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.

The following 14th Annual Contest winning stories will be posted on pbskids.org/readingrainbow in early August. Later in August 100
and additional 14th Contest stories will be posted -- including one local first place winner from each participating station.

*Reading Rainbow 14^th 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)

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