How many students participated?

Iowa students entered their work into a pool of 70,000 student letters nationally.  Eighty-five Iowa teachers and teacher librarians coached their students.  A half-dozen children entered individually.  Only 10 states had more entries than Iowa. 

2,253 Iowa students submitted entries in 2011.
At Level I:   532 students entered. There are six winners, 30 finalists and 19 semi-finalists.
At Level II:  1,376 students entered. There are six winners, 30 finalists and 19 semi-finalists.
At Level III: 345 students entered. There are six winners, 21 finalists