Letters about Literature 2004-2005

September 15 – December 7, 2004
(Deadline was December 4, 2004)

This is the third year of the NJ Center’s participation in the Library of Congress national competition through the New Jersey School systems (grades 4 -12).

The New Jersey Center for the Book is sponsoring the New Jersey portion of a national reading-writing contest sponsored by The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and also by the Weekly Reader Corporation and Target stores.

The task is to “Write a letter to an author explaining how his or her work somehow changed your view of the world or yourself.”

There are three competition levels: grades 4-6 = I; grades 7 & 8 = II; and grades 9-12 = III.

New Jersey Judges were:

Level I

1. Renee Swartz, Chair New Jersey State Library Advisory Council and Coordinator New Jersey Center for the Book, Chair Rutgers SCILS Program Associates
2. Barbara Newman, Educational Testing Service for Eleanor Horne
3. Ken Sheinbaum, Director, Monmouth County Library

Level II

1. Phyllis Anker, School Library Media Specialist
2. Cathie Miller, Middle School Librarian, Princeton Day School, Princeton
3. Larry DeCicco, Vice President, Educational Testing Service

Level III

1. Frank Miller, Special Consultant - Educational Testing Service, Member, New Jersey State Library Advisory Council, Formerly CEO H.W. Wilson Co.
2. W. Raymond Ollwerther, Executive Editor, Princeton Alumni Weekly
3. Pat Morris, President, Executive Director, New Jersey Connection