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Letters About Literature Cash Prizes for Students

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There will be three categories, with three winners in each category. Categories: grades 4-6, grades 7-8, grades 9-12

First place $300; second place $200; third place $100. 

First-place winners will also receive a $400 travel stipend to attend the Texas Library Association 2026 Annual Conference in Houston in March to attend the Letters About Literature award ceremony. The school libraries of each first-place winner (or public library, for homeschoolers) will also receive a $300 grant, per library. Thank you to the Texas Library and Archives Foundation for their generous support of the Letters About Literature program.