20^th Annual Student Writing for Literacy Library Essay Contest

• Top prize winners will each receive a monetary award AND a laptop computer!
• One special prize of $500 will be awarded in memory of Jack and Carolyn Winer for the best overall essay!

Open to: All students, public, private, parochial and home school, in grades 4, 8 and 10, who attend a school served by the San Diego Public Library system.

Contest Details:

Deadline: 3:00 PM on Friday, December 16, 2016

• Contest Announcement | Essay Contest Flyer
• Essay Topics and Ideas
• Essay Entry Form

Past Contest Winners

Noorhan Amani, Grade 8
Islamic School of San Diego
Balboa Branch Library
2013 Grand Contest Winner

 18^th Student Essay Contest

• Grade 4 (PDF)
• Grade 8 (PDF)
• Grade 10 (PDF)

17^th Student Essay Contest

• Grade 4 (PDF)
• Grade 8 (PDF)
• Grade 10 (PDF)

16^th Student Essay Contest

• Grade 4 (PDF)
• Grade 8 (PDF)
• Grade 10 (PDF)

Questions?

Contact Wendy Gay | phlwen@pacbell.net or (619) 697-2024.

Sponsored by:

• Friends of the San Diego Public Library
• San Diego Public Library
• San Diego Public Library Foundation
• San Diego Unified School District Library Media Teachers
• Computers 2 SD Kids (C2SDK)
• KPBS (One Book, One San Diego)