The 2005 READING RAINBOW Young Writers and Illustrators
Contest.
The annual READING RAINBOW Young Writers and Illustrators
Contest is designed to encourage a love of writing in young children.
To enter, students in Grades K-3 must write an original
story and include original illustrations. An entry can take the
form of a fiction
or nonfiction story, prose or poetry, accompanied by at least five
original illustrations.
2005 Contest Winners From Albemarle, Augusta, Frederick, Page,
Fluvanna and Rockingham Counties and Cities of Lexington and Harrisonburg
:
On Thursday, May 5, at 3:30 p.m., WVPT-Virginia's Public Television
recognized 16 local children in Grades K-3 as winners of WVPT's
2005
READING RAINBOW Young Writers and Illustrators Contest.
More than 300 stories were submitted from across
the WVPT viewing area for the 2005 contest.
Illustrator Margot Bergman and author Joanne Gabbin spoke at the
reception about their collaboration on a children's book I Bet She Called
Me Sugar Plum. The book is their testament to reflections on
their own upbringings, the memories they cherish of their mothers,
and the joy they have experienced as parents. Margot Bergman was
born into an artistic family and has followed this path from an
early age, making art and also teaching art and aesthetics at the
university level. Joanne Gabbin is a published author and the editor
of several poetry collections. She directs the Honors Program and
the Furious Flower Poetry Center at James Madison University and
owns the Franklin Street Gallery in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
The first-place stories were animated. They were read by local children:
Sydney Barbato, Dakota Thomsen-Diggs and Mario Cruz. Two past winners
served as judges this year: Forest Thomsen-Diggs, who received the
first place award two years ago when he was in the third grade;
and Carolyn Wakeman, who received the first place award last year
when she was in the third grade. Additional judges came from the
education community.
| First Place Winners: Kindergarten Heidi Kim, "My Terrific Dreams" Waddell Elementary, Lexington First Grade Chester Hunter, "Sea Serpent Surprise" Virginia L. Murray Elementary, Albemarle County Second Grade Chance Masloff, "Kitten World" Agnor-Hurt Elementary, Albemarle County Third Grade Leo Galindez, "The Big Surprise" Luray Elementary, Page County |
Second Place Winners: |
Third Place Winners: Kindergarten Katrina Gluch, "The Lonely Cloud" Orchard View Elementary, Frederick County First Grade Channah Mills, "Being Scared!" Virginia L. Murray Elementary, Albemarle County Second Grade Harrison Mines, "U and Me" Waddell Elementary, Lexington Third Grade Mary Zook, "My Cat, Mouse" Home Schooled, Harrisonburg |
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For more information, call 540-434-5391 or 800-345-9878 and ask for Pat Marcus. |