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The Public Library
presents
The Kid’s Corner
- Giveaways
- Games
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North Carolina Dance Theater presents
“Dance-A-Story”
Featuring
- Peter & the Wolf
- The Nutcracker
- Snow White
Presents
Charlotte Literary Festival “Kickoff To Writing” Contest
The Charlotte Literary Festival is presenting the “Kickoff to Writing” contest designed to encourage students within the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) system to read. Each student will have to read a comic book and then create their own. They will have to create a super hero that uses words to save the world! A panel of reputable authors will judge each book based on a point system. We feel this will encourage the kids to continue reading and using their imagination, which will improve their reading levels overall. As the Charlotte Literary Festival strongly endorses education, we also encourage the collective push for the continued growth of civic and social awareness in the immediate community.
We will provide at least 300 students who want to participate, a free comic book. Deadline for submitting a comic book is Thursday, April 30, 2008. Winners will be announced on May 31, 2008. We will host an award ceremony at the 2008 Charlotte Literary Festival. A student will be awarded up to $1,000 in back-to-school supplies; others’ will receive a published copy of their comic book and more. The award ceremony will have food, giveaways, local athletes and a surprise celebrity guest. Two high school students will win a scholarship.
The Charlotte Literary Festival is an annual event held in Charlotte, NC that focuses on both youth and adult literacy. The two-day festival hosts a myriad of local, regional and national authors from various genres. The festival also features an arts and craft fair as well as storytellers, live entertainment and How-To seminars. Your corporation/organization is cordially invited to participate in the 2008 Charlotte Literary Festival. Our mission at The Charlotte Literary Festival is to foster an atmosphere of unity, awareness and growth, through literature, art and culture.
The Charlotte Literary Festival is rapidly becoming one of Charlotte’s elite attractions and soon to be one of the top Cultural events in the United States. This will be our third year and we are continuing to grow and reach an even broader cross section of the Metrolina region. In 2007 we moved from our inaugural location in the NoDa district (North Davidson) to Uptown at the Blake Hotel and Marshall Park. Our attendance has also grown by approximately 30%. This year’s Charlotte Literary Festival (CLF) is scheduled for September 6th, 2008. During our previous years we have received a tremendous amount of community and corporate support. We have included in this package information that we hope will get you involved, remember, “Reading Is The Key That Unlocks Our World”!
We hope that our mission to get kids to read more, and use their imagination will spark a flame inside them that will never go out. We look forward to seeing just how creative the kids can be. Thank you for being apart of the 2008 Charlotte Literary Festival!
-Darren Vincent, Festival Director
Please submit comments about the festival to Jewel@realeyesbookstore.com. What you liked, didn't like, or would like to see in future festivals!
