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2009 Celebrate the Arts Writing Contest

Winners Announced!

Category:  Grades K-2    

1st Place:  The Dragon Who Kept on Losing Stuff by Sydne Edwards                
2nd Place:  Westerville is Great by Hannah Marty               
3rd Place:  I Am a Little Frog by Nathan Hynes       
Honorable Mention:  Family by Alisa Pelino       

Category:  Grades 3-5      

1st Place:  Beyond the Horizon by Ally Osipow             
2nd Place:  But He’s My Brother by Erik Welch       
3rd Place:  The Perfect Pair by Elizabeth Long       
Honorable Mention:  A Tale of Two Dragons by Jarrett Williams                              

Category:  Grades 6-8    

1st Place:  The Skin That I Am In by LeAnn Taylor           
2nd Place:  How To Bake Brownies – The Fun Way by Sonya Kapoor       
3rd Place:  Sanctuary by Sarah Gesteniah       
Honorable Mention:  My Dog Trotter by Alex Chapman       
Honorable Mention:  A Mother by Kelly Blaine                   

Category:  Grades 9-12   

1st Place:  Silent Footsteps: The Story of the Invisible Children of Northern Uganda by Emily Kvalheim       
2nd Place:  Imani’s First Tooth by Tarimah Clark-Taylor       
3rd Place:  Thespianage by Alyssa Leonard       

Category:  Adults Ages 18 & up

1st Place:  No One Visits Anymore by Wes Turner       
2nd Place:  Nobody Eats Porridge Anymore by Matthew Betts       
3rd Place:  Untitled by Catherine Serio       
Honorable Mention:  Acrostic Seasons by Connie Bowman

Reserve a copy of the publication, Celebrate the Arts Writing Contest 2009, from the library! Or check out previous year's publications for 2008 and 2007.  For more information, check out this article from the Westerville News and Public Opinion.