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.