Indiana Center for the Book
Best Books of Indiana
Calling all entries for the 2010 Best Books of Indiana Contest...[Release] [Entry Form]
Letters About Literature
'09-'10 Letters About Literature Contest Now Accepting Entries...Learn More
The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, in cooperation with the Indiana Center for the Book, and in partnership with Target Stores, invites students in grades 4 through 12 to enter Letters About Literature, a national reading-writing contest. Letters About Literature asks readers to write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, from any genre--fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, contemporary or classic--explaining how that author's work changed the student's way of thinking about the world or themselves.
River of Words
The 2009 River of Words Indiana Contest is in full swing! Sharpen your colored pencils, take pen in hand, and squirt some more paint on your palette!
Statehood Day Essay Competition
Each year Indiana's fourth-grade students are invited to enter an essay into the annual "What Indiana Means to Me" competition. Winners will be honored at the 2009 Indiana Statehood Day Celebration on December 11, 2009...learn more
About the Indiana Center for the Book
The Indiana Center for the Book is a program of the Indiana State Library and an affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
The Indiana Center for the Book promotes interest in reading, writing, literacy, libraries, and Indiana's literary heritage by sponsoring events and serving as an information resource at the state and local level. The Center supports both the professional endeavors and the popular pursuits of Indiana's residents toward reading and writing.
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Useful Sites
"One Book, One City" programs in Indiana
Resources for Public Programming (American Library Association)
All America Reads
Read-to-Me
The Center for the Book, Library of Congress
State Center for the Book Affiliates
Contact:
Indiana Center for the Book
Indiana State Library
140 N. Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
agriffis@library.in.gov
317-650-6158
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