Second ELA Writing Challenge: Letters

The second ELA Writing Challenge of the year will take place between January 29 and February 12, 2024. We are asking students to write a letter of no more than 200 words to a character in the ELA Honor Society Big Read reader Dear Martin or a character from another book that they have read recently. Students should use their letters to give a perspective on a key issue in the novel readers may not have considered previously.

The deadline for submissions via our ELA AwardSpring platform is February 12, 2024.

Learn more about ELA Writing Challenges and check out our Writing Guide for students.


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