The Reading Rainbow Young and Illustrators Contest is open to children in kindergarten, First, Second and Third Grades. Each grade level will be judged separately. Children of employees of Reading Rainbow, GPN, Nebraska ETV Network, WNED-TV, Lancit Media, the Public Broadcasting System and Public Broadcasting Stations are not eligible. Entrants must be in kindergarten, First, Second or Third grade. Only one entry per person will be accepted.
Stories can be fact or fiction, prose or poetry.
Kindergarten and First grade stories must contain 50-200 words. Children who cannot write may dictate their story to an adult. Text may be integrated into the illustration pages or on individual pages. Non English text must be translated on the same page, and the translation text must adhere to word count Invented spelling is acceptable. Attach a page with the entrant's name, address, phone number and the story title to the story, ahead of the story cover.