Meet Our 2024 Writers Contest Winners
Open to students in kindergarten through fifth grade, stories were judged on originality, creative expression, storytelling and integration of illustrations.
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KINDERGARTEN
FIRST PLACE
Mayukha Khambhammettu
"The Magic Dress"
Deep Creek Central Elementary
Chesapeake
SECOND PLACE
Hazel Arterbury
"Lily and I"
Homeschooled
Gloucester
FIRST GRADE
FIRST PLACE
Joi Boakye
"Ethan the Brave Dog"
Sewells Point Elementary
Norfolk
SECOND PLACE
Annie Havener
"The Lost Tooth"
Larchmont Elementary
Norfolk
SECOND GRADE
FIRST PLACE
Ava Shubert
"The Odd Bird"
Butts Road Primary School
Chesapeake
SECOND PLACE
Keira Strickland
"The Magic Door"
Red Mill Elementary
Virginia Beach
THIRD GRADE
FIRST PLACE
Annabelle Wilkinson
"Potato Man and Spud Monkie"
Larchmont Elementary
Norfolk
SECOND PLACE
Olivia Knaus
"Carrot Thief"
Larchmont Elementary
Norfolk
FOURTH GRADE
FIRST PLACE
Lily Moira Jao
"Never Give Up, Lylus"
North Landing Elementary
Virginia Beach
SECOND PLACE
Sophia Barnes-Valdes
"Picalacita's Journey"
Chesapeake Montessori
Chesapeake
FIFTH GRADE
FIRST PLACE
Lucy Lapetina
"Adventures of Lint Land"
Stonehouse Elementary
Williamsburg
SECOND PLACE
Kate Broughton
"Mary's Acorn"
Oaktree Academy
Virginia Beach
OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL WINNERS
GRADES K-1
Charles (Chase) Harris
"Spy Club Saves The Savanna"
Ware Academy, Gloucester
GRADES 2-3
Norah Conery
"Dolphin Mystery"
Old Donation School, Virginia Beach
GRADES 4-5
Allison Boyer
"Douglas and the Drought"
Deep Creek Elementary, Chesapeake
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Lyric Gray Terry - College Park Elementary, Virginia Beach
Gabriella Reddy - College Park Elementary, Virginia Beach
Charlotte Woyma - Larchmont Elementary, Norfolk
Jayden Theus - Point O'View Elementary, Virginia Beach
Edward House Jr. - Hampton Roads Academy, Newport News
Evan Kaloydis - North Landing Elementary, Virginia Beach
Hadley Jones - Home Schooled, Yorktown
Aurora Bernadette Cannon - Home Schooled, Virginia Beach
Kaiser Cruz - Home Schooled, Chesapeake
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.