PBS39's Regional
15th Annual Reading Rainbow
Young Writers & Illustrators Contest winners
The PBS39 regional winners for 2009 are (listed by story name, author-illustrator name, hometown) have been chosen. These wonderful young storytellers were invited to a special winner's celebration held at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 1:00pm.
The 2009 regional winners are:
KINDERGARTEN
First Place:
When My Dad Goes to Barber Bill's
By Grace Caffee, Geneva, IN
Second Place:
The Elephant and the Monkey
By Kara Retcher, Defiance Ohio
Third Place:
The Wonderful Smell
By Fiona McKinney, Fort Wayne, IN
Honorable Mentions:
Me & My Cats, by Travis Ellenberger, Decatur, IN
Sara and the Magic Rug, by Tanvi Kulkarni, Warsaw, IN
I Want to Be a Police Officer, by James Rutledge, Berne, IN
FIRST GRADE
First Place:
Molly on the Portage
By Megan Beck, Columbia City, IN
Second Place:
Grandma Ott and the Glowing Light
By Carrie Marie Runyon, Huntington IN
Third Place: TIE:
When It Is Summer
By Dahiro Ali, Fort Wayne, IN
Naughty Little Danny
By Jaya Panicker, Winona Lake, IN
Honorable Mentions:
Dogs, by Mary Ellen Worden, Auburn, IN
Little Jake, by Kaelonee Correa, Linn Grove, IN
SECOND GRADE
First Place:
Wyatt Screams
By Ari Fest, Larwill, IN
Second Place:
The End
By Dylan Record, Fort Wayne, IN
Third Place:
Blaine and His Blankie of Doom
By Ethan Duff, Geneva, Indiana
Honorable Mentions:
I am Here, by Madelyn Ray, Warsaw, Indiana
Who Made The Onion Cry, by Ronnie Record, Fort Wayne, IN
THIRD GRADE
First Place:
I Never Wear Clothes
By Saisri Gussenhoven, Fort Wayne, IN
Second Place:
The Circus
By Autumn Nuest, Payne OH
Third Place:
Kailee's Winning Whopper
By Hannah Moore, Fort Wayne, IN
Honorable Mention:
Dear Duck Diary, by Savannah Brown, Huntington, IN
The young authors and artists eligible for this annual contest competed by grade level -- Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade and Third Grade – at their local libraries or branch libraries. The entries were then judged at each location, and the top three in each category at each library or school were sent along to WFWA for judging at the regional level.
The first place winners in each category have now been sent on to the National Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest where they were judged along with entries from across America.
PBS39 partnered with area libraries and schools from across northeast Indiana as well as libraries and schools in Ohio to conduct this year’s contest. We also received special support from the Fort Wayne Museum of Art on behalf of this education outreach initiative.
The national contest winners were announced in June 2009.
Special thanks go out to our local partner in this education outreach project,
