Kansas First Lady Mary Brownback announced Friday the start of the Kansas Book Festival Writing Contest. The contest runs through April 30, 2013.

Winners will be contacted by July 31 and announced at the 2013 Kansas Book Festival on September 7 at the Kansas State Capitol. Payless ShoeSource is sponsoring the writing contest for the second year.

The contest is open to students in grades 3-12 in the state of Kansas.

The theme for this year’s contest is “Kansas Isn’t Flat, It’s…”.

The theme asks students to use their creative minds to set straight the common myth about Kansas.

For more information about this contest or the Kansas Book Festival, visit kansasbookfestival.com