Announcing...
What was the Reading Rainbow
Young Writers & Illustrators Contest is now the
PBSKidsGo! WRITERS CONTEST.
Students in Kindergarten through Third Grade (K-3) are encouraged to take part in the
PBSKids Go! Writers Contest through their local library or by participating through their local schools. This contest replaces the Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest traditionally held in years past. Since the cancellation of Reading Rainbow in 2009, the future of this contest was not assured until PBS and PBS Kids stepped up to renew this tradition of creativity, expression and fun for thousands of kids across the country, and all the PBS kids in our viewing area.
To see a list of local libraries and schools who participated in last year's
Reading Rainbow contest, click here.
Following is the timeline for the 2010 Contest in the PBS39 viewing area:
January 27, 2010:
The PBSKids Go! Writers Contest begins! Check with your local children's librarian or classroom teacher to see when they will begin this contest at their respective locations. Each library/classroom will send the top stories at each grade level (K-3) to PBS39 for judging once their local contests end.
Please note: If a child enters one story through their classroom, and another story through their local library and they both get sent to PBS39 for judging, both entries will be disqualified automatically.
Sorry, but exceptions.
Due to the volume of entries anticipated, PBS39 will NOT be accepting entries directly at our TV station. In order to make this contest as fair as possible for all participants, please make arrangements to enter your story through a branch of your local library or classroom,
and not as a direct-drop-off to PBS39.
Teachers/Librarians: Please send only the top (first-place) stories in each category (K-3) from your classroom/library/brach library to PBS39, not the entire volume of stories entered at your location.
March 24, 2010:
Suggested date for submission of entries at your local library or classroom. Again, please check with your local library or teacher for the dates that they will gathering entries for judging.
March 25-April 10, 2010:
Suggested dates for libraries and classrooms to judge entries.
April 12, 2010:
All entries judges at libraries or classrooms must be postmarked and shipped to PBS39 by this date.
No exceptions.
April 16-19, 2010:
Entries sent to PBS39 will be judged, and the winners in each category will be notified by phone.
April 20-23, 2010:
PBS39 ships local/regional winners off to national contest headquarters for judging at the national level.
Late April/Early May 2010:
Winners Celebration to be held for the area winners and their families;
location, date and time to be determined.
Additional contest information and updates will be posted to this page.
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ENTRY FORMS
Click this link to download the 2010 entry form as a PDF file.
Click this link to download the entry form as a Microsoft Word document.
2010 CONTEST RULES
Click this link to download the 2010 Contest Rules as a PDF file.
Click this link to download the 2010 Contest Rules as a Microsoft Word document.
Ask your local children's librarian or teacher if they plan to participate in this year's contest.
If they would like to, ask them to contact PBS39's Creative Services Manager Mark Ryan
at (260) 484-5663 or via email at markryan@wfwa.org for more information.
Or, print this page and show it to them.
Click this link for a copy of the 2010 Contest Writing Guide.
Click this link to see who were the local 2009 Reading Rainbow winners.
As local libraries and classrooms confirm their commitment to the contest, you'll be able to see who they are as PBS39 posts them to this web page.
So far, those are (updated February 8, 2010):
LIBRARIES:
Adams County Public Library (Decatur, IN)
Allen County Public Library-ABOITE BRANCH
Allen County Public Library-DUPONT BRANCH
Allen County Public Library-GEORGETOWN BRANCH
Allen County Public Library-GRABILL BRANCH
Allen County Public Library-HESSEN CASSEL BRANCH
Allen County Public Library-LITTLE TURTLE BRANCH
Allen County Public Library-MAIN BRANCH
Allen County Public Library-MONROEVILLE BRANCH
Allen County Public Library-NEW HAVEN BRANCH
Allen County Public Library-PONTIAC BRANCH
Allen County Public Library-SHAWNEE BRANCH
Allen County Public Library-WAYNEDALE BRANCH
Allen County Public Library-WOODBURN BRANCH
Antwerp Branch, Paulding Carnegie Library, Antwerp, OH
Berne Public Library, Berne, IN
Brumback Public Library, Van Wert, OH
Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County, Angola, IN
Defiance Public Library, Defiance, OH
Eckhart Public Library, Auburn, IN
Geneva Branch, Adams Public Library System, Geneva, IN
Kendallville Public Library, Kendallville, IN
Peabody Public Library, Columbia City, IN
Warsaw Community Library, Warsaw, IN
Wells County Public Library, Main Branch, Bluffton, IN
Wells County Public Library, Ossian Branch, Ossian, IN
Wells County Public Library, Southern Wells Branch, Poneto, IN
CLASSROOMS/SCHOOLS:
South Adams Elementary School, grades K-3
Metro North Elementary School, Wabash, IN
Every child who participates will receive a special certificate of participation. The entries for this year, as in years past, will be judged at each local library library branch or in each participating classroom, where they will then be forwarded to PBS39 in Fort Wayne. Once at PBS39, the local winners will be judged against each other, then the first place winners in each grade, K-3, will be sent on to the national contest.
If you would like your child's entry sent back, please include an appropriate-sized envelope for this purpose with adequate postage to do so. PBS39 will make every attempt to return entries to students and their familes as resources allow.
Winners for the national contest will be announced in June 2010.
We are proud to bring to continue this creative tradition along with:
Our partner for the 2010 PBSKids Go! Writers Contest.
Click here for a list of 2009's PARTICIPATING LIBRARIES
