The Wyoming Center for the Book, which operates under the Wyoming Humanities umbrella, has announced this year’s winners of the annual Letters About Literature contest for students in grades 4-12. They are invited to read, be inspired, and write back to the author of a book that changed their lives. More than 160 students from across Wyoming participated in this year’s event.
Read the winning letters on the Wyoming Humanities website.
Award winners
Grades 4-6:
First Place:
Leena Martel – Kelly, WY
When Stars are Scattered by Omar Mohamed
Second Place:
Abigail Fleming – Casper, WY
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (adapted by Susan Hill Long)
Third Place:
Hannah Persson – Lander, WY
No Summit Out of Sight by Jordan Romero and Linda LeBlanc
Grades 7-8:
First Place:
Kaitlyn Leming – Cheyenne, WY
The Perfect Place by Teresa E. Harris
Second Place:
Delaney Edwards – Pinedale, WY
A Little House Traveler by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Third Place:
Joel Edwards – Pinedale, WY
Spearhead by Adam Makos
Grades 9-12:
First Place:
Cooper J. Pigg – Cheyenne, WY
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Second Place:
Tamara Cochran – Casper, WY
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Third Place:
Emma Locken – Gillette, WY
Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher