Humanities Council announces winners

PORTLAND — Madeleine Tiner from Minot Consolidated School was a semifinalist in The Maine Humanities Council, the state’s partner with the national Letters About Literature competition.

Letters About Literature encourages students to write to an author explaining how the author’s book changed their perspective and influenced their life. It is sponsored nationally by the Library of Congress and Target Stores, and locally by the David Royte Foundation.

Teachers play an important role in this, utilizing this competition as an assignment, and working intensely with the students to refine their thoughts and improve their writing skills.