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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.
Reading Rainbow airs weekdays on the WETA Kids Channel. See when to watch »
How to enter
Please check back in January for information on how to enter the 2010 contest.
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.
2009 winners »
2008 winners »
2007 winners »
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