Letters About Literature, Fall 2012

Letters About Literature (LAL) is a national reading promotion program of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, presented in partnership with Target and affiliate state centers for the book. Each year, LAL awards thousands of dollars through state and national prizes, as well as LAL library grants. In 2011, 70,000 young people entered.

For more information on how your students can enter, browse through the Letters About Literature site for sample letters and the how-to-enter guidelines and coupon. The contest deadline is Friday January 6, 2012.

How has an author's work--novel, nonfiction, poetry--changed your view of the world or yourself? What did you learn about yourself that you didn't realize before reading the author's work? Don't write a book report. The author already wrote the book and knows what happened. What the author doesn't know is how you reacted while reading the book. Write about that--your response in a reflective, personal letter to the author! That is the LAL writing challenge.