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K-3 students invited to enter Reading Rainbow contest

South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB) invites South Dakota students in grades K-3 to write and illustrate their own stories and to enter them in the 10^th annual Reading Rainbow contest. The contest rules and entry forms are available at www.sdpb.org in the “Learning K-12” section.

Every child who submits an entry to SDPB will receive a Reading Rainbow bookmark and a certificate signed by LeVar Burton, the host of the Reading Rainbow series.

Called the Young Writers and Illustrators Contest, the program is a nationwide event to encourage children to create their own stories.  SDPB notes that the Reading Rainbow series is one of the most used series in America’s classrooms; it is designed to promote children’s love of literature and appetite for learning.

Teachers may wish to have their students write a story for the contest as a class project, or students may enter individually from home.  Stories must be submitted to SDPB by March 5, 2004.  Prizes will be awarded for the first, second, and third place stories from each grade.

For more information, please contact the Education office at South Dakota Public Broadcasting, 1-800-456-0766.