete at the national level.<\/p>\n Letters About Literature is a reading and writing contest for students in grades 4-12. Students are asked to read a book, poem or speech and write to the author (living or dead) about how the book affected them personally. Letters are judged on state and national levels.<\/p>\n List of Alabama Winners<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Letters About Literature Award Ceremony Scheduled for May 14 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama Center for the Book will host the 2016 Letters About Literature Award Ceremony on Saturday, May 14, at 11:00 am in the Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library in room 205 at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. State winners, semi-finalists, families, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12084],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","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=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":730,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\nLevel 1 (grades 4-6)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
First Place<\/strong>
\nCaileigh Moose (4th grade)
\nHighlands School, Birmingham
\nTeacher: Janie Fahey
\nSecond Place<\/strong>
\nCaroline Reddington (5th grade)
\nHighlands School, Birmingham
\nTeacher: Anna Shelley
\nThird Place<\/strong>
\nJeana Strickland (6th grade)
\nChelsea Middle School, Chelsea
\nTeacher: Brittany Beatty<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nLevel 2 (grades 7 & 8)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
First Place<\/strong>
\nLexie Fowler (8th grade)
\nBerry Middle School; Hoover
\nTeacher: Alison Parker
\nSecond Place<\/strong>
\nElla Russell (7th grade)
\nLiberty Park Middle School, Vestavia Hills
\nTeacher:Linda Rummell
\nThird Place<\/strong>
\nJHunter Grace Fairfax (8th grade)
\nBerry Middle School, Hoover
\nTeacher: Alison Parker<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nLevel 3 (grades 9-12)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
First Place<\/strong>
\nAriana Cherry (10th grade)
\nWenonah High School (Wenonah College Writer\u2019s Program), Birmingham
\nTeacher:Dr. Fred Ashe
\nSecond Place<\/strong>
\nVictoria Terry (9th grade)
\nWordsmiths Writing Program, Birmingham
\nTeacher:Gin Phillips
\nThird Place<\/strong>
\nJuahmun Sturgeon (10th grade)
\nWenonah High School (Wenonah College Writer\u2019s Program)
\nTeacher: Dr. Fred Ashe<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"