Open to students in kindergarten through fifth grade, stories were judged on originality, creative expression, storytelling and integration of illustrations.
Winners in each grade level are listed below.
KINDERGARTEN
FIRST PLACE Frank DeRego "The Adventures of Net Man" Homeschooled, Suffolk
SECOND PLACE Isaac Burns "Kitty Garden" Great Bridge Presbyterian, Chesapeake
FIRST GRADE
FIRST PLACE Madison Stacy "Splash! Splash! Mermaddy" Corporate Landing Elementary, Virginia Beach
SECOND PLACE Aaria Jain "Do Not Waste Water" John B. Dey Elementary, Virginia Beach
SECOND GRADE
FIRST PLACE Lucy Gurganus "The Puppy Pizza Place" Deer Park Elementary, Newport News
SECOND PLACE Victoria Tickell "The Bunny Who Saved His Family" Homeschooled, Norfolk
THIRD GRADE
FIRST PLACE Aanya Jain "Recycle Me" Old Donation School, Virginia Beach
SECOND PLACE Blaine Averett "Roney the Rover's Adventure in Space" Hampton Roads Academy, Newport News
FOURTH GRADE
FIRST PLACE Charlotte Campbell "What Ever You Can Imagine" Cape Charles Christian, Cape Charles
SECOND PLACE Josiah Williams "Nature Helps Timmy to Read" Homeschooled, Chesapeake
FIFTH GRADE
-->FIRST PLACE Saniya Hundley-Sweeney "Saniya and the S-bots" Carver Elementary, Newport News
SECOND PLACE Isabella Smith "Robbers of the Sea" Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Newport News
OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL WINNER for GRADES K-2
Eloise Garrison "Priscilla and the Poacher" Swift Creek Elementary, Midlothian
Zoey Pham "The Ups and Downs of Earth" Pembroke Meadows Elementary, Virginia Beach
HONORABLE MENTIONS WINNERS!
Zepplin Tillinghast, Cape Charles, VA Kylen Boyer, Newport News, VA Karris Williams, Chesapeake, VA Deeya Turakhia, Virginia Beach, VA Taryn Vernon, Chesapeake, VA Samit Katkar, Virginia Beach, VA Mariam Sisson, Farnham, VA Nathaniel Rafael, Weems, VA Marea Collins, Norfolk Virginia
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.
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