Winners Announced for 'PBS KIDS Writers' & 'WSKG Youth Writers' Contests

Thank you to the 203 students that shared their stories & illustrations with WSKG this year!  Our judging committee reviewed the entries and have selected the following winning stories.  Be sure to visit this webpage often as the stories will be uploaded for viewers to read!All children who entered the contests will receive their original story back through the mail.

Kindergarten 1^st Place | Grayden Everson | Spoon and Knife Adventure2^nd Place | Frances Miller | The Adventure Girl3^rd Place | Brooke Casey | Flutter and the Bumble BeeHonorable Mention | Azreal Brown | The Two BunniesFirst Grade 1^st Place | Heyan Chung | Robot Jobs2^nd Place | Hudson Scaglione | My Friend the Big Whale3^rd Place | Seema Patel | Trouble in Candy LandHonorable Mention | Lydia Thompson | Our Cute and Funny Guinea Pigs!Second Grade 1^st Place | Caylee Himan | Gem Girl Likes Her Hot Dogs with Ketchup2^nd Place | Kasey Brower | When My Nanna Got a New Dog3^rd Place | Sidra El Ghissassi | The Girl Who Wanted to Go AwayHonorable Mention | Isabelle Burroughs | Clowny’s Trouble at the Shark’s Sea CaveThird Grade 1^st Place | Inaaya Sethi | The Team Animal Ninja Competition2^nd Place | Anne Rogers | The New Crayon3^rd Place | Rylan Everson | Surviving in a Magical Forest 

Fourth Grade 1^st Place | Keyahn Sethi | The Adventures of Clean Guy and Trash2^nd Place | Kailey Lebrecque | Start to Flower3^rd Place | Laura Klotzin | The New StudentHonorable Mention | Ian Chung | The Fate of the UniverseFifth Grade 1^st Place | Juliana Grantz | The Island on Blue Mountain Lake2^nd Place | Ryan Forbidussi | The Plunge3^rd Place | Alexis VanTassel | UmbrellaSixth Grade 1^st Place | Logan Everson | Faerie Realm2^nd Place | Katiana Dallard | Excerpt From “Lost in the Woods” Or Am I?3^rd Place | Ritaj ElGhissassi | The iGenerationHonorable Mention | Jenny Kwon | Piano Baby

Special thanks to the Four County Library System, George F. Johnson Public Library, MaryAnn Karre, Doug Laura, Lonna Pierce, Sarah Reid, Sara-Jo Sites, Sandy Stiles.  Thank you to our 2016 project sponsors: