The Fourteenth Annual Reading Rainbow
Young Writers and Illustrators Contest.

And the Winners Are...
NATIONAL READING RAINBOW WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The Reading Rainbow’s Annual Young Writers & Illustrators
Contest had another tremendous year thanks to all of you !
113 PBS stations participated
45,000 K-3rd graders nationwide created and submitted original stories.

    Every year, Reading Rainbow posts the winning stories from the most recent contest. The winners from the 14th Annual contest can be viewed at pbskids.org/readingrainbow
    In addition, the national contest website features one local first place winner from each participating station.
    We are pleased to congratulate WKYU-PBS local winner Asmita Gill, whose first place, First grade entry in the local contest A New Friend in the City is one of 120 stories to be featured on the national website.
Give it a read!
    We look forward to seeing your entry in the 15th Annual Reading Rainbow Contest next Spring. Details and information will be available in January, 2009.


*Reading Rainbow 14th Annual Young Writers & Illustrators Contest winners*

*Kindergarten*

Grand Prize – *Family Zoo *by Filumena Muro

Milwaukee Public Television (WI) – Darlyne Haertlein

Second Place – *Where Do Baby Teeth Go? *by Michaela Stell

Maryland Public Television/MPT – Karla Thompson

Third Place – *I Can’t Decide! *by Jayda Brunkan

WQPT Quad Cities PBS, Moline IL – Ana Kehoe

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*First Grade*

Grand Prize – *Monster in My Pocket *by Ethan Hansen

Milwaukee Public Television (WI) – Darlyne Haertlein* *

Second Place – *Building Buddies *by Dane DiMuzio

HoustonPBS – Karen Vine & Ann Crider

Third Place – *Grandpa and Me *by Kenzie Jo Carson

Prairie Public Broadcasting (ND) – Morgan Jenkins

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*Second Grade*

Grand Prize – *Adventures with Sam *by Emily Ellenbecker

Milwaukee Public Television (WI) – Darlyne Haertlein

Second Place *– Lolly’s Spectacles *by Ayse Allison

KACV, Amarillo TX – Lynne Groom & Dorothy Leija

Third Place – *Tractorman Saves the Savannah *by Kieran Morris

Nashville Public Television (TN) – Jo Ann Scalf

*Third Grade*

Grand Prize – *The Adventures of Abby the Ant *by Rachel Dugan Wood

WVIZ PBS ideastream, Cleveland OH – Jean O’Malley

Second Place – *The Clown of the Orchestra *by Ezri Berggren

KPTS, Wichita KS – Pat Clough

Third Place – *Mythtopia, a Myth According to Me *by Caitlyn Ling

WETA, Arlington VA – Susan Schatten

*Watch for the announcement of and information about the 15th Annual Contest in October.*

Local Winners

Congratulations to the 2008 Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest winners. The local winners in this year's contest were announced at the Southern Kentucky Book Festival.
(click here for photos)

Kindergarten:
 Overall Winner
  Danica Hak
  My Kitty
 Honorable Mention Illustration
  Aldo Flores
  Animal Talk
 Honorable Mention Story
  Noah Jacobs
  The Astronauts and the Aliens

1st Grade:
 Overall Winner
  Asmita Gill
  A New Friend in the City
 Honorable Mention Illustration
  Harrison Riggs
  Just Me and Uncle George
 Honorable Mention Story
  Destinee Sweat
  Sarah’s Adventure

2nd Grade
 Overall Winner
  Felicity Homman
  My Fantastic Felines
 Honorable Mention Illustration
  Nupur Chhachhi
  The Plant That Ran Away
 Honorable Mention Story
  Chapel Tinius
  Music For Jerry

3rd Grade
 Overall Winner
  Ben Matthews
  How to Pickle a Pirate
 Honorable Mention Illustration
  MaKayla Jackson
  A Fish Tale
 Honorable Mention Story
  Sierra Hanson
  I Forgot to Write My Book

 

The Entries Are In!
Here are the names of the participants in the 2008 Reading Rainbow Young Writersand Illustrators contest arranged by grade:

Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
Owen Allison
Hunter Jo Brady
Aletheia Burt
Alexis Daniel
Taylor Michele Enlow
Reagan Fletcher
Aldo Flores
Danica Hak
Anna Hewitt
Mesa Hughes
Kara Hutchinson
Noah Jacobs
Jacob Mason Jones
Lili Keith
Ruthie Ann Kesri
Hunter L Kudla
Connor Maddot
Molly Cathleen Manley
Jackson Martin
Keaton Oldham
Micah Page
Lauren Richardson
Charles Henry Skean
Timmy Tidwell
Ellie Trosper
Nathan V. Vandergrift
Lydia Wright
Kaylie Brooke Allen
Brock Aspley
Katlyn Barnes
Asaia Beason
Raegan Borders
Brittany Brown
Beau Buchanan
Caroline Buchanan
Gage Buckley
Stee' Sha Burns
Jaron Burr
Gunnar Causey
Logan Chaffin
Emma Cherry
Tucker Gray Clack
Sage Cowles
Charlie Cummings
Corrin Cunningham
Collier Curd
Jacob Curtis
Bryant Denney
Jace Douglas
Tori Dyer
Taylor Flippin
Dylan Gelderman
Asmita Gill
Anglin Greaves
Hannah Hagan
Sarah Hahn-Madole
Cheyenne Hamrick
Serenity Harris
Conner Hartis
Tyler Hayes
Colt Henry
Roberto Hernandez
Joshua Hurt
Wesley Irvin
Isaiah Jackson
Michael Jones
Jackson Kelley
Tiffany Ann King
Rob Lawless
Zack Littrell
George Loughrin
Rachel Lowery
Miriam Maali
Zachary Majors
Riley Marshall
Kara Massey
Laurel Grace Mayes
Chelsey McBride
Cruz McClure
Maddy McCorkle
Sumer Mearse
Corey Miller
Nathan Moore
Brianna Moyers
Secia Navarro
Trinity Ogles
Ethan Bradley Parker
Lauren Pearson
Lindsey Peay
Olivia Provance
Sam Ragan
Harrison Riggs
Anette Ross
Riley Sadler
Marie Nicole Samardzia
Cameron Saylor
Angelo Scavo
Alaina C. Scipioni
Canaan Scruggs
Prentis Elijah Serrano
Megan Sherrill
Tristan Skipworth
Linzey Makayla Smith
Mehgan Smith
Evan Sopko
Sophia Lynne South
Kennady Steele
Ethan Todd Stephens
Ben Stringer
Jackson Sutherland
Destinee Sweat
Kayla Thomas
Mathew Tucker
Hailey Rena Watson
Lizzy Weems
Amberly Shae White
Kayelee Whitehouse
Cayden James Woodyard
Dax Wren
Brianna Wright
Langjie R. Yuan
Isabella Yallapragada
Isabel Atalla
Rachel Barnett
Neil Bewley
Kaitlyn Bowling
Nupur S. Chhachhi
Austin Croley
Hayden Crosby
John Downing
Alicia Dyer
Keeley Fery
Will Garske
Madison George
Richard Gill
Richar S. Gill
Mitchell Haughee
Heaven Leah Hayes
Emily Kay Henderson
Cierra Hicks
Nash Hightower
Ann Marcom Hines
Felicity Homman
Madison Jourden
Chloe Kelley
Olivia Kelly
Chloe Key
Hoytt Kingery
Jared Kurfiss
Grace Lindsey
A.J. McAllister
Christian McKee
Ashley Ann Meredith
Chris Miller
Luke Mooneyhan
Jillian Offutt
Rosa Perez
Grace Marie Regnier
Shawn Shankar
Maria Siewers
Thomas Smith
Troy Steward
Chapel Falye Tinius
Caleb Vaughn
Samantha Vaughn
Tristan Wallace
Elizabeth Watts
Bonnie E. West
Sienna Wilson
Rachel Atkinson
Hannah Bain-Selbo
Logan Bowen
Anna Burt
Grace Campbell
Jackson Caudill
Lindsey Diedrich
Dakota Duncan
Antonio Estrada
Keylee Garrison
Cinda Graham
Sierra Hanson
Owen Harkins
Brian James Harlan
Kent Sun Harlan
Emery Howard
MaKayla Jackson
Hunter Janes
Dru Knight
Elizabeth Knight
Kirtley Lawrence
Ben Matthews
Alivia Maxwell
Jaydn S. McCutchen
Aliza Norman
Hollly Palandoken
Clark Payne
Abigail Leigh Phillips
Amber Ridgway
Grace Schafer
Annie Schlosser
Deanna Taylor
Sarah Beth Tibbs


Entries for the 14th Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators contest were due by midnight March 31, 2008.

A writers workshop was held Friday, February 29, 2008 at 7 pm CDT at Barnes & Noble, Bowling Green. Click Here for pictures from this year's workshop.

 

 

For more information
www.wkyu.org
www.sokybookfest.org

 

Previous Contests:
2004 2005 2006 2007