Letters About Literature
New Mexico’s Letters About Literature 2019
Letters About Literature encourages young readers to read a book and write a letter to the author about how the book changed their view of the world. This is the seventh year New Mexico State Library has sponsored the competition.
The entry deadline was January 11, 2019. The New Mexico winners will be announced in April.
Readers in grades 4-12 write a personal letter to an author explaining how his or her work shaped their perspective on the world or themselves. Students may write about works of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. Letter writers compete at three levels: Level I is grades 4-6; Level II is grades 7-8; and Level III is grades 9-12.
State judges will select the top letter writers in New Mexico, who then advance to the national competition. One winning letter from each level from each state is entered into the final national competition.
Level 1 - Eli Guinnee, State Librarian, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, Santa Fe
Norice Lee, Associate Library Director, Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Health Sciences Library, Las Cruces
Ben Wakashige, Retired New Mexico State Librarian, Rio Rancho
Level 2 – Anne Price, Youth Services Manager, Octavia Fellin Public Library, Gallup
Malcolm Alonzo, Library Services Supervisor, South Broadway Library, Albuquerque
Deanne Dekle, Youth Services & Outreach Consultant, New Mexico State Library, Santa Fe
Level 3 - Stephanie Wilson, Deputy Director, New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library, Santa Fe
Susan E. Beck, Professor and Head of Access Services, New Mexico State Univerity Library, Las Cruces
Thomas D. Clagett, Author, Santa Fe
Letters About Literature is sponsored by the New Mexico State Library, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs. Letters About Literature is also sponsored by The Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.
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