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- 2019 LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE STATE CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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- 2018-2019 LOUISIANA YOUNG READERS’ CHOICE WINNERS ANNOUNCED
- EXPLORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MUHAMMAD ALI THROUGH POETRY WITH JOHN WARNER SMITH
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- UNITED STATES POET LAUREATE TRACY K. SMITH TO VISIT LOUISIANA
- LOUISIANA BOOK FESTIVAL NAMED IN THE TOP 10 LITERARY FESTIVALS IN THE COUNTRY
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- POET, ESSAYIST SHERYL ST. GERMAIN TO RECEIVE 19TH ANNUAL LOUISIANA WRITER AWARD
- LOUISIANA LITERACY AND "THE POWER OF READING" DISCUSSED ON LPB'S LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE SERIES
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- 2018 LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE STATE CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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- LOUISIANA YOUNG READERS’ CHOICE PROGRAM ANNOUNCES 2018-2019 NOMINATED TITLES
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- STATE LIBRARIAN OF LOUISIANA REBECCA HAMILTON TO RECEIVE LYNDA CARLBERG AWARD
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- CHILDREN'S AUTHOR AND MUSICIAN JOHNETTE DOWNING TO RECEIVE 2017 LOUISIANA WRITER AWARD
- 2017 LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
- STATE LIBRARY OF LOUISIANA ANNOUNCES 2017 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH PROGRAM
- 2017 LOUISIANA READERS’ CHOICE AWARD WINNERS
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- LT. GOV. AND STATE LIBRARIAN ANNOUNCE 2016 LOUISIANA BOOK FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
- AUTHOR CHRISTINA VELLA NAMED 2016 LOUISIANA WRITER AWARD RECIPIENT
- 2016 TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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- AUTHOR TOM PIAZZA NAMED 2015 LOUISIANA WRITER AWARD RECIPIENT
- 2015 LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE CONTEST WINNERS
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- 2015 WRITING WORKSHOPS HELD DAY BEFORE LOUISIANA BOOK FESTIVAL
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- CHRISTINE WILTZ NAMED 2013 LOUISIANA WRITER AWARD WINNER
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- 2013 LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE CONTEST WINNERS
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- STATE LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
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- LT. GOVERNOR JAY DARDENNE ANNOUNCES 2012 LOUISIANA BOOK FESTIVAL
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- AUTHOR AND PLAYWRIGHT JOHN BIGUENET HONORED WITH LOUISIANA WRITER AWARD
- STATE LIBRARY ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF OWN THE NIGHT TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE
- THE STATE LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM THEME ANNOUNCED
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