Alaska State winners for each level are:

Winners

Level I: (grades 4 - 7)

Alaina Alderson, grade 5, Birchwood ABC, Girdwood, Eagle River (writing to J.K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

Level II: (grades 8 - 12)

Robert Kirchner, grade 10, Robert Service High School, Anchorage (writing to Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie)

The top state winners each receive cash awards of $100.

Runners Up

Level I: (grades 4 - 7):

Clinton Ray Jeffrey, grade unknown, Haines Middle School, Haines (writing to Gary Paulsen, author of Hatchet)

Level II: (grades 8 - 12):

Cassie Toole, grade 8, Romig Middle School, Anchorage (writing to Paul Danziger and Ann M. Martin, authors of P.S. Longer Letter Later)

Honorable Mentions

Level I: (grades 4 - 7):

Iris Kemp, grade 7, Haines Middle School, Haines (writing to Gail Carson Levine, author of Ella Enchanted)

Bryanne Calkins, grade 6, home school, Haines (writing to Margaret Peterson Haddix, author of Among the Hidden)

Level II: (grades 8 - 12):

Holly Stebing, grade 8, Romig Middle School, Anchorage (writing to Laurene Kransy Brown, author of Dinosaur Divorce)

Jesse Alleva, grade 8, Romig Middle School, Anchorage (writing to Siegfried Sassoon, author of Collected Poetry)

Amy Vander Zwaag, grade 9, Delta High School, Delta Junction (writing to Gerda Weissmann Klein, author of All But My Life)