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Winners
of Local Council Contests will be on the bookmark page.
The
ORA Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award
<click here for more
information and images of the books>
Nominees for the 2011-2012 Award are:
Cactus Soup by Eric A. Kimmel, Illustrated by Phil Huling
The Plot Chickens by Mary Jane Auch, Illustrated by Mary Jane and Herm Auch
Stanley's Party by Linda Bailey, illustrated
by Bill Slavin
Surprising Sharks by Nicola Davies, illustrated
by James Croft
Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts, illustrated by Noah Z. Jones
Click here for information
about the choices and votes for last year's nominees
For information about
previous years' nominees and winners, click on "previous winners" in
sidebar to the left.
Letters
About Literature Writing Contest for Students in Grades 4-12 - Deadline January 6, 2012
Sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress
in partnership with Target.
Entries in each state will be assessed on three
criteria: content, or the writer’s achievement in addressing the contest theme; exposition,
or the writer’s use of language skills; and voice, the writer’s
style and originality of expression. Level I - Grades 4-6,
Level II - Grades 7-8, Level III - Grades 9-12.
For more information, guidelines, and an entry form, click here.
ORA Literacy Project Grants
Ten $200 grants
will be awarded in December 2011.
Grants applications are due November 15, 2011.
More information
A
list of
the 2009-2011 winners
The
IRA Exemplary School Award
One
$500 award given to a school that has
an exemplary school-wide reading program.
Nominations due September 20, 2011
Applications due October 31, 2011
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