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WXEL LAUNCHES PBS KIDS GO! WRITERS CONTEST WXEL is launching the PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest, a national competition designed to promote the advancement of children’s reading skills through hands-on, active learning.  The effort encourages children in grades K-3 in WXEL’s South Florida viewing area, and in communities across the country, to celebrate the power of creating stories and illustrations by submitting their own original stories and illustrations. Rules, Entry Form and Writing Guide Available Below! Stories along with the entry form should be sent by mail or hand delivered to: WXEL DTV Attn: Samantha Conde 3401 S. Congress Ave. Boynton Beach FL 33426 All entries must be received by the deadline of Friday, April 9, 2010. Sponsors include the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum in Boynton Beach and CoolReading.com. Each child will receive a Certificate of Achievement signed PBS KIDS GO!. The winning authors also received a PBS KIDS GO! package full of gifts such as books, games, and more at the Winners Celebration in May 2010 at Schoolhouse Children’s Museum, plus all the children get the opportunity to share a video of themselves reading their stories online on http://www.coolreadings.com/ where family and friends can watch them! The PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest extends the powerful tradition and annual success of the 15 year national “Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest,” originally created by WNED-TV Buffalo/Toronto and NET Nebraska.  The new Contest is produced by WNED-TV, Buffalo/Toronto and PBS. The PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest is produced by WNED-TV, Buffalo/Toronto and PBS, and is part of PBS KIDS Raising Readers, a national initiative which uses the power of public media to build the reading skills of children ages 2-to-8, with an emphasis on children from low-income families.  The effort is funded by a Ready To Learn grant from the U.S. Department of Education, part of a cooperative agreement with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), PBS and The Ready To Learn Partnership.  Click Here for Full Press Release For more information about the contest please contact Samantha Conde, WXEL Education Specialist at 561.737-8000 ext. 4466 or e-mail education@wxel.org.