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Nine students have won in the 2020 Letters About Literature Texas competition, sponsored by the Texas Center for the Book at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. This reading and writing program encourages fourth-twelfth graders to write to an author about how his or her book has affected their lives.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This year\u2019s Texas winners responded to a variety of authors whose works span diverse genres.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Level 1 (grades 4-6):<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Level 2 (grades 7-8):<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Level 3 (grades 9-12):<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Texas Center for the Book received 1,317 letters this year from Texas students sharing their personal connections to literature. A total of 234 advanced to the third round of judging in Texas. Judges (including the publisher and managing editor of Lone Star Literary Life) scored the letters based on organization, idea development, language, and emotional connection. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cStudents made such profound connections with the written word,\u201d commented Rebekah Manley, Coordinator of the Texas Center for the Book. \u201cThis opportunity takes words off pages, creates a heart connection to story and organically cultivates life-long readers.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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