The Letters About Literature program, sponsored by the South Carolina Center for the Book and the Library of Congress, in partnership with Target Stores, is a national reading and writing promotion contest. To enter, readers write personal letters to an author, living or dead, from any genre, explaining how that author's work changed their way of thinking about the world or themselves. Nine winners will be honored at an awards ceremony at the State Library's South Carolina Center for the Book in Columbia. The ceremony will be held on May 7 from 11:00 am to noon in Room 309, 1430 Senate Street, Columbia. Contest judges and the Director of the State Library will be on hand to present awards. Winners will be reading their letters and each will receive a check from the South Carolina State Library Foundation ($100 for first place, $50 for second, and $25 for third). In addition, first place winners receive a $50 gift card from Target stores.
Level I Winners (grades 4-6)
• 1st place Sydney Hodgin, Westminster West Oak Middle School, Westminster
• 2nd place Hannah McKee, Westminster West Oak Middle School, Westminster
• 3rd place Abbigail Duncan, Simpsonville Sterling School, Greenville
Level II Winners (grades 7-8)
• 1st place Kerry Yan, Greer Riverside Middle School, Greer
• 2nd place Camille Lundberg, Simpsonville Riverside Middle School, Greer
• 3rd place Sarah Shepard, Simpsonville Sterling School, Greenville
Level III Winners (grades 9-12)
• 1st place Christian Myers, Columbia Dreher High School, Columbia
• 2nd place Katherine Howell, Greenville Wade Hampton High School, Greenville
• 3rd place John Riley, Columbia Dreher High School, Columbia
For more information about the South Carolina Center for the Book, please visit www.sccenterforthebook.org.
