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Reading Rainbow Contest

The WETA Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest is a competition for children in kindergarten through third grade.

Children from the Washington area write and illustrate original stories and submit them to WETA to enter the contest. More than 45,000 children enter this nationwide contest each year.

The 2009 entry form will be posted soon.

Reading Rainbow airs weekdays at noon on TV 26.

How to enter

Entries may be sent to WETA beginning January 12, 2009. All submissions must be received by April 3, 2009.

Awards and prizes

Every child receives a certificate of achievement signed by Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton. The first place winners in each grade also receive a variety of prizes and advance to the national competition.
2008 winners »
2007 winners »

The Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators contest is sponsored by WNED-TV Buffalo and Educate Media Resources. Major funding is provided by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.