The ThinkTV Reading Rainbow “Young Writers and Illustrators” Contest, is a competition that encourages young children in kindergarten through the third grade to use their imagination while improving literacy skills by writing and illustrating their own stories.
Every entrant in the Reading Rainbow contest will receive a Certificate of Achievement signed by Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton. ThinkTV will acknowledge first-, second- and third-place winners with prizes and the opportunity to read their winning stories for broadcast on ThinkTV16.
2008 Contest Winners Announced!
1st Place
Kindergarten: What if it Were Winter All Year by Matthew Brooks
1st Grade: The Newborn Mice by Maria Schmiesing
2nd Grade: My Turtle Megan by Jack Edwards
3rd Grade: Smokey the Fire Dog by Eddie Wolff
Reading Rainbow invites children in Kindergarten through Third grade to create a picture book for entry in the 14th Annual “Reading Rainbow” Young Writers and Illustrators Contest. Stories can be fact or fiction, prose or poetry. Each grade level will be judged separately.
Can I read the winning stories?
Read National Winning Stories
Read Local Winning Stories
What is the Young Writers and Illustrators Contest?
It’s a contest where kids write and illustrate their own original story! And while it's a national competition with prizes, everybody wins because each kid who enters gets a Certificate of Achievement signed by Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton!
What do I need to submit?
Details for submitting the 15th Annual Young Writers and Illustrators Contest will be posted in 2009.
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