MrsP.com 3rd Annual Kids' Be-a-Famous Writer Contest Opens for Entries

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MrsP.com 3rd Annual Kids' Be-a-Famous Writer
Contest Opens for Entries
(1888PressRelease) Sakura of America joins
Powell's Books as official sponsor of popular
contest for kids 4-13. Other companies to provide
a host of prizes to entrants. www.MrsP.com, the
popular, award winning kids' entertainment site,
announced that Sakura of America joins Powell's
Books as a sponsor of its 3rd annual "Be A Famous
Writer Contest." The contest open for entries
today September 1 and runs through October 15,
2011. "Mrs. P's philosophy is all about
sparking the imagination in children", said Kathy
Kinney, who before Mrs. P was best known as Mimi
on "The Drew Carey Show." "Sakura's advocacy of
individual self-expression makes them a perfect
new sponsor of Mrs. P's writing
contest." Entries will be judged this year by
Bonny Becker best-selling author of the Bear and
Mouse picture books, including "A Visitor for
Bear" winner of the E.B. White Read Aloud Award
David L. Ulin book critic of the Los Angeles
Times and author, most recently, of "The Lost Art
of Reading Why Books Matter in a Distracted
Time" and Renèe Watson author, educator and
poet, her book "What Momma Left Me" debuted as
the New Voice for 2010 in middle grade fiction by
The Independent Children's Booksellers
Association.
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Two grand-prize winners will have their stories
read by Mrs. P (sitcom star Kathy Kinney) in
videos featuring original illustrations and
produced by a Hollywood production team. The
videos will be posted for viewing by a global
audience at the website. Each winner will also
receive a bound copy of the illustrated story, as
well as prize packs filled with goodies from
Powell's Book, and Sakura of America. This year
Mrs. P has also teamed up with "Penelope the
Purple Pirate" author Melissa Northway, and
popular story time audio app company Tales2GO, to
provide some incentives for entrants to get their
stories submitted. "We also don't want to
forget the important role teachers play in our
writing contest", said Kinney, "we have teamed up
with Westcott, known for their excellence in
classroom products, to provide supplies to
classrooms and also one lucky school will win a
one-year subscription to Tales2Go, our new
teacher page has all the details. Stories
submitted for the contest may cover any topic,
fiction or nonfiction, and should be between 250
and 1,000 words. To find out more details go to
the contest website www.contest.mrsp.com/ http//
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