Kindergarten through third graders are invited to write and illustrate original storybooks and enter them in the 14th Annual READING RAINBOW Young Writers & Illustrators Contest.

Click here for the Official Rules and Entry Form (pdf). The deadline to enter is March 31, 2008.

Send your stories to:
Reading Rainbow Contest
4802 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Please call 412-622-1396 with any questions.

Sponsored by the award-winning PBS television series READING RAINBOW, the Contest attracts more than 40,000 entries nationally each year. WQED together with more than 100 other PBS stations nationwide offer the Contest.

Airing weekdays on WQED at 3pm, READING RAINBOW builds lasting friendships between children and books. The Contest builds on the program's mission to encourage a child's love of books and reading.

Every child who enters the Contest receives a special Certificate of Achievement. Local first place winners advance to the national competition.

National prizes are awarded to three winning stories in each grade. In 2008, national prizes will include a laptop computer (Grand Prize), flat panel TV with DVD player (2nd place), and MP3 player (3rd place). Each national winner also receives three READING RAINBOW library sets (5 DVDs and books) for his or her home, school and library. In addition, national winning stories are featured on pbskids.org, one of the most-visited national websites for children. To read previous national winning stories, as well as a sample of local submissions, visit pbskids.org/readingrainbow.

Now in its 25th season on PBS, READING RAINBOW has garnered more than 250 awards, including 26 Emmys (ten for "Outstanding Children's Series"), a prestigious Peabody, nine CINE Golden Eagles, nine Parent's Choice Awards, and six international Prix Jeunesse Awards.

READING RAINBOW is a registered trademark of WNED-TV, Buffalo and is co-produced by WNED-TV, Buffalo and Smarterville Productions LLC. Support for READING RAINBOW has been provided by Country Inns & Suites and The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.