Children from kindergarten to third grade are encouraged to write and illustrate their own stories and enter them in the 13th Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest. These stories will be judged locally and winners will be awared prizes.

Click the links below to print off the Entry Form and Contest Rules! (*.pdf format - You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files)

Download Contest Entry Form
Download Contest Rules
For writing tips, download this Writing Guide


How to Enter: Mail your entries to:

Lori Georgi
WIPB-TV
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Deadline: Friday, March 23, 2007 by 5:00pm

The Prizes: Every child who enters the Contest receives a special Certificate of Achievement signed by LeVar Burton, host of the READING RAINBOW series. After the Contest, WIPB winning stories will be published on this website. Local first place winners advance to the national competition.

Three national prizes are awarded at each grade level. In 2007, prizes will include a laptop computer (1st place), flat panel TV and DVD player (2nd place), and MP3 player (3rd place). National winners also receive three sets of READING RAINBOW DVDs and matching feature books — one for their school, one for their library, and one for themselves. In addition, national winning stories are featured on pbskids.org, one of the most-visited national websites for children.

To see previous national winners’ stories as well as a sampling national submissions, visit the Reading Rainbow Contest website.