2017 Writer To Writer Challenge :: Award Presentation :: April 14

2017 Writer To Writer Challenge !

SCLLN is excited to announce the winners and runners-up for the 2017 Writer to Writer Challenge !

We had a great response—86 entries—and the quality of the letters was amazing!  We are so proud of all of the learners who wrote letters.  Each letter was a beautiful expression of the learner’s thoughts and feelings.  The ones selected as winners and runners-up most closely met the contest criteria, but as one coordinator said, every letter had its own “pizzazz.” 

Please join SCLLN’s

adult learners, tutors and coordinators at the upcoming 

2018 Southern California Library Literacy

Network (SCLLN) Conference,

to be held at the Buena Park Holiday Inn on Saturday, April 14th.

We hope you will join us for the Writer to Writer lunch, if not for the entire conference, and listen as the winner from each category reads their amazing letter!

The winners and runners-up will each receive a cash prize and a certificate, and all letter writers will receive a certificate of participation.  We encourage all coordinators to invite and sponsor all of your writers and their tutors for this special event.  The registration fees are only $15 for learners and $35 for tutors/staff (early bird, SCLLN member) and are an appropriate use of CLLS grant funding.  Inviting your Writer to Writer participants would be an excellent way to recognize our writers and their tutors.  Congratulations to all of our letter writers!

Emerging Category :: Winner

Carmen C, Carlsbad City Library Learning Center

Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom

Runners-Up

Angella V, Huntington Beach Central Library

Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn’t Enough, Kay Warren

Rowshon A, Placentia Library

Eleanor Everywhere The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt, Monica Kulling

Beginning Category :: Winner

Nyla H, Carlsbad City Library Learning Center

First Grave on the Right, Darynda Jones

Runners-Up

Mohammad M, Santa Monica Public Library

Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!, Richard P. Feyman

Magdalena O, Los Angeles Public Library

Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes

Intermediate Category :: Winner

Elaheh K, Los Angeles Public Library

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

Runners-Up

Ella K, Riverside Public Library

The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros

Maria A, READ San Diego - Central Library

The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway

Advanced Category :: Winner

Juliana B, Huntington Beach Central Library

I am Malala, Malala Yousafzai

Runners-Up

Angelica G, Carlsbad City Library Learning Center

Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel

Anonymous, Santa Monica Public Library

Unlimited Power, Anthony Robbins

Early Bird Registration Fee

$35.00:  Volunteer or Staff

$15.00:  Adult Learner

Lunch only; $35.00 by early-bird for members

Early Bird :: DEADLINE :: March 30, 2018

After Mar 30 or @ Conference

$ 50.00: SCLLN Member Tutors and Staff

$ 20.00: SCLLN Adult Learners

Non-Members - $ 75.00

NO REFUNDS AFTER APRIL 9

If you would like to Sponsor the

Conference

Writer To Writer Challenge

or support SCLLN, please contact: Diane Moseley

Huntington Beach Library :: Student Writing

Huntington Beach Public Library Literacy

OPEN DOORS: November 2014

Student Writing

"Before I took the computer classes, it was very difficult to even type my library card number into the library computers. There were many barriers, like where do I erase? How do I make capital letters? How do I move the cursor? Thanks to the computer classes, I can now send and receive emails from my son's school and he has my help to study through the internet on his tablet. I can communicate with my friends in Mexico with Facebook. I know how to send photos and I can practice typing on typingweb.com. I study English with Duolingo. I receive information from our family clinic and can request our medications online. I have helped my husband search online for jobs and I can make Word documents, insert pictures and send them by email. I have found projects for my children's homework on Google and I use YouTube to perfect my recipes and learn how to create different hairstyles for my daughter. In reality, without the help of the library, none of this would be possible. Thank you so much! Sincerely, Martha"

Kudos ...

•Angela G. and her tutor Barry K. Angela passed the US Citizenship exam!

•Francisca B. and her tutor Liz O. Francisca was asked to read prayers aloud in English in front of her church congregation.

•Yolanda L. and her tutor Billie S. Yolanda is able to read the directions and help her daughter with homework.  READ MORE !