The letters are in! The Iowa Center for the Book has received the Iowa semifinalist letters for the Letters About Literature contest from the Library of Congress Center for the Book. Iowa students submitted 1,750 letters total, a 9 percent increase over the previous year, where they went through two rounds of judging in Washington DC before being sent back to Iowa for a final round of judging.
Of the total number of letters, 159 passed the first round of judging, and 81 made it through the second round and will now be evaluated by a panel of Iowa judges in each of the three levels for final determinations of winners and honorable mentions. The Iowa judges are now currently hard at work reading and scoring the semifinalist letters ahead of the Letters About Literature awards ceremony scheduled for late April.
Bookmark the Letters About Literature webpage for the winners and honorable mentions announcement coming soon!
About Letters About Literature
Letters About Literature (LAL) is a national reading-writing program sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.