Enter the BookJams Digital Book Report Contest Today - Have your students pick their favorite book or a book from your lesson plan and create a digital book report. Make grammar rap video, a presentation on symbolism, a play about conflict starring Hester Prynne to Harry Potter, or whatever you dream up! Visit DigitalBookReport.com for more info! CLICK HERE
PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest (launches January 27)
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Have you ever felt the power and lift of literature? Has one book - or perhaps one author - inspired you to change your view of yourself or your world? If so, we encourage you to enter this year’s Letters About Literature writing competition. All you have to do is write a personal letter to an author, explaining how his or her work affected you.
All details: CLICK HERE
We’re running our annual Brainyflix Video Contest starting JANUARY 1, 2010. We’ll be awarding a Grand Prize of $600 to the video that receives the most number of votes. Half will go to the maker(s) of the video and the other half will go to his or her school. And to make this viral, we’ll give out 1 free iTunes download for every 3 videos you submit or referrals you provide. (iTunes downloads available for first 900 videos only). Read the rest…
Creative programs funded in the past have included:
- Ongoing pen-pal projects bringing disparate communities together,
- Multi-cultural portrait projects,
- Art projects culminating in art shows, murals, or quilts,
- Bookmaking,
- Creation and performance of puppet shows,
- Inter-generational journals.
(deadline September 15; $500 for school and public library programs that encourage literacy and creativity in children)Full information: CLICK HERE
To encourage and celebrate the creative talents and skills of students, Landmark House, Ltd. is pleased to announce The 2009 National Kids-in-Print Book Contest for Students. Read the rest…
FIND A HERO! Contest
Once in a lifetime chance to be in a book with a DC Comics super hero!
How It Works:
Superman and Batman are super heroes. Ordinary people can be extraordinary and heroic for many different reasons such as helping others, being remarkably brave in a situation, or overcoming an illness with resiliency, humor, and courage. Tell us about someone you believe is a hero at your school. Your entry should describe your hero and offer examples of how that person is a hero in your eyes. Get creative by describing your hero’s “superpowers”. Read the rest…
River of Words (ROW), a nonprofit organization, was founded in 1995 by then-U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass and writer Pamela Michael.
Every year, in affiliation with The Library of Congress Center for the Book, an international poetry and art contest is conducted for children in grades K-12. River of Words is an arts and environmental education.
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Kindergarteners through fifth-graders are invited to create and illustrate original storybooks and enter them in the 15th annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest, sponsored by New Hampshire Public Television. Entries are due Tuesday, March 24. Read the rest…
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Books have wings. You can’t see them, but they are there just the same. On books’ wings, readers can soar to new places where they meet intriguing characters and experience exciting adventures. But a book’s wings can also help a reader rise above difficult situations - like peer pressure, bullying or prejudice, or to cope with disappointment and loss.