I've met a few readers in recent months who are serious about contests because of all the freebies they get for entering and winning them. One, Erin Renouf Mylroie, has won numerous cool things, including cash and vacations, by entering cooking contests. I don't think I've ever won a contest in my life, but I have a child who loves to enter them and has won an assortment of cool stuff over the past two years. That brings me to one of my favorite contests for children, the Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators contest. They have a free kickoff event Saturday in Bountiful that's great for getting children excited about writing.