CRYSTAL LAKE – Crystal Lake students in grades three through eight – including those who are home-schooled – are invited to the kickoff of the eighth annual Read, Write and Win writing contest at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 Paddock St.

Read, Write and Win is a literacy competition in which students write endings to one of two books in their age category or illustrate an ending to a third book.

Students in grades three to five can choose to write a new ending for “Benjamin Franklinstein Lives!” or “Turtle in Paradise,” or illustrate an ending for “Chicagoland Detective Agency #1: the Drained Brains Caper.”