And
the winner is...
The national winners are in!
Congratultions to all who entered the Thirteenth Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest.
Nationally, there were 40,000 entries from across the country. The winning stories as well as a story from each participating station will be on the refreshed Reading Rainbow PBS kids' wesite at pbskids.org/readingrainbow
Bowling Green kindergartener and local finalist Chloe Falica's "I Miss My Sister" book was selected to represent WKYU-PBS on the national website. Information about the 14th Annual Young Writers & Illustrators Contest will be available in January 2008.
We look forward to your Kindergarten through 3rd grade entries.
Congratulations
to the 2007 Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators
Contest winners. The local winners in this year's contest
were announced on April 21, 2007 at the Southern Kentucky
Book Festival.
(click here for photos)
Winners:
Kindergarten:
Chloe
Rose Falica
Bowling Green, KY
"I
Miss My Sister"
1st
Grade:
Richard
S. Gill
Bowling Green, KY
"The
Lion Without a Mane"
2nd
Grade:
Richard
Pike
Hodgenville, KY
"The
Cat That Roasted Marshmallows"
3rd
Grade:
Emily
"Apple Blosson" Falica
Bowling Green, KY
"Chickens
Don't Do Laundry"
In addition to the honor of competing
naturally, the 1st place winners in this year's contest
receive a $100 savings bond, a Barnes and Noble gift
certificate, and a myriad of other prizes. The 1st
place winning entries in each grade category will
go on to compete with other winners from across the
country. the national winners will be announced in
mid-summer. Good luck to our winners.
An Honorary Mention for Illustration
and an Honorary Mention for Story in each grade category
is also awarded. These winners receive a $50 savings
bond, a Barnes and Noble gift certificate, and other
prizes.
The
Honorable Mention Winners for 2007 are as follows:
Kindergarten:
Story: Tina
Kessinger
Bowling
Green, KY
Illustration: Asmita
Gill
Bowling
Green, KY
1st
Grade:
Story: Felicity
Homman
Bowling
Green, KY
Illustration: Nupur
Singh Chhachhi
Bowling
Green, KY
2nd
Grade:
Story: Ben
Matthews
Rockfield,
KY
Illustration: Deanna
Taylor
Bowling
Green, KY
3rd
Grade:
Story:
Sara Rastoder
Bowling
Green, KY
Illustration: Gabrielle
Hak
Bowling
Green, KY
This year we had nearly 130 entries.
You're all winners. Keep writing.
WKYU-PBS would like to thank the following
for helping to make the 2007 Reading Rainbow Young
Writers and Illustrators Contest such a success:
Barnes and Noble
Jennifer Bailey
Barnes and Noble booksellers
Bowling Green Public Library
Lisa Rice
Toni McIntyre
Wal-Mart
WKYU-PBS
Terry Regan
Julia Johnson
Linda Vaughn
Charalene Burden
Rachel Price
Tom Foster
Anne Potter
Dana Divine
Linda Oldham
Guest Authors and Readers
Tedd Arnold
Chris Rumble
Kirby Larson
Ronda Friend
Judges
Toni McIntyre
Yvonne Petkus
Linda Oldham
Libby Davies
Dana Divine
Louellen Johnson
Special Thanks
Laurie Kwok
Cheryl Hughes
Carolyn Gifford
