Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest Winners
Over 300 illustrated stories were submitted by children in grades Kindergarten through third grade. Entries were sent from school divisions across the WVPT service area, including Winchester, Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Highland, among many others, as well as entries from children homeschooled. Stories were judged by over twenty educators, librarians, business leaders and WVPT staff. This year’s contest is sponsored by McDonald’s of Albemarle, Augusta and Rockingham Counties and The Daily Progress of Charlottesville is the media partner.
The following winners were announced at an Awards Reception at the WVPT studios in Harrisonburg on April 30. Donna Hughes, the Youth Services Division Head for Handley Regional Library in Winchester and Storyteller, was the keynote speaker for the program. Ronald McDonald and Cubby, the WVPT Bear were on hand for the festivities as well.
2009 Winners
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First Place Ava Goodale Trusty’s Lesson Homeschooled Charlottesville |
First Place Jessica Bohdan Smiley’s Nut Pleasant Valley Elementary Rockingham County |
First Place Russell Hunter Fly Soup Meriwether Lewis Elementary Albemarle County |
First Place Nettie Jo Webb I Love My Grandma, But She Can’t Remember TC Miller Elementary Lynchburg |
Second Place Riley Hamp The Good Idea Westwood Hills Elementary Waynesboro |
Second Place Emma Purgason Time to Shine McGaheysville Elementary Rockingham County |
Second Place Graham Smith Manatees on Ice Agnor-Hurt Elementary Albemarle County |
Second Place Michael Dew The Turning World Murray Elementary Charlottesville |
Third Place Rieley Warf Ben and June Highland Elementary Highland County |
Third Place Jenine Hasan Hamdan The Sun Stone Spring Elementary Harrisonburg |
Third Place Alec Figler Snakes Agnor-Hurt elementary Albemarle County |
Third Place Nick Napora A Duck is Stuck in a Truck Lacey Springs Elementary Rockingham County
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Honorable Mention Alexa Fleshman How I Met a Pixie TC Miller elementary Lynchburg |
Honorable Mention Haley Warner The Giraffe Whose Neck Would Not Grow Highland Elementary Highland County |
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