2003-2004 Contest Information

Photos taken from the Awards Ceremony are now available.

The contest submission deadline was December 6, 2003.

There will be cash awards to the top essayists in New Jersey that will be presented by Governor McGreevey at the Governor’s Mansion. State first-place winners will advance for national judging.

New Jersey Judges are:

Level I

1. Lucille Davy, Special Counsel - Education, Office of the Governor
2. Eleanor Horne, Vice President and Corporate Secretary, Educational Testing Service
3. Bev Gallagher, New Jersey Teacher of the Year, 2001
4. E.B. Lewis, Award winning children’s author and lecturer

Level II

1. Dean Gus Friedrich, Rutgers School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
2. Amy Hill Hearth, Journalist, Lecturer, New York Times Best-Selling Author
3. Ken Sheinbaum, Director, Monmouth County Library
4. Jim Willse, Editor, The Star-Ledger

Level III

1. W. Raymond Ollwerther, Executive Editor, The Home News Tribune
2. Frank Miller, Special Consultant - Educational Testing Service, Member, New Jersey State Library Advisory Council, Formerly CEO H.W. Wilson Co.
3. Pat Morris, President, Executive Director, New Jersey Connection
4. Renee Swartz, Chair New Jersey State Library Advisory Council and Coordinator New Jersey Center for the Book, Chair Rutgers SCILS Program Associates

Resources: Guidelines and Forms
The following resources are printable PDF documents. You must have Acrobat Reader v4.0 or higher to be able to open the documents. You can obtain the free Adobe Acrobat Reader on the Adobe web site.

[PDF] Letters about Literature Participation Guidlines (includes entry form for 2004 contest)

[PDF] Letters about Literature Teaching Guide (Part I)
[PDF] Letters about Literature Teaching Guide (Part II)

Library of Congress Web Page for Letters about Literature
http://www.loc.gov/letters