Meet Our 2020 Writers Contest Winners
Open to students in kindergarten through fifth grade, stories were judged on originality, creative expression, storytelling and integration of illustrations.
KINDERGARTEN
FIRST PLACE
Madison Holman
"Rosie the Mermaid"
Cape Charles Christian School
Cape Charles
SECOND PLACE
Savannah Gross
"The Princess"
Achilles Elementary
Hayes
FIRST GRADE
FIRST PLACE
Grayson Zimmerman
"The Magical Adventures of Grayson and Bubba"
Carver Elementary
Newport News
SECOND PLACE
Elizabeth Porter
"Beth Goes to Camp"
Greenbrier Primary
Chespeake
SECOND GRADE
FIRST PLACE
Siddhant Samtani
"My Friend Sharko"
Old Donation School
Virginia Beach
SECOND PLACE
Bernadette Loeffert
"Water Classroom Adventure"
Saint Mary Star of the Sea
Hampton
THIRD GRADE
FIRST PLACE
Tra Pham
"Just with Juice to Make Magic"
Larchmont Elementary School
Norfolk
SECOND PLACE
Jayd Gladden
"The Funny Pizza"
Atlantic Shores Christian
Chesapeake
FOURTH GRADE
FIRST PLACE
Ariadne Stephens
"The Goddess Group"
Grafton Bethel Elementary School
Yorktown
SECOND PLACE
Elle Pero
"Mystery in the Meadow"
Old Donation School
Virginia Beach
FIFTH GRADE
FIRST PLACE
Erin Magruder
"The Wonders of Dance"
Seaford Elementary
Yorktown
SECOND PLACE
Jack Vander Burg
"The New York Penguin"
Larchmont Elementary
Norfolk
The PBS KIDS Writers Contest is part of PBS KIDS Raising Readers and is funded in part by a Ready To Learn grant, in a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The contents of these contest rules were developed under a grant, #PRU295B050003, from the Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.