June 1st-14th, 2008
DeKalb County Public Library
Decatur Library
215 Sycamore St.
Decatur, GA
June 16th-June 28th, 2008
Union County Library
194 Hospital St.
Blairsville, GA
June 30th- July12th, 2008
Northeast Georgia Regional Library System
Clarkesville-Habersham County Library
Jefferson at Green Streets
Clarkesville, GA
July 14th-26th, 2008
Piedmont Regional Library System
Commerce Library
1344 South Broad St.
Commerce, GA
July 28th – August 9th, 2008
Hall County Library System
Hall County Library
127 Main St, NW
Gainesville, GA
August 11th-23rd, 2008
Athens Regional Library System
Athens-Clarke County Library
2025 Baxter St.
Athens, GA
August 25th- September 6th, 2008
Uncle Remus Regional Library System
Morgan County Library
1131 East Ave.
Madison, GA
September 8th-September 20th, 2008
East Central Regional Library System
Athens-Richmond County Library
209 Greene St.
Augusta, GA
September 22nd- October 4th, 2008
Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System
Screven County Library
106 South Community Dr.
Sylvania, GA
October 5th-October 18th
Live Oak Public Libraries
Bull Street Branch
2002 Bull St.
Savannah, GA
October 20th-November 1st
Statesboro Regional Library System
Richmond Hill Public Library
9607 Ford Ave.
Richmond Hill, GA
November 3rd- November 17th
Ohoopee Regional Library System
Vidalia-Toombs County Library
610 Jackson St.
Vidalia, GA
November 17th- November 29th
Okefenokee Regional Library System
Blackshear Memorial Library
600 South Main St.
Blackshear, GA
December 1st-December17th
Coastal Plain Regional Library
Carrie Dorsey Perry Memorial Library
315 West Marion Avenue
Nashville, GA
December 18th-January 3rd, 2009
Coastal Plain Regional Library
Cook County Library
213 East Second Street
Adel, GA
January 5th-January 10th, 2009
Moultrie-Colquitt County Library
204 5th Street Southeast
Moultrie, GA
January 12th-January 24th, 2009
Thomas County Public Library
201 North Madison St.
Thomasville, GA
January 26th- February 7th, 2009
Southwest Georgia Regional Library
Decatur County-Gilbert H. Gregg Library
301 South Monroe St.
Bainbridge, GA
February 9th- February 21st, 2009
Kinafoochee regional Library System
Terrell County Public Library
913 Forrester Dr SE
Dawson, GA
February 23rd- March 7th, 2009
Lake Blackshear Regional Library
Lake Blackshear Headquarters library
320 Tripp St.
Americus, GA
March 9th-March 21st, 2009
Perry Public Library
2101 Washington Ave.
Perry, GA
March 23rd- April 4th, 2009
Pine Mountain Regional Library
Hightower Memorial Library
800 West Gordon St.
Thomaston, GA
April 6th- April 18th, 2009
Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library
Columbus Public Library
3000 Macon Rd.
Columbus, GA
April 20th- May 2nd, 2009
West Georgia Regional Library
Warren P. Sewell Memorial Library-Bremen
315 Hamilton Ave.
Bremen , GA
May 4th-May16th, 2009
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library
Central Library
One Margaret Mitchell Square
Atlanta, GA
Coordinated in Georgia by the Georgia Center for the Book and Project WET (Water Education for Teachers), a program of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, River of Words is a national poetry and art competition. Students in grades 4-12 are invited to create visual art or poetry that shows an understanding and appreciation of their natural environment, and specifically of their own watershed.
More than 100,000 entries have been submitted since the program began in 1997. Thousands of students have participated in Georgia; more than 2,000 entries in three grade categories were received in 2008. Entries are judged on a state and national level; Georgia has had several National Grand Prize Winners in recent years.
Students with winning entries are invited to an awards ceremony each year. The 2008 event was held May 4 at the Chattahoochee Nature Center with more than 200 students, families and friends in attendance. The winners for 2008 in poetry are:
National Finalists
State Winners
National Finalists
State Winners
The Georgia Center for the Book, in partnership with the Center for the Book in Washington, DC and the Target Corp., is the Georgia sponsor of the national student competition, Letters About Literature. In this program, students in grades 4-12 are asked to write a letter to the author, living or dead, whose work has had the most impact on their lives or their view of the world.
Thousands of students from around the state have participated in Letters About Literature over the last seven years; more than 1,000 entries were received in 2008. Entries are judged at the state and national level in three age categories; Georgia has produced three national winners. All Georgia winners are honored at a special reception and reading that features a short talk by a well-known author. The 2008 event was held April 26 at the Decatur Library and included a talk by prize-winning novelist Jack Riggs, author of When the Finch Rises. The 2008 winners are:
Second Place
Third Place
Honorable Mention
Georgia Center
for the Book
at DeKalb County
Public Library
215 Sycamore Street
Decatur, Georgia 30030
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