Carson City, Nev. (Dec. 4, 2025) — Carson High 10th-grade student Kevin Mariscal earned an honorable mention for the 2025 Nevada Reading Week Art Contest. He was beat out by Addison Littlefield, a fourth-grade student at Brown Elementary School in the Washoe County School District, who was named the grand prize winner.
It was the first year an elementary school student has taken top honors.
The winning artwork from the statewide contest will be used across Nevada for apparel and social media. Nevada Reading Week will be held from March 2-6, 2026. This year’s theme is “Book an Adventure.”
In total, 660 students entered the statewide art contest. Contest participants included students in grades 3-12 who attend district schools, charter schools, private schools and homeschools. Student artwork submitted for the contest went through several rounds of judging before winners were selected. The winners were recognized during a virtual award ceremony on Nov. 20.
Other honorable mention recipients include Audrey Tang, a sixth-grade student at Noble Collegiate Academy (private school) and Aubreigh Briley, a fourth-grade student at Coral Academy of Science – Nellis Campus (State Public Charter School Authority).
For the 2026 Nevada Reading Week, participants can look forward to engaging events, including the Author LIVE Event that connected more than 30,000 students with local and nationally recognized authors last year.
Nevada Reading Week, March 2-6, serves to promote a life-long love of reading and coincides with National Read Across America Day, observed March 2, the birthday of children’s book author Ted Geisel, a/k/a Dr. Seuss. From students in Pre-Kindergarten listening attentively on a circle rug to their teacher’s riveting read-aloud to high school seniors engaging in rigorous discussions about a novel, the joy of reading is evident.
For more than forty years, Nevada Reading Week has been celebrated across the entire state – from small rural communities to larger urban areas. Activities often include book studies, author studies, literary readings by renowned authors, book fairs, and family literacy events. The stewards of Nevada Reading Week include PK-12 school librarians, educators, the Nevada Department of Education, the Nevada State Library, public libraries, community leaders, students and their families.
Literacy experts of the Nevada Department of Education are thrilled to facilitate the work of Nevada Reading Week in partnership with a very talented group of librarians, educators, and community members who serve on the Nevada Reading Week Committee.
For more information about Nevada Reading Week, visit nevadareadingweek.org.
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